Slovenia postage stamp year 2017 Tourism – Tourism – Mežica Mine MNH
The Slovenia postage stamp featuring the Mežica Mine (Rudnik Mežica) was issued in the Tourism series in 2017.
Here are the key details about this specific stamp:
🇸🇮 Slovenia Tourism Stamp 2017: Mežica Mine
- Series: Tourism (Turizem) – European Destinations of Excellence (EDEN)
- Motif: Mežica Mine (Rudnik Mežica) / Underground of Peca (Podzemlje Pece)
- Issue Date: March 16, 2017
- Designers: Edi Berk and Tomo Jeseničnik
- Significance: The stamp was issued to highlight the Mežica Mine as a tourist destination, which was a finalist for the European Destination of Excellence (EDEN) award.
- Visual: The image on the stamp typically depicts the unique tourist offerings of the mine, such as visitors traveling through the underground by train, kayak, or bicycle.
- Presentation: The stamp was typically issued in a sheet of 25.
The official launch event for the stamp even took place at a special temporary post office set up deep within the mine, with mail being transported by the mining train.
