Croatia postage stamps year 2007 Europa Cept – 100 Years of Scouting

Croatia postage stamps year 2007 Europa Cept – 100 Years of Scouting MNH

The Croatian Post (Hrvatska pošta) also issued a set for the 2007 Europa CEPT common theme, “100 Years of Scouting.”

Here are the details for the Croatian issue:

• Year of Issue: 2007
• Theme: EUROPA – 100 Years of Scouting
• Number of Stamps: A set of two se-tenant stamps (issued side-by-side).
• Issue Date: April 16, 2007
• Denomination: Both stamps in the pair were valued at 3.50 HRK (Croatian Kuna), which was the standard domestic postage rate at the time.
• Designer: Alenka Lalić, a designer from Zagreb.
• Format: The stamps were issued in sheets of 20 (10 se-tenant pairs).
• Design Motifs:
  1. One stamp features the Emblem of the World Scout Movement (the fleur-de-lis) and a dove (symbol of peace).
  2. The second stamp features a scout neckerchief (white with a red edge), which represents the official neckerchief of the Scout Association of Croatia.

The stamps commemorate the global centenary of Scouting and also recognize the history of the movement in Croatia, which saw the establishment of the Croatian Scouting Association in Zagreb in 1914.