Croatia postage stamps year 2016 Battle -Siege of Sighet set

Croatia 2016 Battlet -Siege of Siget – Joint Issue with Hungary MSS MNH**

Croatia / Hungary joint issue from 2016 commemorating the 450th Anniversary of the Siege of Szigetvár:

Key Details

• Issue Name: 450th Anniversary of the Siege of Szigetvár (Croatia & Hungary joint issue)
• Issue Date: 5 September 2016
• Designer: Attila Elekes
• Printing Office: ANY Security Printing Company (Hungary)
• Quantity Printed: 50,000 blocks

Description of the Stamps / Block

• The set is a block (miniature sheet) containing two stamps.
• One stamp features a detail from the painting “Charge from the Fortress of Szigetvár” by Bertalan Székely.
• The other stamp shows the coat of arms of the town of Szigetvár.
• The background of the block itself depicts Szigetvár as it was in that period.

Values / Catalogue Numbers

• Face values in Croatian issue:
  • One stamp: 4,50 (Croatian kuna)
  • Another: 6,50 kuna
• Catalogue identifiers:
  • Michel: Croatia “1239-1240” for the two individual stamps; the block is Michel “62” in the block-section.
  • Yvert: (for the stamps) “1004a / 1004b”; block number also “1004” as a block among Yvert listings.