900th Anniversary of the City of Zagreb and the Zagreb Bishopric

16 November 1994 - Commemorative Postage Stamps: 900th Anniversary of the City of Zagreb and the Zagreb Bishopric

Size: 35.50 x 29.82 mm, 80.00 x 60.00 mm
Paper: white, 90 g, adhesive
Comb Perforation: 14
Value: Kn 1, Kn 4 and Kn 13.50
Issued: 2000000 + 100000

4.00 Kn - 900th anniversary of the Zagreb Bishopric
1.00 Kn - 900th anniversary of the City of Zagreb (three stamps of the same value)
13.40 Kn - 900th anniversary of the City of Zagreb and the Zagreb Bishopric

The series of four commemorative stamps is made up of the following motifs: the Late Gothics bishop's staff (15th c.), Valvasor's view of Zagreb with the Cathedral (17th c.), a printed music sheet from St. Justine's breviary (13th c.), a Zagreb gas lantern on a photo by Toso Dabac (20 th c.), St Mark's Church on Gradec (13th to 19th c.), the "Maxi Cat" figure from Zlatko Grgic's series of animated films, The Zagreb School of Animated Film (20th c.), the airplane constructed by S. Penkala, inventor from Zagreb (20th c.), the building of the Zagreb Stock Exchange, designed by the arhitect V. Kovacic from Zagreb (20th c.), the Glass Tower of the office building Cibona, designed by the arhitects M. Hrzic, I. Pitesa and B. Serbatic (1986-7).