| Added by |
 Alain Martineau
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| General Description : | Serie: 163, Type: R, Stamps in serie: 6 Croatian Post and Telecommunications sells the First Day Cover FDC and the First Day Sheet. The stamp is issued in blocks of 50. Bjelovar is situated on the south-western slopes of Mt Bilogora, between the streams of Bjelovacka and Plavnica, tributaries of the Čazma. It was first recorded in a document by King Sigismond in 1423. It already had a great traffic and trade significance at the time, and during the Turkish invasions it was an important border fortress with a watchtower on the Military Border. The modern Bjelovar was built by a decree signed by the Queen Maria Theresa in 1755. In 1869 it was no longer in the Military Border and was made a centre of the Bjelovar-Križevci county in 1874 when the Croatian parliament made it a free royal town. Today, Bjelovar is the economic and administrative centre of Bjelovar-Bilogora county, and its population is 42 000. |
| Face value | 1 kuna |
| Catalog code (Michel) | HR 341XA |
| Catalog code (Scott) | HR 261 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier HR 316 Stanley Gibbons HR 382 AFA number HR 389 Croatian post Inc. HR 163 |
| Series | Croatian towns |
| Stamp colour | multicolor |
| Stamp use | Definitive stamp |
| Print run | 6,303,300 |
| Issue date | 20/10/1995 |
| Designer | Ivica Šiško |
| Paper type | white 115g, gummed |
| Print technique | Offset lithography |
| Printed by | Zrinski - Čakovec |
| Perforation | comb 14 |
| Height | 25.56 mm |
| Width | 35.50 mm |
| Catalog prices | Unused stamp $0.45 |
