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 Alain Martineau
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| General Description : | Serie: 199, Type: P, Stamps in serie: 5 The issue is in the sheet of 20 stamps, and in blocks of five. Croatian Post and Telecommunications sells the First Day Cover FDC and the First Day souvenir sheet. Quantity of block: 100 000; size: 117 x 172 mm Nikola Zrinski, the great-grandson of the Sziget hero, was another outstanding member of the famous family and the ban of Croatia. He mostly lived on his estate in Čakovec but was also successfully engaged in battles with the Turks. Summoned by the king Ferdinand III he took part in the final battles of the Thirty Years' War against the Swedes, and was given the title of "general of all Croats" for his bravery, and was appointed ban in 1647. In the following years he successfully waged war against the Turks and won European fame in 1664 when he led his troops to Osijek, where he burnt the famous Suleiman's bridge. What remained after him is not only his glory of a warrior but also some literary works, the most famous one being in Hungarian, where he described the defence of Sziget and the death of his ancestor Nikola Šubić Zrinski. |
| Face value | 1.40 Kuna |
| Catalog code (Michel) | HR 378 |
| Catalog code | Stamp Number HR 295 Yvert et Tellier HR 353 Stanley Gibbons HR 440 AFA number HR 444 Croatian post Inc. HR 200 |
| Series | The Zrinskis and the Frankopans |
| Stamp colour | multicolor |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Print run | 350,000 |
| Issue date | 30/04/1996 |
| Designer | Lovro Artuković |
| Paper type | white 102g, gummed |
| Print technique | Multicoloured Offsetprint |
| Printed by | Zrinski - Čakovec |
| Perforation | 14, comb |
| Height | 36.00 mm |
| Width | 26.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
