Most Beautiful Croatian Postage Stamp of the Year Selected

The 41 finalists in the competition (Photo: Croatian Post)

Croatian Post has selected the most beautiful Croatian postage stamp of last year in its traditional annual competition held recently.

For 21 consecutive years, Croatian Post has been selecting the most beautiful Croatian postage stamps. This year, the stamp titled Puma the 7th Guards Brigade was voted the most beautiful postage stamp printed in 2017 out of 41 finalists.

Votes came in from all over Croatia, as well as from countries such as Slovenia, Germany, Spain, Italy, and the USA.
The Puma 7th Guards Brigade stamp was designed by Živko Skuhala and was formatted by Dean Roksandić, a designer from Zagreb.

The winning stamp (Croatian Post)

The stamp titled Olive Trees in Lun by Nataša Odak presenting an olive tree from the famous olive grove on the Island of Pag took second place.

Olive trees in Lun (Croatian Post)

The stamp from the series entitled Bridges and Viaducts authored by Dean Roksandić with the motif of the bridge in Kosinj and viaduct in Limska Draga won third place.

Bridges and Viaducts (Croatian Post)