CROATIAN POST WILL ISSUE NEW COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS

ZAGREB, May 8 (Hina) - The Croatian Post has issued two new commemorative stamps with themes "150th anniversary of the July victims and 50th anniversary of the Bleiburg tragedy of the Croatian people." The first stamp is issued to mark Croatian people's rally at St. Mark Square in Zagreb on July 29, 1845 when they protested against Austrian and Hungarian manipulations in local elections in Croatia at the time within the Austrian Monarchy. The Austrian army opened fire at the rally, killing 13 and wounded 27 people. The other stamp will mark the tragedy of Croatian civilians and soldiers killed in the Blaiburgh field (Austria) by the then Yugoslav Peoples Army and partisans six days after the official end of WW II in Europe. The stamps with the nominal values of 1.10 and 3.80 kunas, can be bought since May 15. (hina) jn mms 082007 MET may 95