COVER N. 475 - BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - BH Pošta

Postmark: Sarajevo 71109 24.05.24

Posted on the 24th May; received on the 13th June 2024

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Sarajevo... what a nice end of the day I had there at the top of the hill, waiting to see the sun go down over a tonic water with lemon and ice (my wife's the lucky one, since she could add gin to the equation....).

Me and just about every foreigner who happened to be in Sarajevo on that particular date, I guess, judging from my photo journal....

The kind of nice memories that looking at a little rectangle of paper glued onto an envelope can pop up in one's mind... such is the power of stamps.

Thank you so much Mr. Phantom, the restless wanderer, for making me remember how good tonic water can taste without gin!

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first Common Europa Issue of 1956, on 30NOV2005 BH Pošta issued a souvenir sheet (in both perforated and imperforated versions) comprising 4 stamps, denominated in Euros (1,5 € each stamp) and Bosnian Marka (3 KM).  The stamps highlighted UE integration, with the flags of the European countries, both EU members and non members, the common European  currency and a more locally centred event, the organization by Bosnia and Herzegovina of the XV European Chess Cup Finals in 1999, in the city of Bugojno.

One of the stamps with the flags (the one containing my own country's) can be seen on the cover Alex sent me, while the full souvenir sheet can be seen here,