This amazing cover from Bosnia and Herzegovina depict a miniature sheet issued in 2004 celebrating the
Old >Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar. One of the more iconic sites in all of Bosnia and Herzegovina—the old bridge in Mostar—is actually not that old. At least, the current incarnation of Stari Most is a lot newer than one might think given the bridge’s long history. Originally built in 1557 under the administration of the Ottoman Empire, it was destroyed by Bosnian Croat forces in November 1993 during the shelling of the town. In 1998, UNESCO helped in the recreation of the bridge, which was completed in 2004, and the bridge being listed as a World Heritage Site in 2005.
