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SERBIA Miscellaneous

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Postage due stamps

1866 Arms in a circle

  1 p green on red
  2 p brown on lilac

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 p	RR	RR
2 p	RR	RR

(3rd stamp in the first row of a sheet of 12 stamps)

The 1 p was printed in blocks of 12 (3 rows of 4 stamps). They can each be indentified by the position on the plate (plating). For example the 3rd stamp in the first row has its left top corner damaged (see image above).

Forgeries, example:

1895 Double headed eagle

  5 p lilac
  10 p blue
  20 p brown
  30 p green
  50 p red

The perforation on these stamps is either 13 x 13 1/2 or 11 1/2.
Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
5 p ** * Error 5 p red: RR
10 p * *
20 p *** ***
30 p c *
50 p * *

1918 Arms of Serbia

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  5 p red
  10 p green
  20 p brown
  30 p blue
  50 p brown

These stamps have perforation 11.
Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
5 p * * Also exists in lilac shade
10 p * *
30 p c c
50 p * *

Newspaper stamps

1912 Sitting woman

  1 p grey
  5 p green
  10 p orange
  15 p violet
  20 p yellow
  25 p blue
  30 p blue
  50 p brown
  1 D brown
  3 D red
  5 D grey

These stamps have perforation 11 1/2. A misprint 50 p yellow seems to exist (RR, I have never seen it).
Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
1 p to 25 p ** **
30 p to 3 D *** ***
5 D R R
15 p * c

War Stamps

1917 Stamps of France were overprinted 'POSTES SERBES' for use of the Serbian post office in Corfu (14 values ranging from 1 c to 1 F), on the smaller stamps the overprint is applied on two stamps.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
All values	R to RR	R

1917 The same overprint 'POSTES SERBES' was also applied to stamps of Greece of 1917 (1911 stamps with additional 'crown and ET' overprint). The values 5 l, 10 l and 20 l were used in this way. The overprint is applied on two stamps.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value Unused Used Remarks
All values RR R

Postal Stationery

(Example, 10 p lilac)

Fiscal stamps

In 1881 the following fiscal stamps were issued:

In this and similar designs exist: 10 p blue and black, 10 p blue and brown (1882), 20 p green and black, 20 p black (1884), 25 p lilac and black, 30 p red and black, 1 D red and black, 3 D brown and green, 5 D blue and brown and 10 D brown and red. These and similar stamps also exist with a circular overprint (in blue, red or black).

Furthermore I have seen the values: 5 pa violet (with red overprint) 10 pa orange (with and without overprint), 10 pa red (with overprint), 10 pa blue (with overprint), 10 pa violet (without overprint), 1 Dinar red (with overprint) and 5 Dinar blue (without overprint).

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Other design:

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In the above design were issued in 1906: 5 p lilac (brown) and black, 10 p yellow and red, 20 p lilac and green, 20 p grey and brown (1911), 20 p orange and red (1913), 50 p brown and orange (1913), 1 D brown and orange, 3 D dark blue and blue (1911), 5 D brown and green, 5 D yellow and red (1913), 10 D brown (1913), 10 D brown and black, 10 D violet and lilac (1911), 20 D red and lilac (1911), 50 D blue and green (1911), 100 D brown (1911), 100 D brown and black (1913).

World war II issues

Serbia re-issued temporaly stamps during world war II, example:

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