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Yugoslavia, issues before 1921

 

1921 Prince Alexander (para values) and King Peter (Dinar values)

  2 p brown
  5 p green
  10 p red
  15 p violet
  20 p black
  25 p blue
  50 p green
  60 p orange
  75 p violet
  1 D orange
  2 D olive
  4 D green
  5 D red
  10 D brown

Surcharged
  30 p on 60 p orange (1924)


Imperforate stamps

These stamps have perforation 12. Imperforate stamps exist from remainders which were released without gum (together with perforated remainders) in 1930.

These stamps were issued in slightly different designs ('KRALJEVINA' instead of 'KRALJEVSTVO') in 1923 with the image of King Alexander: 1 D brown, 5 D red, 8 D violet, 20 D green and 30 D orange. Surcharged: 5 D on 8 D violet.

 

1921 War charity issue

  10 + 10 p red
  15 + 15 p brown
  25 + 25 p blue

Surcharged (1922-24)
  1 D on 10 + 10 p red
  1 D on 15 + 15 p brown
  1 D on 25 + 25 p blue
  3 D on 15 + 15 p brown
  8 D on 15 + 15 p brown
  20 D on 15 + 15 p brown
  30 D on 15 + 15 p brown

 

1923 King Alexander facing the left, similar to 1921 issue, but with borders different

  20 p black
  50 p brown
  1 D red
  2 D green
  3 D blue
  5 D brown
  10 D violet
  15 D olive
  20 D red
  30 D green

Surcharged (1925)
  35 p on 3 D blue
  50 p on 3 D blue 

 

1926 King Alexander facing the right, inscription 'KRALJEVINA SRBA, HRVATA I SLOVENACA'


15 D brown, with '+1.-' surcharge

  25 p green
  50 p brown
  1 D red
  2 D black
  3 D blue
  4 D orange
  5 D violet
  8 D grey
  10 D olive
  15 D brown
  20 D violet
  30 D orange

Surcharged (1926)
  '+0.25' on 25 p green
  '+0.50' on 50 p brown
  '+1.-' on 1 D red
  '+1.-' on 2 D black
  '+1.-' on 3 D blue
  '+1.-' on 4 D orange
  '+1.-' on 5 D violet
  '+1.-' on 8 D grey
  '+1.-' on 10 D olive
  '+1.-' on 15 D brown
  '+1.-' on 20 D violet
  '+1.-' on 30 D orange

Overprinted 'XXXX' on surcharged stamps of 1926 (1928)
  '+1.-' on 1 D red
  '+1.-' on 2 D black
  '+1.-' on 3 D blue
  '+1.-' on 4 D orange
  '+1.-' on 5 D violet
  '+1.-' on 8 D grey
  '+1.-' on 10 D olive
  '+1.-' on 15 D brown (see image above)
  '+1.-' on 20 D violet
  '+1.-' on 30 D orange

Overprinted 'JUGOSLAVIA' below (and in cyrillic characters on top, 1933)
  25 p green
  50 p brown
  1 D red
  2 D black
  3 D blue
  4 D orange
  5 D violet
  8 D grey
  10 D olive
  15 D brown
  20 D violet
  30 D orange
  '=====' on '+0.25' on 25 p green
  '=====' on '+0.50' on 50 p brown
  '=====' on '+1.-' on 1 D red

The 1926 surcharged stamps and the 1928 overprints have been forged.

 

1929 Tomislav commemoration, various designs

  50 p (+ 50 p) grey (church)
  1 D (+ 50 p) red (two kings)
  3 D (+ 1 D) blue

Overprinted 'KRALJEVINA JUGOSLAVIJA' (in latin or cyrillic)
  50 p (+ 50 p) grey 
  1 D (+ 50 p) red
  3 D (+ 1 D) blue

 

1931 Serbian war graveyard issue, inscription 'KRALJEVINA JUGOSLAVIJA', various designs

  50 p (+ 50 p) green
  1 D (+ 1 D) red
  3 D (+ 1 D) blue

 

In 1931 the first stamps appeared with inscription 'JUGOSLAVIJA'.

 

1931 King Alexander I in an ellipse facing the left, inscription 'JUGOSLAVIJA' (below in latin letters and on top in cyrillic letters)

  25 p grey
  50 p green
  75 p green (1932)
  1 D red
  1.50 D red (1932)
  1.75 D red (1934)
  3 D blue
  3.50 D blue (1934)
  4 D orange
  5 D violet
  10 D olive
  15 D brown
  20 D violet
  30 D lilac

With black border (1934, commemoration the death of the King)
  25 p grey
  50 p green
  75 p green
  1 D red
  1.50 D red 
  1.75 D red
  3 D blue
  3.50 D blue 
  4 D orange
  5 D violet
  10 D olive
  15 D brown
  20 D violet
  30 D lilac

All values issued in 1931 exist with or without engraver's name at the bottom of the stamp.

With additional label (journalistic congress in Dubrovnik) in either
latin or cyrillic letters
  50 p + 25 p black
  75 p + 25 p green
  1.50 D + 50 p red
  3 D + 1 D blue
  4 D + 1 D green
  5 D + 1 D orange

 

1932 Various designs for a sports event in Belgrade

  75 p + 50 p green and blue
  1 D + 1/2 D red and blue
  1 1/2 D + 1/2 D red and green
  3 D + 1 D blue and light blue
  4 D + 1 D orange and blue
  5 D + 1 D violet and blue

 

1932 Sokol games in Ljubiana, Prince Peter in traditional costume

  75 p + 25 p green
  1 1/2 D + 1/2 D red

 

1934 Eagle over bridge

  1.50 D + 0.50 D red
  1.75 D + 0.25 D brown

 

1934 Crown Prince with eagle behind him

  0.75 D + 0.25 D blue
  1.50 D + 0.50 D red
  1.75 D + 0.25 D brown

 

1934 Airmail, various designs

  50 p lilac
  1 D green
  2 D red
  3 D blue
  10 D orange

With black border (1935, commemoration the death of the King)
  3 D blue

 

1935 King Peter II in a circle

  25 p black
  50 p orange
  75 p green
  1 D brown
  1.50 D red
  1.75 D red
  2 D lilac (1936)
  3 D yellow
  3.50 D blue
  4 D green
  4 D blue (1936)
  10 D violet
  15 D brown
  20 D blue
  30 D lilac

The 10 D value with overprint 'Co.Ci.' was issued in 1941 for Ljubljana. This value (without 'Co.Ci') also exists with a text 'R.Commisariato Civila Territori Sloveni occupati LUBIANA' issued for Ljubiana.

 

1935 1 year commemoration of the death of King Alexander, king with hat

  75 p green
  1.50 D red
  1.75 D brown
  3.50 D blue
  7.50 D red

 

1935 Charity issue, mother with children

  1.50 D + 1 D brown 
  3.50 D + 1.50 D blue

 

1935 Charity issue, image of Queen-mother Maria

  0.75 D + 0.25 D green
  1.50 D + 0.50 D red
  1.75 D + 0.75 D brown
  3.50 D + 1 D blue

 

1936 Nikola Tesla commemoration

  75 p brown
  1.75 D blue

 

1936 Red Cross issue, image of Prince Paul

  0.75 D + 0.50 D green
  1.50 D + 0.50 D lilac

 

1937 Child charity issue, Princes Andreas and Tomislav

  0.25 + 0.25 D brown
  0.75 D + 0.75 D green

Different design
  1.50 D + 1 D orange
  2 D + 1 D red

 

1937 Church in Oplenac

  3 D green
  4 D blue

 

1937 'ENTENTE BALKANIQUE', arms

  3 D green (inscription in cyrillic)
  4 D blue (inscription 'JUGOSLAVIJA')

Not to be confused with the 'Entente Balkanique' 1940 issue.

 

1939 King facing the left, inscription 'JUGOSLAVIJA' (also in cyrillic text, both at the bottom), small crown at the right top corner

  0.25 D brown
  0.50 D orange
  1 D green
  1.50 D red
  2 D lilac
  3 D light brown
  4 D blue
  5 D dark blue
  5.50 D brown
  6 D grey
  8 D brown
  12 D violet
  16 D brown
  20 D blue
  30 D lilac 

Examples of overprints


1941 Overprinted 'Montenegro 'mpha Gopa 17 - IV - 41 - XIX' or 'Crveni krst Montenegro' and 'Boka Kotorska' issued during the Italian occupation of Montenegro in 1941.

Certified genuine
Stamps of Yugoslavia overprinted for use in Croatia in 1941


Stamp of Yugoslavia, overprinted 'SERBIEN' to be used in Serbia

These stamps with overprint 'Co.Ci.' were issued in 1941 for Ljubiana: 0.25 D, 0.50 D, 1 D, 3 D, 4 D, 5 D, 5.50 D, 6 D, 8 D, 12 D and 16 D.
Some values (without 'Co.Ci') also exist with a text 'R.Commisariato Civila Territori Sloveni occupati LUBIANA' issued for Ljubljana: 1.50 D, 4 D, 8 D, 12 D and 16 D.
Stamps with overprint 'ZONA OCCUPATA FIUMANO KUPA' were issued for Fiumano-Kupa.

 

1940 'ENTENTE BALKANIQUE', arms with torch in the center

Inscription 'JUGOSLAVIJA'
  3 D blue
  4 D grey

Inscription Jugoslavija in cyrillic text
  3 D blue
  4 D grey

 

1943 Inscription '27 MART 1941 1943' (unissued stamps?), image of King(?) in a circle

  2 D blue
  3 D grey
  5 D red
  10 D black

These stamps also exist with overprint.

 

1945 Landscape and monument stamps of Croatia ('NEZAVISNA DRZAVA HRVATSKA'), overprinted 'DEMOKRATSKA FEDERATIVNA JUGOSLAVIA' and star and pattern through old country name (Split issue)

  10 K on 0.25 K red (Olzalj)
  10 K on 0.50 K blue (red overprint)
  10 K on 0.75 K green (Varazdjin, red overprint)
  10 K on 1 K grey (red overprint)
  20 K on 2 K red (Zagreb)
  20 K on 3 K red 
  20 K on 3.50 K red
  20 K on 4 K blue (Drina, red overprint)
  20 K on 5 K blue (Zemun, red overprint)
  20 K on 6 K olive (Dubrovnik, red overprint)
  30 K on 7 K orange (Slavonia, green overprint)
  30 K on 8 K brown (green overprint)
  30 K on 10 K lilac (green overprint)
  30 K on 12.50 K black (red overprint)
  40 K on 20 K brown (red overprint)
  40 K on 30 K brown (red overprint)
  50 K on 50 K black (red overprint)
Another set of overprints exist with 'JUGOSLAVIJA' and star (Zagreb issue)
  20 K on 5 K blue (red overprint)
  40 K on 1 K grey (red overprint)
  60 K on 3.50 K red (red overprint)
  80 K on 2 K red
  160 K on 0.50 K blue (red overprint)
  200 K on 12.50 K black (red overprint)
  400 K on 0.25 K red

Postage Due Stamps

1921 Prince Alexander in a circle, overprinted 'POPTO' and surcharged

  '10' on 5 p green (overprint and surcharge in red)
  '30' on 5 p green

 

1921 Inscription 'PORTO' (in cyrilic letters on top and in latin letters at the bottom)

  10 p red
  30 p green
  50 p violet
  1 D brown
  2 D blue
  5 D orange
  10 D brown
  25 D red
  50 D green

Two types exist of these stamps, differing in either the thickness of the border inscriptions or the value.

Surcharged (1928)
  '10' on 25 D red
  '10' on 50 D green

With new country name overprinted 


With inverted overprint; I have also seen the 5 D with inverted overprint

  50 p violet (green overprint) 
  1 D brown (blue overprint)
  2 D blue (red overprint)
  5 D orange (blue overprint)
  10 D brown (blue overprint)

 

1931 Arms in a circle

  50 p violet
  1 D red
  2 D blue
  5 D orange
  10 D brown

Two types exist: with and without engraver's name at the bottom.

These stamps with overprint 'Co.Ci.' were issued in 1941 for Ljubiana: 2 D blue and 10 D brown.

 

1945 Postage due stamp of Serbia, overprinted

  10 D red
  20 D blue

 

1945 Arms in an ellipse

Value in black
  2 D brown and black
  3 D violet and black
  5 D green and black
  7 D light brown and black
  10 D lilac and black
  20 D blue and black
  30 D light blue and black
  40 D red and black

Value in color of the stamp
  1 D blue
  1.50 D blue
  2 D red
  3 D brown
  4 D violet

Overprinted 'FNR JUGOSLAVIJA' (in latin and cyrillic, 1950)
  1.50 D blue
  3 D brown
  4 D violet 

 

1946 Star with torches, cyrillic or latin text on top for the different values

  0.50 D orange
  1 D orange
  1 D brown
  2 D blue
  2 D green
  3 D green
  5 D violet
  5 D blue
  7 D red
  10 D lilac
  10 D red
  20 D brown
  20 D violet
  30 D orange
  50 D blue
  100 D brown


Overprinted 'Vojna Oprava Jugoslavenske Armije' for Istria and Slovenia, click here for more information


Red Cross Stamps

1933 Red Cross

  50 p blue and red
  50 p green and red (postage due stamp)

 

1936 Image of Vladan Djordjevic in a circle, with red cross in bottom left

  0.50 D brown and red

Airmail Essay


Inscription 'ZRACNA POSTA 15.11.1928' with image of an aeroplane in the center, King in the left upper part and arms in the right lower part.


Fiscal Stamps

1919 Similar design as fiscal stamps of Austria. but with "SHS" instead of the image of Franz Joseph in the circle in the center, inscription "VINARJEV 1918" at the bottom

With text around the central circle (issued for Slovenia)
  2 brown and blue (blue border)
  10 brown and blue
  20 brown and blue
  50 brown and blue
  1 K brown and dark brown ("KRONA")
  2 K brown and dark brown ("KRONI")
  3 K brown and dark brown
  5 K brown and dark brown
  10 K brown and dark brown

Without text around the central circle (for the whole of Yugoslavia)
  2 brown and blue
  10 brown and blue
  20 brown and blue
  50 brown and blue
  1 K brown and dark brown
  2 K brown and dark brown
  3 K brown and dark brown
  5 K brown and dark brown
  10 K brown and dark brown


Similar fiscal stamp for Austria


Later issue.


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