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Croatia that never was - postage stamps of NDH Government in Exile
After second World War the Balkan area was in somewhat mixed state. Croatia, which had been an independent (puppet) state from 1941 to 1945 was forced to unite with Tito's Yugoslavia. The former Croatian fascist government (aka. NDH; Independent State of Croatia) went to exile with leadership of Dr. Ante Pavelic: first to Argentina, then in Spain. This exile era sparked a range of interesting stamp like items.
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Men who changed postage stamp design forever
Dynamic duo, designer Koloman Moser and engraver Ferdinand Schirnböck revolutionized stamp design in the early 20th century. One of their most recognizable works is the 1906/1912 pictorial landscapes series for the Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina. These stamps are big, bold and beautiful in every sense (and of course there are forgeries involved as well).
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Serbian 1918 King Peter I and crown-prince Alexander stamp - a bizarre print variety
Here's an interesting print variety that sat on my collection for several years unnoticed. I noted this only weeks back when I was sorting through some new additions, and compared the stamps in detail to determine what specimens to keep.
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Some observations about Serbian 1905 King Peter stamps and it's forgeries
Recently I acquired a small bulk lot of Serbian stamps, and I had a ball with it, especially the 1905 King Peter stamps. This series has got eleven stamps, with face values from 1 para up to 5 dinars, all with identical design featuring portrait of King Peter the First of Serbia.
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Unlisted perforation varieties on classic Montenegro postage stamps
Carrying on with topic of Montenegro stamps, here's a bit of an mystery. Both Michel and Scott state that the 1910 stamps commemorating 50th anniversary of the reign of King Nicholas have perforation of 12½. But I've found a good number of copies (of several values) that are something different.
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Montenegro 1896 Cetanje monestry postage stamp - genuine vs forgery by Fournier
Moving on with topic of stamp forgeries, I recently acquired a small accumulation of classic stamps of Montenegro. As I knew the stamps of Montenegro had been heavily forged at the early days of philately, I was prepared to come up with at least one or two forged specimens. And I was not disappointed.
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Fake postmark on German occupation of Macedonia stamp
For the last few days I've been adding lots of new items to my stamp collection, but there's specifically one item I'd like to pick and share: a Bulgarian stamp with overprint "Македоння/8.IX.1944/15 ЛВ". This appears to be 1944 stamp from the short lived German (and Bulgarian) occupation of Macedonia.
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Yugoslavia definitive postage stamp series of 1971/1989 "Tourism (city views)"
For the last few weeks my primary focus with stamps has been in soaking a batch of Yugoslav stamps and re-organizing my collection of that area. I confess that in the past I haven't given much value the aesthetics of Yugoslavian stamps, mostly because my collection has been very limited. But now I think I'm starting to fall in love with these. One of my absolute favorites is the Tourism (or as Scott calls it City views) series issued from 1971 onwards.
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Q&A: stamps of Yugoslavia and related areas
Do you have a question about stamps / philately of Yugoslavia and related areas (Serbia, Croatia, BH etc)? Your questions answered.
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