Yugoslavia – provisional issues

Yugoslavia was formed at the end of World War I as the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, with Serbia joining soon after. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia-Slavonia plus Slovenia released their own stamps before the 1921 constitution that established the Yugoslavian monarchy.

Bosnia & Herzegovia
Bosnia and Herzegovina overprinted their old stamps.
 * At the end of World War I (late 1918), some pictorials were overprinted or surcharged DRŽAVA S.H.S. / Bosna i Hercegovina with others overprinted or surcharged ДРЖАВА С.Х.С. / Босна н Херцегобина. The 2kr and 4kr values have Latin overprints that are slightly different from the above.
 * Semipostals were similarly overprinted, with each value in both Latin and Cyrillic versions.
 * In 1919, pictorials were surcharged КРАЉЕВСТВО / Срба. Хрвата и Сровенача (10х + 10х), KRALJEVSTVO / Srba. Hrvata i Slovenaea (20h + 10h) or КРАЉЕВСТВО / Срба. Хрвата и / Сровенача (45х + 15х).
 * Also in 1919, Franz Josef definitives were overprinted either with KRALJEVSTVO / S.H.S. or КРАЉЕВСТВО / С.Х.С. using a decorative block to blot out the emperor's face.
 * In 1918, special delivery stamps were overprinted in both Latin and Cyrillic, inscribed as the first issue was but in all capital letters.
 * In 1918, newspaper stamps were surcharged with square dots covering the old values.
 * In 1919, newspaper stamps were now perfed 11½.
 * Later in 1919, newspaper stamps were surcharged with new values, now with round dots covering the old values.





Croatia-Slavonia




Slovenia




See

 * Yugoslavia

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