Trieste Zone B

In May 1945, Yugoslavian partisans captured the region known as Venezia Giulia in and around Trieste, Fiume and Pola. Allied forces arrived shortly afterwards in Trieste. It was then agreed that the regions around Trieste would be divided, creating Trieste Zones A and B.
 * Stamps for Zone B were first issued in May 1948. The design had 3 different inscriptions, one on each stamp, in Croatian, Italian or Slovene. See below; click image to enlarge.
 * In 1949, Yugoslavian stamps were inscribed or overprinted V.U.J.A. - S.T.T. for Zone B.
 * Stamps were also either inscribed STT VUJA or overprinted in Yugoslavian stamps. Some of the overprints are quite small. This included airmails, postal tax stamps, postage dues and postal tax due stamps.
 * The two zones existed until November 1954 after which most of Zone B became part of Yugoslavia, using Yugoslavian stamps.

 File:Trieste Zone B first.A.webp|The first issue. File:Trieste Zone B handshake.jpg|1949 Labor Day. File:Yugoslavia Stamp Overprint STT VUJA.jpg|1949 20d overprint. File:Trieste Zone B UPU.jpg|5d 1949 UPU. File:Trieste Zone B air.jpg|1949 2d airmail. File:Trieste Zone B agric.jpg|1950 15d agriculture. File:Trieste Zone B olympics.jpg|1952 5d Olympics. File:Trieste Zone B volleyball.jpg|1952 50d sports. File:Trieste Zone B fish.jpg|100d salmon. File:Trieste Zone B due.jpg|1952 100d postage due. File:Trieste Zone B postal tax.jpg|1953 postal tax stamp. 