This is a survey of the

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s and

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Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

History

The Principality of Serbia began to issue its own stamps in 1866. Serbia was elevated to the status of a

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in 1881.

World War I

During the First World War, the territory of Serbia was under Austro-Hungarian occupation. Stamps of Bosnia and Herzegovina overprinted "Serbien" were issued for Serbia. File:StampAustriaSerbia1916Michel42.jpg, Postage stamp for Serbia under Austro-Hungarian occupation , 1916

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

In 1920, its postal system was merged with the postal system of the former

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territories with which it formed the

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, later the

Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast Europe, Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 unt ...

World War II

After the

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established the Government of National Salvation in 1941, it issued its own stamps until 1944. Initially, Yugoslavian stamps were simply overprinted in

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with the word ''Serbien''. Later regular issues were inscribed both ''Serbien'' and ''Србија'' (Serbia). File:StampSerbia1941Michel1.jpg, A Yugoslav stamp overprinted ''Serbien'' in 1941 File:StampSerbia1941Michel47.jpg, Postage stamp for Serbia under German occupation in 1941

Post war

From 1944 onwards, Serbia was again part of

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Modern Serbia

Upon the dissolution of the union of

Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

in 2006, Serbia began issuing its own stamps once more. The Post of Serbia issues the country's stamps.

References

External links

Serbian Stamps 1941-1943
Communications in Serbia Philately of Yugoslavia

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