Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: definitive issues, King facing to the left

The first definitive issue, regent Aleksander I and king Peter I.

Yugoslavia 1921, 10 para postage due, overprint type 3
Printed quantities of 5 para stamp
designed by Mr. Peroš were used for
provisional issue of postage dues.

On 16 January 1921 the first general issue of definitive stamps for the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was issued. They replaced provisional regional issues for Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as issues for the Kingdom of Serbia. Officially the mentioned provisional issues were in use until 15 April 1921 but in practice they were postally used well in the year 1922. Stamps were printed in line engraving by American Bank Note Co. and issued in panes of 100.

The process of preparing general definitive issue started already in April 1919 when the competent Ministry issued a tender for design. Works of Mr. Marko Peroš from Zagreb were adopted and large quantities of 5 para stamps were printed. Due to poor quality of work the whole issue was rejected and the printed stock was later used for the first provisional issue of postage dues.

Stamps of the first general issue were in use until 31 October 1928. Unsold stock was sold at an auction.

COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
A. Paper crease
Yugoslavia 1921 postage stamp paper crease Philately stamp freak paper crease Philately postage stamp freak paper crease Yugoslavia 1921 postage stamp freak : paper crease Yugoslavia 1921 postage stamp Paper crease Postage stamp freak paper crease
B.1 Paper fold during printing process
B.2 Paper fold during gum application process
Yugoslavia postage stamp freak folded paper printed on gum side
B.3 Paper fold during perforation process
Postage stamp freak wild perforation Philately stamp freaks wild perforation
C.1 Perforation error: perforation omission
Yugoslavia 1921 postage stamp Perforation omission Yugoslavia 1921 postage stamp Perforation omission Yugoslavia postage stamp error missing perforation
C.2 Perforation error: horizontal perforation shift
Postage stamp freak crazy perf
C.3 Perforation error: vertical perforation shift
Yugoslavia 1921 postage stamp error shifted perforation
C.4 Perforation error: double perforation
D. Offset

E. Mirror impression on sheet frame
F. Probably foreign objects on priniting plate

Cinderella issue for the 2nd Sokol games in Osijek

During the Sokol games on 28 June 1921 in Osijek, the organizing committee issued commemorative labels in colors of 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.25, 0.50 and 1 dinar stamps to be used together with these values. Two types of labels were printed, in Latin and in Cyrillic script:

  • II. POKRAJINSKI SLET JUGOSLAVENSKOG SOKOLSKOG SAVEZA OSIJEK VIDOVDAN 1921.
  • II. ПОКРАЈИНСКИ СЛЕТ ЈУГОСЛАВЕНСКОГ СОКОЛСКОГ САВЕЗА ОСИЈЕК ВИДОВДАН 1921.

The labels were canceled by commemorative postmark in red color.

TYPES
I, II Thick and thin inscriptions, especially words ЈУГОСЛАВЕНСКОГ СОКОЛСКОГ САВЕЗА and ВИДОВДАН.
CONSTANT VARIETIES
A. Cyrillic inscription
I Letter E in ОСИЈЕК prolonged at the bottom.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: another example.
Value €: 3
II Letter C in ОСИЈЕК prolonged at the bottom, looks like G.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: another example.
Value €: 3
III, IV Dots on the inner border.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: another example.
Value €: 3
V
  • Letter E in ОСИЈЕК prolonged at the bottom,
  • letters K and И in ПОКРАЈИНСКИ connected by a thin line,
  • letter C in СЛЕТ thick at the top.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: another example.
Value €: 3
VI The second letter B in ВИДОВДАН with a dot at the bottom.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: another example.
Value €: 3
VII Letter И in ОСИЈЕК white.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: another example.
Value €: 3
VIII The second letter K in СОКОЛСКОГ with acute accent.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: another example.
Value €: 3
IX Word ОСИЈЕК deformed.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: another example.
Value €: 3
X Dots around letters E and T in СЛЕТ.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: Another example
Value €: 3
XI Horizontal line of numeral 2 in 1921 short.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: another example.
Value €: 3
XII Letters П and О in ПОКРАЈИНСКИ connected by a thin line.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: another example.
Value €: 3
XIII Numeral 2 in 1921 with a short vertical line at the end of the horizontal stroke.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: another example.
Value €: 3
XIV Dot at top of letter И in ВИДОВДАН.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: another example.
Value €: 3
XV
  • Dot above letter И in ОСИЈЕК,
  • letter K in ОСИЈЕК white,
  • letters Д and О in ВИДОВДАН connected by a line.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: another example.
Value €: 3
XVI The first vertical line of the second letter И in ПОКРАЈИНСКИ longer at the top.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: another example.
Value €: 3
XVII White dot below letter И in ВИДОВДАН.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: another example.
Value €: 3
XVIII The first roman numeral I with dot on top, looks like 1.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: another example.
Value €: 3
XIX White line below letter Ј in ЈУГОСЛАВЕНСКОГ.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: another example.
Value €: 3
XX
  • White dot on letter E in ЈУГОСЛАВЕНСКОГ,
  • acute accent on letter O in ВИДОВДАН.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: another example.
Value €: 3
XXI Letters О and С in ОСИЈЕК connected by a thin line.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: another example.
Value €: 3
B. Latin inscription
I Letter G in SOKOLSKOG enclosed, looks like 8.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: another example.
Value €: 3
II Letters I, J and E in OSIJEK connected at top by a thick line.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: another example.
Value €: 3
III White thin line at the top of letter N in POKRAJINSKI.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: another example.
Value €: 3
IV Thin line below letter S in SLET.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: another example.
Value €: 3
V Letter V in JUGOSLAVENSKOG prolonged at the bottom.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: another example.
Value €: 3
OTHER VARIETIES
A. Printing guidelines and border markings often interfere with the design.

The second definitive issue, king Alexander I.

Printed by American Bank Note Co. in line engraving. Issued in panes of 100 stamps.

UNLISTED VARIETIES
1 din, brown
1 Inscription КРАЉЕВИНА between ornaments.

Provisional issue of 1924

TYPES
5 din on 8 din
Yugoslavia 5 din overprint on 8 din postage stamp 1924
Type I
Type II		 Type I:

  • horizontal stroke of numeral 5 straight.

Type II:

  • horizontal stroke of numeral 5 twisted upwards.
COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
20 para on 60 para
1 Offset

The third definitive issue, king Alexander I.

As the stock of stamps printed in 1921 was getting low, the printing of new stamps was ordered. Stamps of the second definitive issue were printed by Thomas de la Rue et Co. from London in line engraving. Panes consisted of 100 stamps (10×10). Release dates:

  • on 9 March 1924 values of 20 para, 1, 3, 5, 10 and 30 dinara,
  • on 26 June 1924 values of 50 para, 2, 15 and 20 dinara.

Stamps were valid unton 31 December 1928. Unsold stamps were available to collectors between 15 November 1933 and 14 December 1934. Unsold stock was destroyed in May 1935.

UNLISTED VARIETIES
1 din
1 Large colored dot on frame, left from letter C in СРБА.
2 Small colored dot on frame, left from letter C in СРБА.
3 Last letter A in KRALJEVINA broken.
COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
1 Foreign particle on paper. Yugoslavia 1924 postage stamp error Foreign particle on paper Yugoslavia 1924 postage stamp error Foreign particle on paper

Provisional issue of 1925

The provisional issue was released on 5 June 1925 and it consisted of two values, both on a 3 din basic stamp: 25 and 50 para. Overprinting was done by State Printing Works on panes delivered by Thomas De La Rue et Co. Delivered stamps came in panes of 100 and 50 stamps, the latter derive from printer’s waste (the defective parts were removed and remaining 50 stamps delivered).

Full stock of panes of 50 was used for 25 para stamp. For this undertaking two forms of overprints had to be made: 5×10 and 10×5. Panes of 100 were overprinted with a third form.

Unsold stamps were available to collectors between 15 November 1933 and 14 December 1934. Unsold stock was destroyed in May 1935.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
25 para on 3 din, ultramarine
I Number 5 with flag slightly shifted upwards.
Field №: 1, 3, 5, 94, 96, 98, 99, 100 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: –
Value €: 3,75
50 para on 3 din, ultramarine
I Yugoslavia 1925 postage stamp error Number 5 with flag slightly shifted upwards. Number 5 with flag slightly shifted upwards.
Field №: 90 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: –
Value €: 5,25
II Small Cyrillic letter P (П).
Field №: 91 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: –
Value €: 20
UNLISTED VARIETIES
50 para on 3 din, ultramarine
1 Zero in overprint deformed.
COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
1 Paper crease
2 Printer’s block
3 Offset
4 Shifted overprint

 

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