Philately of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: Victims of War Issue of 1921
30 January 1921. Charity issue for the benefit of the Society of War Invalids.
Printed in line engraving by American Bank Note Co., New York. Stamps were released on the 30th of January 1921, the day the city of Belgrade received the highest French order of merit – the Legion of Honour.
The printing sheet consisted of 4 panes, each having 100 stamps in 10 x 10 layout. In the top right corner there are plate markings F 6502 A1, F 6502 A2, F 6502 A3 and F 6502 A4.
Unsold stamps were used for overprinting of the provisional issue of 1922/24. The remainder of 1.000.000 sets was sold at an auction in 1930.
Apart from the 20.000.000 regular sets, the central postal depot received from New York additional 5.000 sets of imperforate and ungummed stamps and 10.000 sets of perforated ungummed sets. On the auction of the 1930, 4.600 sets of the first and the 9.600 sets of the latter were sold.
| CIRCULATION AND ESTIMATED SALES | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denomination | Regular stamps | Imperforate & ungummed | Perforated & ungummed | Sold | Overprinted 1922/24 | Donated to charity | Sold in 1930 |
| 10 + 10 para | 20.000.000 | 5.000 | 10.000 | 5.000.000 | 13.500.000 | 500.000 | 1.000.000 |
| 15 + 15 para | 20.000.000 | 5.000 | 10.000 | 2.721.000 | 16.279.000 | – | 1.000.000 |
| 25 + 25 para | 20.000.000 | 5.000 | 10.000 | 3.000.000 | 16.000.000 | – | 1.000.000 |
| COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES | ||
|---|---|---|
| 25 + 25 para, blue | ||
| 1 | Paper fold during the printing process. |  The back side |
| 2 | Paper crease. |  |
Cinderella of the Society of War Invalids
On the 28 December 1923, 500.000 stamps of 10 + 10 para denomination, were donated to the Central Committee of the Society of War Invalids. The stamps were overprinted with inscription У.Р.И. U.R.I. in black color (U.R.I. stands for “Udruženje Ratnih Invalida” – Society of War Invalids).
Upon release, the public was informed that the overprinted stamp can be used on letters but not as a means of payment of postage fees. These stamps are therefore cinderellas and not postage stamps.
| CONSTANT VARIETIES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 + 10 para | |||
| I |  |
Dot after И in У.Р.И. missing. | |
| Field №: ? | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: – | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: 2,25 | |||
| II |  |
Letter И in У.Р.И. damaged at bottom right. | |
| Field №: ? | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: – | |||
| Notes: another example (note flaw I above). | |||
| Value €: 2,25 | |||
| III |  |
Letter R in U.R.I. damaged at bottom right. | |
| Field №: ? | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: – | |||
| Notes: another example. | |||
| Value €: 2,25 | |||
References
Bibliography
- Novak, Dragan: Priručnik maraka jugoslovenskih zemalja (1948), Tome 8, Filatelistički savez Hrvatske (Zagreb)
- Novak, Dragan: Priručnik maraka jugoslovenskih zemalja (1951), Tome 9, Filatelistički savez Hrvatske (Zagreb)
- Katalog poštanskih maraka jugoslovenskih zemalja (1991), Jugomarka (Belgrade), YU ISSN 0351-4447
