Yugoslavia: Children’s Week Stamps

4 October 1954. Children’s week. Printed in offset by Printing Works Jugoslavija, Belgrade. Perforation line 12½. In use until 11 October 1954.

Although this stamp was sold at the post offices and its use was obligatory, the legal aspect of this issue is contested for the following reasons:

  1. the stamp wasn’t issued by the competent postal authority,
  2. its use wasn’t announced in the official bulletin,
  3. documents with which the stamp was supposed to be introduced to the post offices doesn’t exist,
  4. the stamp wasn’t registered at the Bureau of the UPU in Berne.
CONSTANT VARIETIES
2 din, brown and orange red Field number
I Oval outline next to the baby’s face on the right. 21
II Thin curved line next to the baby’s face on the right. 22
III Colored spot above letter Ф in Ф.Н.Р.Ј. 57
PANES
Yugoslavia, 1954, Children’s Week, postal tax stamp, pane

30 September 1956. Children’s week. Offset by ZIN, Belgrade. Perforation comb 12½. In use until 6 October 1956.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
2 din, gray green Field number
I Yugoslavia 1954 child week stamp error line through O in JUGOSLAVIJA Vertical line through letter O in JUGOSLAVIJA. 1, 11, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71, 81, 91
UNLISTED VARIETIES
2 din (surcharge stamp)
1 Dot on the last A of JUGOSLAVIJA. Yugoslavia 1956 child week stamp flaw dot on A of JUGOSLAVIJA
2 White spot on the top left side of the book.
2 din (postage due)
1 White spot at the top of the goose’s right wing.

5 October 1958. Children’s week. Printed in offset by ZIN, Belgrade. Perforation 12½. In use until 11 October 1958.

UNLISTED VARIETIES
2 din (postage due)
1 Corcle in child’s trousers.
2 Circle left from letters de in nedelja.

5 October 1959. Children’s week. Printed in offset by ZIN, Belgrade. Perforation 12½. In use until 11 October 1959.

UNLISTED VARIETIES
2 din (surcharge stamp)
1 White spot on letter А in ДЕЧЈА.
2 din (postage due)
1 Spot below rooster’s belly.
2 Spot left from rooster’s tail.
3 Orange dot on rooster’s tail.
4 Seed between the first and the second wheat heads.
COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
2 din, ocher and green
1 Imperforate. Yugoslavia 1959 child week stamp error imperforate

2 October 1960. Children’s week. Offset by ZIN, Belgrade. Perforation comb 12½. In use until 8 October 1960.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
2 din, blue (postage due) Field number
I Dot above letter J in DEČJA. ?
II Yugoslavia 1960 child week stamp error dot after A White dot after the final A in ЈУГОСЛАВИЈА. ?
UNLISTED VARIETIES
2 din (postage due)
1 Long white scratch connecting the second letter O in PORTO and the second letter A in ЈУГОСЛАВИЈА.

1 October 1961. Children’s week. Offset by ZIN, Belgrade. Perforation comb 12½. In use until 7 October 1961.

UNLISTED VARIETIES
1 Brown dot on first Ј letter of ЈУГОСЛАВИЈА. Yugoslavia 1961 child week stamp flaw dot on J of JUGOSLAVIJA

 

References

Bibliography

  1. Katalog poštanskih maraka jugoslovenskih zemalja (1991), Jugomarka (Belgrade), YU ISSN 0351-4447
  2. Michel Südeuropa 2005/2006, Band 2 (2005), Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH, ISBN 3-87858-682-5

External links

  1. Katalog doplatnih maraka M & M, Jugoslavija 1933-1999, Srbija i Crna Gora 1992-2007: SCRIBD