State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs: Issues for Bosnia and Herzegovina

November–December 1918. Stamps of Bosnia and Herzegovina, issued in 1910 to commemorate 80 years of rule of Emperor Francis Joseph, were overprinted after the fall of Austria-Hungary with the name of new state in Latin (DRŽAVA S.H.S.) and in Cyrillic (ДРЖАВА С.Х.С.). Stamps were overprinted in letterpress in black and red color.

A. CONSTANT VARIETIES – YEAR MARKS
I	Left: 191; right: 1918
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 3, 5, 10, 20 and 25 heller
	Value €: –
II	Left: 1918; right: 1 18
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: only 10 heller
	Value €: –
III	Left: 18; right: 1918
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 10, 40, 45 heller, 10 krone
	Value €: –
IV	Left: 19; right: 1918
	Field №: 50 (5 heller)	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 5, 10, 20, 40 heller, 10 krone
	Value €: –
V	Left: 1981; right: 1918
	Field №: 36	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 5, 10, 30, 40 heller
	Value €: –
VI	Left: 981; right: 1918
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 3, 5, 20, 30, 40, 45, 50 heller
	Value €: –
VII	Left: 918; right: 1918
	Field №: 25 (3 heller), 34 (5, 25, 45 heller)	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 3, 5, 10, 20, 25, 30, 40, 45, 50 heller, 10 krone
	Value €: –
VIII	Left: 1918; right: missing
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 10 heller
	Value €: –
IX	Left: 1918; right: 918
	Field №:34 (3 heller); 20, 21, 28, 29 (10 heller); 18, 37 (20 heller); 37 (25 heller); 5 (10 krone)	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 3, 10, 20, 25 heller and 10 krone
	Value €: –
X	Left: missing; right: 1918
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 10 heller
	Value €: –
XI	Left: 19 8; right: 1918
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 45 heller
	Value €: –
XII	Left: 1891; right: 1918
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 40 heller
	Value €: –
XIII	Left: 891; right: 1918
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 10, 40 heller
	Value €: –
XIV	Left: 191; right: missing
	Field №: 15 (3 heller); 50 (5 heller); 15 (10 heller); 15 (25 heller)	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 3, 5, 10, 20, 25 heller
	Value €: –
XV	Left: 1918; right: 191
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 3, 5, 10, 20, 25 heller
	Value €: –
XVI	Left: 1918; right: 18
	Field №: 42 (40 heller)	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 5, 40, 90 heller
	Value €: –
XVII	Left: 1918; right: 19
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 5 heller, 10 krone
	Value €: –
XVIII	Left: 1918; right: 1981
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 10 and 40 heller
	Value €: –
XIX	Left: 1918; right: 981
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 5 heller
	Value €: –
XX	Left: 1918; right: 1891
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 40 heller
	Value €: –
XXI	Left: 918; right: 891
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 10 heller
	Value €: –
XXII	Left: 918; right: 918
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 10 heller
	Value €: –
XXIII	Left: missing; right: missing
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 10 hellers, 10 krone
	Value €: –
B. MISSING LETTERS AND MARKS
XXIV	Letter “Ж” in “ДРЖАВА” damaged.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 30, 80 heller, 3 and 10 krone
	Value €: –
XXV	The letter “X” in the denomination (Cyrillic “h”) is missing.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 80 heller
	Value €: –
XXVIa	The left canceling block is missing.
	Field №: 24 (90 heller)	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 80, 90 heller
	Value €: –
XXVIb	Left canceling block damaged.
	Field №: 20 (90 heller)	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 90 heller
	Value €: –
XLIII	Zero in denomination damaged.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 90 heller
	Value €: –
XXVIII	The letters “го” in “Херцеговина” are damaged.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 5, 30, 40, 45, 50, 80 heller and 10 krone
	Value €: –
XXIX	Dot missing after the first “S” in “S.H.S.”
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 2 krone
	Value €: –
XXX	Dot missing after the second “S” in “S.H.S.”
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 2 and 4 krone
	Value €: –
XXXI	The comma after the first “S” in “S.H.S.”
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 4 krone
	Value €: –
XXXII	Dot missing after “H” in “S.H.S.”
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 2, 4 krone
	Value €: –
XXXIII	Large letter “B” in “Bosna.”
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 2, 4 krone
	Value €: –
XXXIV	Letter “Ž” in “DRŽAVA” without diacritical sign – “DRZAVA.”
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 4 krone
	Value €: –
XXXV	Both letters “s” in “Bosna” are missing – “Bo na.”
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 2, 4 krone
	Value €: –
XXXVI	Letter “i” in “Hercegovina” thin.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 2 krone
	Value €: –
XXXVII	Letter “D” in “DRŽAVA” missing – “RŽAVA.”
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 4 krone
	Value €: –
XXXVIII	Numeral 1 in denomination missing – “0 K.”
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 10 krone
	Value €: –
XXXIX	Numeral 1 in denomination imprinted in the second run (shifted to the left).
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 10 krone
	Value €: –
C. OTHER CONSTANT VARIETIES
XL	Numeral 9 in 1918 is deformed.
	Field №: 49	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 40 heller
	Value €: –
XLI	Thick numerals.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 60 and 80 heller
	Value €: –
XLII	Numeral 4 filled with color.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 4 krone
	Value €: –
XLIII	Chipped number 4 in the denomination.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 4 krone
	Value €: –
XLIV	Zero in denomination open on top.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: –
	Value €: –
XLV	The letter “o” in “Bosna” is open on top.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 3 heller
	Value €: –
XLVI	The letter “а” in “Херцеговина” is damaged.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 45 heller
	Value €: –
XLVII	The right canceling block is larger.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 90 heller
	Value €: –
XLVIII	The letters “Бос” in “Босна” shifted upwards.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 30 heller
	Value €: –
XLIX	The letters “Bosn” in “Bosna” shifted upwards.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: another example
	Value €: –

CONSTANT VARIETIES OF OVERPRINTS
COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES (probably intentionally produced)
5	Double overprint, one of them inverted.	All values
6	Wrong script: Cyrillic instead of Latin and vice versa.	3, 5, 10, 20, 25, 30, 40, 45, and 50 heller
7	Wrong overprint color.	3, 5, 10, 20, 25, 30, 40, 45, and 50 heller
8	Both red and black overprints, normal settings or inverted: red in Latin and black in Cyrillic, red in Cyrillic and black in Latin, black in Latin and red in Cyrillic inverted, red in Latin and black in Cyrillic inverted, black in Cyrillic and red in Cyrillic inverted, red in Cyrillic and black in Cyrillic inverted.	3, 5, 10, 20, 25, 30, 40, 45, and 50 heller

POSSIBLE CONSTANT VARIETIES (unlisted)
6	The letter “с” in “Босна” shifted upwards.
8	The lower right part of the left canceling block is damaged.
9	The left canceling block is damaged at the bottom.
11	Open letter “Д” in “ДРЖАВА.”
12	Numerals 9 and 8 in the right-sided year mark damaged on top.
13	Numeral 8 smaller.

13 December 1918. Bosnia and Herzegovina special delivery stamps with a black overprint DRŽAVA S. H. S. Bosna i Hercegovina / ДРЖАВА СХС Босна и Херцеговина in letterpress.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
2 heller
I	The letters “И” and “Н” in “ХЕРЦЕГОВИНА” are broken.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: –
	Value €: –
II	“Босна и” instead of “БОСНА И.”
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: –
	Value €: –

28 December 1918. The 1916 charity issue for disabled veterans with a black overprint DRŽAVA S. H. S. Bosna i Hercegovina / ДРЖАВА С. Х. С. Босна и Херцеговина in letterpress.

UNLISTED VARIETIES
10 + 10 heller
1	A horizontal line on the letter “B” in “ДРЖАВА.”

COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
Both denominations
1	Double overprint
2	Shifted overprint.

Postage dues

CONSTANT VARIETIES
I	Letter “И” in “БОСНА” damaged.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: all values with Cyrillic overprint.
	Value €: –
II	The letters “И” and “Н” in “ХЕРЦЕГОВИНА” are broken.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: all values with Cyrillic overprint.
	Value €: –
III	Letter “A” in “ХЕРЦЕГОВИНА” is damaged (so-called narrow “A”).
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: all values with Cyrillic overprint.
	Value €: –
IV	The letter “A” in “ХЕРЦЕГОВИНА” is thick.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: all values with Cyrillic overprint.
	Value €: –
V	Letter “A” in “ХЕРЦЕГОВИНА” missing – “ХЕРЦЕГОВИН.”
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: all values with Cyrillic overprint.
	Value €: –
VI	“Босна и” instead of “БОСНА И.”
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: all values with Cyrillic overprint.
	Value €: –
VII	The inscription “HELLERA” is missing.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 25 heller
	Value €: –
VIII	The inscription “KRUNA” is missing.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 1 krone
	Value €: –
IX	Inscription “xелера” missing.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 20 heller
	Value €: –
X	Inscription “круна” instead of “xелера.”
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 5, 10 heller
	Value €: –
XI	Letter “O” in “BOSNA” missing – “B SNA.”
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 25, 40 heller
	Value €: –
XII	The last letter “A” in “DRŽAVA” is missing – “DRŽAV .”
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 1 krone
	Value €: –
XIII	“D” and the last “A” in “DRŽAVA” are missing – ” RŽAV .”
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 4 heller and 1 krone
	Value €: –
XIV	“D” in “DRŽAVA” is missing – ” RŽAVA.”
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 1 krone
	Value €: –
XV	The last letter “A” in “DRŽAVA” and “BOSN” in “BOSNA” are missing – “DRŽAV S.H.S. A I HERCEGOVINA.”
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 1 krone
	Value €: –
XVI	Letters “E”, “G” and “V” in “HERCEGOVINA” are missing – “HERC O NA.”
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 1 krone
	Value €: –

COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
1	Inverted overprint	All values
2	Double overprint.	All values
3	Double overprint, one of them inverted.	All values
4	Offset.	All values
5	Overprint in Latin instead of in Cyrillic script.	2, 5, 10, 20, 30, 50 heller, 3 krone.
6	Overprint in Cyrillic instead of in Latin script.	4, 6, 15, 25, 40 heller and 1 krone.
7	Shifted overprint – horizontally and vertically.	All values.

SPECIAL POSTAL USAGE
1	Postage dues used as franco stamps.

Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: Issues for Bosnia and Herzegovina

A. Definitive issue

After unification with the Kingdom of Serbia, a new state was formed – the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. In 1919 stamps of Bosnia and Herzegovina, issues of 1906, 1912, and 1916, were overprinted in letterpress in black and red color with new country name in Latin (KRALJEVSTVO S.H.S) and Cyrillic (КРАЉЕВСТВО С.Х.С) scripts.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
I	Without the “mask” over the Emperor’s head.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 3, 5, 20/35, 25, 30, 45, 45/80, 50/72, 60, 80, 90 heller and 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 krone. Probably intentionally produced.
	Value €: –
II	The word “KRALJEVSTVO” is missing.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 3, 45/80 heller and 2, 10 krone
	Value €: –
III	The top horizontal canceling line is aligned to the lower on the left side.
	Field №: 44	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 5 heller
	Value €: –
IV	The upper horizontal canceling line is missing.
	Field №: 50	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 5 heller
	Value €: –
V	Inscription S.H.S. standing ½ cm lower.
	Field №: 77	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 5, 25 heller
	Value €: –
VI	The second letter “S” in “S.H.S.” is missing (S.H. ).
	Field №: 68	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 3 heller
	Value €: –
VII	Letter “K” in “KRALJEVSTVO” is missing ( RALJEVSTVO).
	Field №: 1	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 5, 25 heller, 3 K
	Value €: –
VIII	Without the left canceling box.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 50/72 heller
	Value €: –
IX	Numeral 5 in 45 thick.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 45/80 heller
	Value €: –
X	The bottom right corner of the “mask” over the Emperor’s face missing.
	Field №:74 (3 heller), 45 (10/6 heller), 78 (20/35 heller), 78 (45/80 heller)	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 3, 10/6, 20/35 and 45/80 heller.
	Value €: –
XI	The top left corner of the “mask” over the Emperor’s face missing.
	Field №:16, 52 (45/80 heller), 7 (60 heller), 27 (3 krone)	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 45/80, 60 heller and 3 krone
	Value €: –
XII	The lower left corner of the “mask” over the Emperor’s face missing.
	Field №: 23 (30 and 60 heller)	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 30, 60 heller
	Value €: –
XIII	The left side of the dot after the first letter S in S.H.S. missing (the “comma flaw”).
	Field №: 48 (2 krone)	Pane: Pane
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 2 krone
	Value €: –
XIV	The mask on the Emperor’s face is deformed.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: –
	Value €: –

COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
1	Inverted overprint.	All values
2	Double overprint.	All values
3	Double overprint, one of them inverted.	All values
4	Double overprint, both inverted.	5 heller
5	Triple overprint.	3, 5, 10/6, 20/35, 25, 30, 45, 45/80, 50/72, 60, 80, 90 heller and 10 krone
6	Rotated overprint (90°).	All values, except 50 heller
7	Offset	All values
8	Shifted overprint – horizontally or vertically.	All values
OTHER VARIETIES, PROBABLY INTENTIONALLY PRODUCED
9	The mask on the overprint on 2 krone stamp.	2 krone
10	Both regular and rotated overprint.	All values (?)
11	Overprint in Latin instead of in Cyrillic script.	3, 20/35, 30, 50, 60, 90 heller and 3, 5 krone
12	Overprint in Cyrillic instead of in Latin script.	5, 10/6, 25, 80 heller and 2, 4, 10 krone
13	Double overprint, one in Cyrillic the other in Latin script.	?
14	Double overprint in Latin script, one in black and the other in red color.	?
15	Double overprint in Latin script, one in black and the other in red color, the black overprint inverted.	?

OTHER UNLISTED OBSERVED VARIETIES
1	Position of the “mask” shifting to the left. (only on 90 heller stamp)

POSSIBLE CONSTANT OR COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
1	The top left side of the “mask” is damaged.
2	A dot in the upper left corner of the “mask”.
3	Circle-shaped hole in the “mask”.
4	The left side of the “mask” is damaged.
5	The bottom right corner of the mask is damaged, almost missing.
6	The top left corner of the mask is almost completely missing.
7	The letter “O” in “KRALJEVSTVO” is broken on top right.

B. Postage dues

CONSTANT VARIETIES OF OVERPRINTS		On values	Description	Field number
I		40 heller	Numeral 4 in denomination thin.	Only one in a pane.

COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
1	Inverted overprint.	All values
2	Double overprint.	2, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 heller and 1, 3, 4 krone
3	Offset.	All values
4	Shifted overprint, horizontally or vertically.

POSSIBLE CONSTANT OR COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
1	Colorless spot at the top of the right canceling block.		20 heller

References

Bibliography

Fleck, Vladimir (1941): Priručnik Maraka Hrvatskih Zemalja, Book 1, Tome 2, Hrvatski Filatelistički Savez, Zagreb
Katalog poštanskih maraka jugoslovenskih zemalja (1991), Jugomarka (Belgrade). YU ISSN 0351-4447

Contributors
Some of the images on this page were contributed by:

mag. Boštjan Petauer FRPSL