Yugoslavia: The 100th Anniversary of the First Serbian Railway Line Belgrade-Niš

Struggle for liberation of the Serbian people, after centuries of oppression, was crowned during the 19th century with creation of two states, Serbia and Montenegro. After the Congress of Berlin, these two independent states started their life within new borders. The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw the expansion of the development of railway traffic in this area, on the territory of states of that time: Serbia, Montenegro, Austria-Hungary and Turkey.

In 1878, at the Congress of Berlin, Serbia was declared an independent state and four new districts were annexed to it – Niš, Pirot, Vranje and Toplica districts. At the Congress, Austria-Hungary helped Serbia to gain new territories, conditioning Serbia, however, to sign a new convention. The convention obliged Serbia to construct the railway line from Belgrade to Vranje and Turkish and Bulgarian borders in three years. But because of lack of money, it's only constructed  line from Belgrade to Niš.

Stamp is issued on 09.04.1984.