Art mini sheet on registered cover from Serbia

 

I received this fine registered Serbian cover in March 2022. There's whole Art 2018 mini sheet on cover and also one charity tax stamp. Serbian post decided to celebrate births of famous writers from Serbia and Russia: 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev, 175th Anniversary of the Birth of Kosta Trifković, 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Maksim Gorky, 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Aleksa Šantić, 125th Anniversary of the Birth of Miloš Crnjanski and 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. 

Thank you, Antea!

30 years since winning European Champions Cup on cover from Serbia

 

BC “Partizan” won the European Champions Cup in 1992, with Aleksandar Đorđević scoring three points in the last second of the game against Juventud from Badalona. This April, three decades after the greatest success of Serbian club basketball, the best coach of Europe, Željko Obradović, returned to the position of coach of BC “Partizan”, who already conquer Europe in his first season on the Partizan bench. In addition to that success in European competitions, BC “Partizan” won the Radivoje Korać Cup three times (1978, 1979 and 1989) and participated in the final four of the Euroleague.

In the sports calendar of all Partizan fans, 16 April 1992 is a very important, if not the most important date - the day when the Basketball Club “Partizan” conquered Europe. Everyone who has black and white in their hearts with the deepest emotions remembers the match against Juventud and the famous three points of Đorđević, thus engraving the name of our club in eternity. The team that then reached the “roof of Europe” was led by coach Željko Obradović. And now, 30 years later, the black and white crew is again led by Obradović - the most trophy-winning coach in Europe and the pride of the Partizan family.

Motifs on the stamps: Željko Obradović and Aleksandar Đorđević, motifs on the envelope: Predrag Danilović and Aleksandar Nikolić

Drawings by Dino Stevanović

Expert collaboration: BC Partizan NIS Belgrade

Graphic realisation of the issue: MA Jakša Vlahović, academic graphic artist

 

Thank you, Antea!

Stamp day 2013 with engraver signature (!!!) on insured registered cover from Serbia

I received this insured registered cover in February with block of four stamps Stamp day 2013, issued on 25.10.2013. There's a specific philatelic specialty in philately of Yugoslavia and Serbia - hidden signature of engraver with long tradition over many decades.

On this block you can see hidden signature on bottom right stamp - NS. Location of signature is never revealed and you never know which edition will have it, and sometimes is really well hidden. And for your information, stamps with engraver signature cost much more on philatelic market!


Thanks a lot, Milorad!

Insured registered cover from Serbia

I received in January this insured registered cover with stamps from set Europa CEPT Visit Serbia, issued on 4.5.2012. There are also two stamps from set of definitives issued on 27.3.2018. Left stamp is dedicated to Field Marshall Radomir Putnik, and right one to Field Marshall Živojin Mišić, legendary war leaders from World War One.


Thank you, Uglješa!

Stamp day – 150 years of postal card on registered cover from Serbia

The world’s first official postal card was released on 1 October 1869 for inland postal traffic within the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Professor of economics Emanuel Herrmann, in January of 1869 in Viennese press proposes the new means of postal communication. He suggested the 2 kr. price for short messages being carried on standard forms lower even than that for a local letter, and by printing remark that the post denies any responsibility for the content of the message, he solved the main problem. New mean of communication was given the name Correspondenz-Karte.

Prepared thoroughly, postal cards were printed on yellowish paper 122 x 85 mm in size in huge quantities and timely distributed to all countries of the Dual Monarchy, with imprinted stamp of 2 kr. for unlimited traffic. Difference existed only with the coats of arms, Austria and Hungarian. The employees were strictly ordered to treat the postal cards like they would letters, to accept and process them without delay, deliver promptly, while they were also subject to registered handling. Knowing that the mail was delivered twice and in bigger cities even several times a day, postal cards made possible to arrange a meeting or business the same day for the low price. The success was immense! According to data, only on first day some 10.000 were sold, during the first month 1,4 million and by the end of year some 3 million pieces! The following year several European countries introduced this novelty, and Serbia did it in 1873.

In today’s Serbia, in Vojvodina, all three varieties of the first postcard circulated: the Austrian, distributed to Military Border, and Hungarian on both languages – German and Hungarian. The addressing language was irrelevant, so the Serbs as other nationalities wholeheartedly accepted postal cards, noticing that renouncement of responsibility for the contents allows them cheap communication in own language. Presented postal card is probably the oldest preserved from our area, written on 13th and posted on Friday, October 15th 1869, from Novi Sad to Vrdnik, last post Irig, received the same date.


 Thank you, Ivan!

Postcards dedicated to Serbian military graveyard and memorial on Corfu and Vido, Greece

This postcards are dedicated to very important piece of Serbian history, The Great retreat during WWI, when most of the half soldiers and civilians died during retreat and also on Corfu.

The Great Retreat, also known as the Albanian Golgotha, took place during the First World War following the invasion of Serbia by the Central Powers. Facing total destruction but refusing to come to terms, the government and the supreme command made the decision, on 23 November 1915, to retreat through Montenegro and Albania where they hoped to reach the Adriatic coast and be rescued by Allied ships.

The retreat took the remnants of the Serbian Army, the King, hundreds of thousands of civilian refugees, with thousands of Austrian prisoners, across some of the roughest terrain in Europe in the middle of winter, enduring harsh weather, treacherous roads, and enemy raids. During the journey across the mountains, around 70,000 soldiers and 140,000 civilians froze, starved to death, died of disease or were killed by hostile Albanian tribes between November 1915 and January 1916.

Out of around 400,000 people who set out on the journey, only 120,000 soldiers and 60,000 civilians reached the Adriatic coast to be evacuated to the Greek island of Corfu, 11,000 more would die later of disease, malnutrition, or exposure sustained on the retreat. In some sources published following the conflict, the event was described as the greatest and most tragic episode of the Great War.

On this first postcard you can see entrance to mausoleum and memorial on island Vido.

Here you can see museum Serbian House, mausoleum on Vido, memorila in Gouvia and monument dedicated to soldiers of Drina division.

Here you can see command of Iron regiment (named by Bulgarians because of their fierce fighting)

And this is look at coast of Corfu today.

All cards are sent with same stamp - Euromed 2018.

Thank you, Lana & Racko!

Winter Olympic Games 2018 in PyeongChang, South Korea on insured registered cover from Serbia

The 2018 Winter Olympics was an international winter multi-sport event that was held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, Gangwon Province, South Korea. Serbian post, like many other postal operators, issued stamp set to commemorate this event. This pair of stamps is issued on 9.2.2018, and it's used on insured registered cover.


Thank you, Dušan!

Insured registered cover from Serbia with personalized stamps

This is insured registered cover from Serbia, my first with personalized Serbian stamps. This cover is specially made for personalized stamps dedicated to Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS), a state-owned electric utility power company with headquarters in Belgrade, Serbia. It was founded in 1991 and it has around 29,150 employees, making it the largest enterprise in the country.You can see embossed logo of EPS in upper left corner. They issued sheet of 15 stamps in booklet, and all that comes in this cover. You can see two stamps frrm this personalized set on cover (on left side), and complete set Digital Serbia, issued on 7.6.2011, on the left side. There is also one ad stamp on far left, with painting by Serbian painter Branko Vasiljević.

This sheet shows various EPS facilities and daughter companies of EPS, and also EPS logo in the middle. This sheet is only sheet with various stamps issued as a personalized stamps in Serbia. All other issued have only one stamp design per sheet. Sheet is printed in October 2007, print run is 2000 sheets.

I also received this stamps in same cover. First is complete set of Serbia and Montenegro - 50 Years of EUROPA Stamps, issued on 31.3.2005. Last stamp is personalized stamp 58th Zmaj Children Games.


Thanks, Uglješa!

Important anniversaries on registered cover from Serbia

I received registered Serbian cover with stamps which celebrates two different and important anniversaries. First one is 225 years of Gymnasium of Karlovci, issued in 13.4.2016. The Gymnasium of Karlovci  is the high school located in the town of Sremski Karlovci. It is the oldest secondary school in Serbia.

Second stamp commemorates Centenary of the battle of Kaymakchalan, and is released on  12.9.2016. The Battle of Kaymakchalan was a battle that was fought between Serbian and Bulgarian troops on the Macedonian Front during World War I. The battle was fought between 12 and 30 September 1916, when the Serbian army managed to capture the peak of Prophet Ilia while pushing the Bulgarians towards the town of Mariovo, where the latter formed new defensive lines. Between 26 and 30 September, the peak changed hands several times until it was decisively captured by the Serbian army on the latter date.

Joint Issue Serbia-India: 70 years of Diplomatic Relations

On 15th September 2018 Serbia and India jointly issued a set two of stamps to celebrate friendship as cofounders of the Non-Aligned Movement. India-Serbia relations are warm and friendly drawing their strength from the shared values of Non-Alignment as the pillar of the Foreign Policy and the personal friendship of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Marshall Tito the founders of the Non-Aligned Movement.

This joint set pays tribute to two great personalities of the two countries, Serbian inventor Nikola Tesla, genius in the field of electricity, energy, wireless transmission and magnetism and Svami Vivekananda, philosopher and spiritual master, who introduced Hinduism to the western world and inspired the movement for the independence of India.

 Here you can see Serbian version of this joint issue.

Thank you Sayam!

Mileva Marić Einstein on Serbian cover

Mileva Marić Einstein was a Serbian mathematician. She was the only woman among Albert Einstein's fellow students at Zürich's Polytechnic and was the second woman to finish a full program of study at the Department of Mathematics and Physics. Marić and Einstein were lovers and had a daughter Lieserl in 1902; the daughter died in 1903 before their marriage later that year. They later had two sons, Hans Albert and Eduard.

The question whether (and if so, to what extent) Marić contributed to Einstein's early work, and to the Annus Mirabilis Papers in particular, is the subject of debate. Many professional historians of physics argue that she made no significant scientific contribution, while others suggest that she was a supportive companion in science and may have helped him materially in his research.

This stamps are reprinted several times, and these are from 06.02.2017.

Serbia: 150 years since the birth of Kosta Stojanović

I receive a registered cover from Serbia with 3 stamps with Serbian scientist Kosta Stojanović.  He was a Serbian scientist in the fields of math, physics, mechanics, sociology and economy. He was pioneer in math economy and cybernetics in Serbia. He was professor at Belgrade Higher School and in The University of Belgrade. He was minister of economy 8 times in The Kingdom of Serbia and The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Date of issue is 10.04.2017.

Serbia: Children's Stamps - Baby Zoo

Every Year Serbian Post issue stamp set Children's Stamps. Theme for this year is Baby Zoo, which is part of The Belgrade Good Hope garden zoo. Zoo was founded in 1936 and is one of the oldest zoos in Europe. We have four beautiful baby animals on stamps:greater rhea, dorcas gazelle, serval and hippopotamus.

There are also two nice First Day Covers.

Issue date is 09.11.2017.

 

 

Registered Serbian FDC Joy of Europe 2017

About month ago i bought some stamps online, and sender surprised me when he sent me stamps in cover on first day of issue of Joy of Europe stamp. You can send FDC's on first day only from main post office in Belgrade. “Joy of Europe” is the largest and oldest international manifestation of children’s creativity, established back in 1969, on the occasion of the World Children’s Day. They always use children's paintings for this series. Painting used for this stamp is done by 11-years old Serbian kid Uglješa Milenković.


Thank you Dragan!

Serbia: Stamp Day 2017

Every year Serbian Post have new stamp dedicated to Stamp day. Topic for this year is little bit unusual - IRC or international reply coupon. An international reply coupon is a coupon that can be exchanged for one or more postage stamps representing the minimum postage for an unregistered priority airmail letter of up to twenty grams sent to another Universal Postal Union member country. IRCs are accepted by all UPU member countries.UPU member postal services are obliged to exchange an IRC for postage, but are not obliged to sell them.

Stamp and FDC are released on 09. 10.2017.

Registered cover: 180 years since the establishment of official diplomatic relations between Great Britain and Serbia

I received a registered Serbian cover: 80 years since the establishment of official diplomatic relations between Great Britain and Serbia. Diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and Serbia began in 1837, due to the fact that, among other things, Prince of Serbia Miloš Obrenović (left on stamp) understood that Serbia should develop relations not only with the East, but also with the West. Colonel George Lloyd Hodge (right person on stamp) was appointed the first British consul to Serbia: he handed his credentials to Prince Miloš in Kragujevac, the capital of Serbia, an autonomous principality in Ottoman Empire.

Serbia: 800 years since the coronation of Stefan the First-Crowned as the first-crowned King of Serbia

Stefan Nemanjić or Stefan the First-Crowned; around 1165 – 24 September 1228) was Grand Prince of Serbia from 1196, and the King of Serbia from 1217 until his death in 1228. He was the first crowned Rascian king, and through his promotion of the Serbian Grand Principality into a kingdom and helping his brother Saint Sava in establishing the Serbian Church, he is regarded one of the most important of the long lasting Nemanjić dynasty.

Having long wanted to call himself king, Stefan set about procuring a royal crown from the papacy. It is not clear what Stefan promised in regard to the status of the Catholic Church, which had numerous adherents in the western and coastal parts of his realm, but a papal legate finally arrived in 1217 and crowned Stefan. The advance of the Catholic Church in Serbia did not last long but angered Serbian clergy. Many opposed Stefan's coronation, with Sava protesting by leaving Serbia and returning to Mount Athos.

Later Serbian churchmen were also bothered by Stefan's relations with the papacy; while Stefan and Sava's contemporary Domentian wrote that the coronation was performed by a papal legate, a century later Theodosius the Hilandarian claimed that Stefan was crowned by Sava. The contradiction led some Serbian historians to conclude that Stefan underwent two coronations, first by the legate and in 1219 by Sava, but modern scholars tend to agree that only the former took place.

New Serbian Christmas stamps

Serbian Post traditionally release two Christmas stamps in this time of year. They've finally abandoned conservative designs with icons and frescoes, and we finally have some very pretty Christmas stamps this year. Release date is 02.10.2017, and there is also nice First day cover.

Serbia: Joy of Europe 2017 stamp and FDC

“Joy of Europe” is the largest and oldest international manifestation of children’s creativity, established back in 1969, on the occasion of the World Children’s Day. Serbian Post will issue one new stamp, but with eight different labels! They always use children's paintings for this series. Painting used for this stamp is done by 11-years old Serbian kid Uglješa Milenković. Young artists who painted pictures on labels are from China, Greece, India, Slovakia, Thailand, Bulgaria and Serbia.

Release date is 29.09.2017.

Serbia: Ljubičevo Equestrian Games

This new stamp is Ljubičevo equestrian games, and it will be released 01.09.2017.  Ljubičevo Equestrian Games is an equestrian tournament held annually in Požarevac. In 2013, the tournament had its 50th birthday and was a central event in the whole region. The tournament is held during the first week of September.

On the right shore of the river Velika Morava is located one of the oldest stables named Ljubičevo stable. In this place, before the stable was founded, there was a large agricultural property of Miloš Obrenović I, Prince of Serbia called "Morava". In April 1860, Miloš donated his property to the country. At the same time, Miloš ordered that the stable from a place called Ćuprija is moved to his property, that stable was established earlier by Aleksandar Karađordević. The only thing left in Ćuprija was the branch Dobričevo and by the fall of that year the big stable was built in Ljubičevo and the entire complex was moved there. During the governance of prince Mihajlo in 1866 when the headmaster was Aga Jefta, in the honor of princess Ljubica, wife of Miloš Obrenović I, Prince of Serbia, the agricultural property was named Ljubičevo.