Serbia 2025 - first half of year:

 So, here we are in 2025 year!

If we compare it to 2024, probably, they (Serbia Post Company) understand little bit, that quantity is not way to keep Philatelist purchasing new issues from Serbia.

In 2024, they made 44 issues total, and now, in 2025 half way, we have "only" 18. Let's see what will be till end of the year. 

Personally, I'm not satisfied with design! It is "feeling" that they overused idea, and now just use "old and worn out design" of postage stamps. If we compare it with 2024 year, it start with same design of "China New Year" and continue with same design for all kind of important events from Serbian history, but - BUT still in same design like before! I will not say that it is boring, but feeling of exhausted idea in design is here! 

For this half year, I can't single out a single release for which I would say "wow, this is the good" by design! Probably, if we will search for something that can "help" in critics or if we can look for something that will alleviate the negative feeling for design, is issue for "Swan Lake" but just design for CM (Carte Maximum), and another one (even that this "style" was used before) for "Military Academy". 

Two worst design (according my opinion) go for "Jasenovac Death Camp", which is terribly wrong choice to celebrate this really important moment in WWII and breakout from death camp in NDH - Croatia! It is made by work of nun Marija, and probably, more suitable for museum or church, but not for postage stamp that need to send some visual "massage" to public. 

Another that come in this "my opinion" is issue for WWII Victory Day! Victory Day, WWII, with all kind of historic moments, putting flag on Bundestag, liberation of Yugoslavia, and all other moments available for artist to made one really precise point in title "Victory Day - WWII"! But, choice fall for this "putting flag of Yugoslavia on an electric pole - Holy Spirit!

Hope that second half of year will give us more interesting and attractive design, and here you can see this first half of year:

1-2025 "China New Year":

2-25 "Uprising":

3-2025 "Military Academy":

4-2025 "Easter":

5-2025 Laza Kostic":

6-2025 "Jasenovac Death Camp - WWII":

7-2025 "Swan Lake - Ballet":

8-2025 "Nature Protection":

9-2025 "EUROPA":

10-2025 "Victory Day - WWII":

11-2025 "Stamp Day":

12-2025 "Palic ZOO - Protected Animals":

13-2025 "Post of Serbia - Modernization":

14-2025 "World EXPO - Serbia":

15-2025 "Nevesinje Rifle":

16-2025 "J. Strauss II - Danube Day":

17-2025 "D. Engelbart":

18-2025 "R. A. Reiss":

....we will continue .....

2022 - Start:

 So, here we are in beginning with 2022 year, and not something that I'm happy to see!

It is just half year and Serbia Post decided to made around 20 issues, half year only!

It is, as I see, decision to made it in quantity, so to fill income. Even that most are under "low face value", but with quantity it will fill some "frame" in income.

I don't think it is right way in Philately! 

As quantity go up, I will just show picture of all (till now) issued, because it lookalike, will take more time now to describe all in detail or just "short" description.

Take in mind, that exchange rate as today, for local currency (Serbian Dinar) against US$ is:

1.00 US$ = 115.52 Serbian Dinar

so it will be easy for You to find face value of each stamps or set.

Of course, face value is NOT price that You will actually pay, even if You will go for purchase directly from Postal Authority of Serbia, there are additional charge applied to final bill.

Than, if You go for purchase on eBay or other web site/auction, new issue will cost You probably, twice face value plus shipping fees. Even if seller will offer free delivery, it will be probably just for more higher balance sheet. 

Some people say, that they obtain new issues on "exchange" base, which is nice, but not for face value, because You will need to pay postage cost for delivery of Your material, than cost of material You send and not talking about Your time spending in Post Office.

If You noticed, I describe some issues under name "Postage Due", even that there are some small dimension REGULAR issue, ( regular and commemorative postage stamps), it is not all in this category Postage due!

Let's start:

1-2022 "Novi Sad - European Capital of Culture":

2-2022 "FEST - 50 years":

3-2022 "24th winter Olympic - Beijing 2022":

4-2022 "Statehood Day - Serbia":

5-2022 "100 years of NIP Borba":

6-2022 "85th years of STUDENT magazine":

7-2022 "115th years of Petar Lubarda birth":

For this issue, I must to say, that I'm very dissapointed how artist made this design, in some poor quality,that is giving "feeling" that artist simply don't understand basic typography principles!

All who know Petar Lubarda know that his art work are full of colors, can say, heavy colors, so You, as artist that made proposals for stamp design, know which effect will be in the case when same "full color" are in background of postage stamp too! Now, we have one hardly visible image of Lubarda work.

Will someone here recognize Taurus and Scorpio, on this two "full red" stamp design?

It will be "hard task" to see it on first glance, but if it was made, as with white frame, than full visibility will appear!

8-2022 "International Woman's Day":

Here I admit! It is one better design and very interesting printing sheet combination!

9-2022 "140 years of Serbia and Japan diplomatic ties":

10-2022 "Serbia - Morocco Joint Issue":

11-2022 "Nikola Tesla":

12-2022 "Easter":

13-2022 "Flora":

14-2022 "Basketball Club Partizan - 30 years of winning Cup":

15-2022 "Serbian Army Day":

16-2022 "Institution in Serbia":

17-2022 "EUROPA 2022":

...against one disappointment in design! Yes, it is EUROPA issue under name of  "Stories and Myths", so they made it with folk tale of "Drekavac" (a being that, at night, rides on a man's back, until the man is exhausted), but - BUT! Can You find this being on this postage stamps?

18-2022 "Philately Day":

19-2022 "Belgrade Marathon":

1-2022 Postage Due:

...we will continue, at the moment when new issue reach my desk!

Enjoy!