Serbia 2025 - Second Half of the Year:

 Here we are!

With so great delay in obtaining material from Serbia, that it is almost 9 months of hard effort, which are caused by all kind of sanctions, terminated air link and some kind of reorganization of Postal System around Europe, World and Serbia alone.

First, it is price that are almost impossible to tolerate when Philately come in question. We have that "ordinary" mail go up to 2.00 euro per envelope, and mail that have more weight and/or "R" mail, will go under "parcel" post, which is privatized and operated by private contractors. You know what it mean for price per shipment!

I will not make description for each issue, it will be like previous post, with hope that You will understand well about which topic is question and if You need more detail about, or wish to purchase something, that You have "comments" option or direct contact to me on my "Philately" email address:

balkanstamp@gmail.com

Here it is:

19-2025 "EXPO - Osaka" - Japan:

Nice design? All depend on You!

20-2025 "Ecumenical Council:

21-2025 "Important Serbs":

From this four, single that I remember are Mileva Maric Einstein!

22-2025 "Joy of Europe":

23-2025 "Museum Exhibit"

From this two, I will mention the "Steam Locomotive 1875, Stevenson George.

24-2025 "UN - 80 Years":

25-2025 "Friends of Serbia":

Someone invented this issues, probably intention was to "remember" friends of Serbia, but as I see it, it is just more spending from Philately budget! It have this topics as flags on stamps, national costumes, country names on stamps.....

26-2025 "Mother and Child Institute":

 

Design? Problematic for this name and importance of Institute!

27-2025 "St. Patron - St. Michael the Archangel":

Kill me, but I don't like this "modern way" of Icons design!

28-2025 "Art":

Zuzana Chalupova and Janika Balasz - they deserve to have place on postage stamps!

29-2025 "Christmas":

Christmas is strictly religious tradition, isn't?

29-2025 "Rulers of Serbia":

Actually, it is about female Rulers of Serbia from Nemanjic Dynasty!

Surprise? Not at all, because Serbia, from history, give great space to female part of people!

One of better design from this year, probably best one!

31-2025 "Joint Issue Serbia-Indonesia":

32-2025 "Common small size issues":

I put it under one set of 7 values, even that it is issued in different date.

End of the year!

Now, terrible issuing policy by Serbian Postal Authority! 32 issues (Or 37, depend on how to count it), and not so small face values for people that have average monthly salary of  1000.- US$ per months.

I like other country, like Czech or Slovak Republic policy, as they have some 15-16 issues per year, and quality of design and printing on really best level, so Serbia, with this quantity made wrong direction!

What I can say to the future? Exist possibility that I will stop keeping material from this country in stock, and one of reason is that still, nine months in this year, I didn't received even one issue  from there!

We will see how it will end!