Showing posts with label WWI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WWI. Show all posts

Thursday, March 13, 2025

Serbia 2024 year issues:

 Serbia 2024 year issues - what to say about?

Clearly - nothing good!

I start to ask (myself), if there, in Serbia, people that decide, organize, select (and so on), postage stamps program for year to come care about postage stamps, Philately, image of country, money that collectors will need to spend, or they - “they” just care about “profit in any way”!?

Probably, the last one is in question!


See: according to my listing, we have this “fascinating” 41 (or 44, depending how You count it) issues in the 2024 year! Holy Spirit! If I counted well, it is 6886 Serbian dinar, in the case that You take just ONE stamp of each printed in this year. According to the exchange rate, it is around 64.00 US$. Now, if we take into account that monthly salary in Serbia is around 750.00 US$, I will say, it is too much to take from income! 

Design? What a design! There, from this 41, I can not mention anything that can say, or remind us, that this design is actually art! Postage stamps are one kind of ART, art that expresses the time we live, ideas, science, and so on. Even the issue  “Nikola Tesla” was made in poor design! Single that I can say is more or less, good design, which was ruined by small dimension, is the EXPO 2027 issue (shown), which is not original design, but it is design “borrowed” from Yugoslavia 1967 year, issue for EXPO “67 (Michel catalog number 1216-1221, Scott catalog number 870-875).

And next what I wish to say, go for Serbia Post Administration (actually, a public company, owned by gov’t), that there is no way that with all kinds of “naive” decisions to allow a lot of stamp printing, companies will make stable income for the period to come!


Here we come to show it:

1-2024 "China New Year:


2-2024 "Serbia-Slovenia, our great people":


3-2024 "Letopis Matice Srpske":


4-2024 "Radio Belgrade":


5-2024 "Prominent Serbs":



6-2024 "Heroes":



7-2024 "Art - M. Jonas":


8-2024 "Law - Civil Code":


9-2024 "Nikola Tesla":


10-2024 "Standardization":


11-2024 "Easter":


12-2024 "Friend of Serbia":



13-2024 "EUROPA":


14-2024 "Stamp Day":


15-2024 "Ensemble KOLO":


16-2024 "Film Archive":


17-2024 "Education":


18-2024 "Writers":


19-2024 "Serbia-Canada":


20-2024 "WWI Heroes":


21-2024 "Serbia-France":



22-2024 "Railway":


23-2024 "EXPO '27":


24-2024 "Religion":


25-2024 "Halyard Operation - WWII":



26-2024 "Joy of Europe":


27-2024 "European Values":


28-2024 "Health Institute":


29-2024 "Liberation of Belgrade - WWII":


30-2024 "Nature Protection":


31-2024 "Serbia-Indonesia":


32-2024 "RTV Voivodina":


33-2024 "Australian Medical - WWI":



34-2024 "Army":


35-2024 "Serbia-Russia":


36-2024 "St. Patron of Family":


37-2024 "Christmas":


38-2024 "Theatre":


39-2024 "Greats of World Art":


40-2024 "POLITIKA Newspaper":



41-2024 "Magyar Szo Newspaper":


Postage Due 1-2024:


Good luck in 2025!

























































































Saturday, September 19, 2020

2020 year - start with:

 1-2020 "Italian Navy for the Serbian Army - WWI":


One important issue from WWI, where Italian Navy rescued Serbian Army and civilians to the freedom.

It happen from Dec. 12, 1915 to Feb. 29, 1916 where Italian Royal Navy evacuated from Albania 260 895 Serbians and 24 000 Austrian prisoners of war.

Issued on Jan. 21, 2020, set of 4 values, printed in sheets of two sets with gutter between.






2-2020 "China New Year":

Set of two values, as usually, it is from Lunar Horoscope - Year of Rat.
Design is "as usually" in this topic, Serbia have it in own way. I can say, "nice" design. FDC even better made than set alone. In any way, worth to have in collection!




4-2020 "180th Ann. of the Post of Serbia":

Set is made of one m/s and one single stamp, in nice design that can be included in "Architecture" topical, what made me confused, is that it is made in printing plant "FORUM", instead of "ZIN", so result come in bad way, and it is fact, that on the market, we have also imperforated option of this m/s.
That say a  lot, as security in this printing plant are still low graded. Just to mention, that this imperforated samples come not legally out to the market.
I personally don't like this manipulation with collectors.
Issued on Feb. 27, 2020.



3-2020 "Easter":

Every year, at this time we celebrate Easter, so same come issue regarding this Holiday.
Nice issue of two values, with Easter Egg in nice red color, "sitting" on plant collect locally "cuvarkuc'a" mean - house keeper..... one really nice move from artist.
Issued on Feb. 20, 2020.




5-2020 "Serbian Persons - Momo Kapor":

Important person in Serbian life, and deserve to be on postage stamp.
What I don't like is design, I really don't know if we "talk" about person or about his drawings!

One stamp issued in sheet format of 8 stamps and gutter on middle.
Issued March 3, 2020.





6-2020 "Cities of Serbia":

This issue have two values, with cities on it.
One is C'ac'ak and second Krus'evac, both with long history that deserve to be mentioned and postage stamp. Issue in sheet format of 8 plus gutter on middle, and also one CM made.
Nice design in any way.
Issued on March 10, 2020.





7-2020 "European Nature Protection":

Two stamps in set, Nature as main topic.
Nothing special in this issue.
On market in March 20, 2020.




8-2020 "Radio Studio B":

I don't think that this deserve to be on postage stamp, but, not my decision.
Even design is little bit confusing.
Issued on April 1, 2020. One stamp.



Postage Due 1-2020:

I call it "regular" issue, small format with Flower, Church and Internet Security for Children.
Four different design, low face value, but will be hard to obtain it in open market, as it is low value and postage cost to deliver it is high.


Postage Due 2-2020:

Same small format with Fruit on it, this time Cherry and Raspberry shown.



9-2020 "Football  in Serbia":

It is just continuing to celebrate long history of three oldest football club in Serbia.
One is with 100 year history, "Radnic'ki" (Belgrade Worker's Sport Club), than come with 75 years both - Red Star and Partizan. Nice made design and most that I like is this of "Partizan" where on Coat of Arms of this club is still written "Yugoslavian Sport Club"!
Issued on April 13, 2020.




10-2020 "International Year of Plant Health":

Really like this design. Well done!
We have it in sand clock shown Bee and Apple, in nice chosen colors and format!
Good job by artist, and I think, many will need it in collection!




11-2020 "EUROPA - Postal Routes":

I expected a much better design, but that was what we have. 
Two stamp, FDC much better made.
Issued on May 5, 2020.




12-2020 "Serbian Army Guard":

Probably, it is made for some kind of "proud" way to celebrate 190 years of Serbian Guard, really don't know, but they decided to have it memorized on postage stamps.
For sure, 190 years are not something that every country have, so it deserve to be celebrated.
May 6, 2020 issued.



13-2020 "75 years V-Day":

Yes, like this photo, like this moment, and like this design!
FDC is less attractive, but stamp alone, just great made!
Issued May 9, 2020.



14-2020 "Tourism":

One stamp, with near one $ face value, not low for Serbian market!
So come also sheet composition of 10 stamps, which will be good to have.
On it is shown fortress "Golubac" which is fully renovated and very attractive for tourist to visit!
Issued on May 19, 2020.
CM even better made than FDC.





15-2020 "Stamp day - Postmark in Serbia":

From design, hardly that You will understand, that this time it is talking about first post mark in Serbia, because there You can see "Kalemegdan" fortress, and over it post mark "Belgrade".
Issued on May 13, 2020, one stamp.



16-2020 "Science":

Two stamp issue with "The Belgrade Hand" and another one with Ljubomir Kleric photo.
yes, great achievement in Serbian Science that is worth to be on postage stamps.
Issued on July 10, 2020.




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