YUGOSLAVIA (Croatia)

YUGOSLAVIA (Croatia) / JUGOSLAVIJA (Hrvatska).

Airmail definitive stamps.
Dubrovnik.
Seventh stamp in a set of 9, issued on 16.06.1951.
Design: Janez Trpin (1908-1973).
Engraving: Božidar Kocmut (1899-1977).
Printing: Recess.
Size: 39 x 24 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 641.
- Michel No. 650A.
- Scott No. C40.
- SFK Serbia No. 974A.
- StampWorld No. 682.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 681.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA38.

Dubrovnik, historically known as Ragusa, is a city on the Adriatic Sea in the region of Dalmatia. Its total population is 42,615 (2011 census). In 1979, the city of Dubrovnik was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in recognition of its outstanding medieval architecture and fortified old town. In 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence, Dubrovnik was besieged by the Yugoslav People's Army for seven months and suffered significant damage from shelling. After undergoing repair and restoration works in the 1990s and early 2000s, it re-emerged as one of the Mediterranean's top tourist destinations, as well as a popular filming location. Dubrovnik has its own international airport, located approximately 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Dubrovnik city centre, near Čilipi.

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YUGOSLAVIA (Montenegro)

YUGOSLAVIA (Montenegro) / JUGOSLAVIJA (Црна Гора - Crna Gora).

Airmail definitive stamps.
Bay of Kotor (Бока которска / Boka kotorska).
Sixth stamp in a set of 9, issued on 16.06.1951.
Face value: 20 Yugoslav dinar.
Design: Design: Janez Trpin (1908-1973).
Engraving: Kocmut.
Printed by ZIN.
Printing: Recess.
Size: 39 x 24 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 640.
- Michel No. 649A.
- Scott No. C39.
- StampWorld No. 681.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 680.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA37.

The Bay of Kotor (Montenegrin: Бока которска / Boka kotorska), also known as the Boka, is a winding bay of the Adriatic Sea in southwestern Montenegro. The bay is about 28 kilometres (17 mi) long with a shoreline extending 107.3 kilometres (66.7 mi). It is surrounded by two massifs of the Dinaric Alps: the Orjen mountains to the west (highest point is the Orjen Peak, 1,894 m, 6,214 ft), and the Lovćen mountains to the east. The bay is composed of several smaller broad bays, united by narrower channels. The bay inlet was formerly a river system. Its well-preserved medieval towns of Kotor, Risan, Tivat, Perast, Prčanj and Herceg Novi, along with their natural surroundings, are major tourist attractions. The Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.

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YUGOSLAVIA (Slovenia)

YUGOSLAVIA (Slovenia) / JUGOSLAVIJA (Slovenija).

90th Anniversary of the Slovenian Alpinists Association.
Mount Jalovec and Edelweiss.
Stamp issued on 28.02.1983.
Face value: 4 Yugoslav dinar.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 5,000,000 copies.
Size: 24 x 31.5 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1973.
- Scott No. 1616.
- StampWorld No. 2006.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2065.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1857.

Mount Jalovec is a mountain in the Julian Alps. With an elevation of 2,645 m (8,678 ft) above sea level, it is the sixth-highest peak in Slovenia. It stands between the Tamar, Koritnica, and Trenta Alpine valleys, in Upper Carniola, within the Triglav National Park. It is made up of Triassic limestone and dolomite. Under the peak is born the Soča River. The first known ascent was made by the Austrian engineer Karl Wurmb, accompanied by two Slovenian guides, in 1875.

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YUGOSLAVIA (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

YUGOSLAVIA (Bosnia and Herzegovina) / JUGOSLAVIJA (Bosna i Herzegovina).

Engineering and Architecture.
Jablanica Dam.
Fifth stamp in a set of 17, issued on 12.12.1961.
Face value: 20 Yugoslav dinari.
Printing: Recess.
Size: 24 x 32 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 966.
- Michel No. 977.
- Scott No. 633.
- StampWorld No. 1008.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 987.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 856.

The Jablanica Dam is an arch-gravity dam on the Neretva River about 4 km (2.5 mi) northeast of Jablanica in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The dam was constructed between 1947 and 1955 with the primary purpose of hydroelectric power production. It is 85 m (279 ft) high.

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YUGOSLAVIA (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

YUGOSLAVIA (Bosnia and Herzegovina) / JUGOSLAVIJA (Bosna i Herzegovina).

Commemoration of the Battle of Sutjeska (1943).
Suha Gorge.
Stamp issued on 03.07.1963.
Face value: 25 Yugoslav dinari.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 2,000,000 copies.
Size: 26 x 38 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel, Yugoslavia No. 1047.
- Scott, Yugoslavia No. 702.
- StampWorld, Yugoslavia No. 1082.
- Stanley Gibbons, Yugoslavia No. 1087.
- Yvert et Tellier, Yugoslavia No. 944.

The Battle of Sutjeska (Bitka na Sutjesci) or "Operation Schwarz" was a joint attack by the Axis Powers that took place from May 15 to June 16, 1943, during the WWII, and aimed at destroying the main Yugoslav partisan force near the Sutjeska River in southeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Despite the heavy losses suffered, the Battle of Sutjeska has been considered by Yugoslav historiography as one of the greatest victories in its history. It was also the last major joint German-Italian operation against the partisans.

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YUGOSLAVIA (Slovenia)

YUGOSLAVIA (Slovenia) / JUGOSLAVIJA (Slovenija).

Logar Valley.
Third stamp in a set of 5, issued on 18.10.1972.
Face value: 0.60 Yugoslav dinar.
Design: A. Milenkovi Fec.
Printed by Zavod za izradu novčanica, Beograd.
Printing: Recess.
Size: 23 x 26 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 1470.
- Michel No. 1482. 
- Scott No. 1071.
- StampWorld No. 1516.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1475.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1356.

The Logar Valley (Slovene: Logarska dolina) is a valley in the Kamnik Alps, in the Municipality of Solčava, north of Slovenia, near Austrian border. In 1987, the valley received protected status as a landscape park encompassing 24.75 km² (9.56 sq mi). The Logar Valley is a typical U-shaped glacial valley. It is divided into three parts: the lower part is named Log, the middle part Plest (it is a mostly wooded area), and the upper part Kot (it is a wooded area with scree slopes). Altogether some 35 people live on the isolated farmsteads in the valley. The Logar Valley is ringed by some peaks, among which are the Planjava (2,394 m or 7,854 ft), the Ojstrica (2,350 m or 7,710 ft) and the Krofička (2,083 m or 6,834 ft), and it terminates in a head wall beneath the Okrešelj Cirque, where the Savinja River starts at an ice-cold spring at an elevation of 1,280 meters and flows to Rinka Falls.

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YUGOSLAVIA (Croatia)

YUGOSLAVIA (Croatia) / JUGOSLAVIJA (Hrvatska).

Airmail definitive stamps.
Waterfalls in the Plitvice Lakes National Park.
Second stamp in a set of 9, issued on 16.06.1951.
Face value: 2 Yugoslav dinar.
Design: Janez Trpin (1908-1973).
Engraving: Kocmut.
Printing: Recess.
Size: 39 x 24 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 636.
- Michel No. 645A.
- Scott No. C35.
- StampWorld No. 677.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 676.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA 33.

Plitvice Lakes National Park (Croatian: Nacionalni park Plitvička jezera), founded in 1949, in 1979 was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list, due to its outstanding and picturesque series of tufa lakes connected by waterfalls. The protected area extends over 296.85 km² (114.61sq mi), and is located in the mountainous karst area of central Croatia, at the border to Bosnia and Herzegovina; a 90% is part of Lika-Senj County, and the remaining 10% is part of Karlovac County. The highest waterfall is the Large Waterfall (Veliki slap), 78 m (256 ft) high.

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YUGOSLAVIA (Serbia)

YUGOSLAVIA (Serbia) / ЈУГОСЛАВИЈА (Србија - Srbija).

Airmail definitive stamps.
Danube River at the Iron Gates.
First stamp in a set of 9, issued on 16.06.1951.
Face value: 1 Yugoslav dinar.
Design: Janez Trpin (1908-1973).
Engraving: Kocmut.
Printing: Recess.
Size: 39 x 24 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 635.
- Michel No. 644A.
- Scott No. C34.
- StampWorld No. 676.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 675.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA 32.

The Iron Gates (Serbian: Ђердапска клисура / Đerdapska klisura; Romanian: Porțile de Fier) is a gorge on the river Danube. It forms part of the boundary between Serbia (to the south) and Romania (north). In the broad sense it encompasses a route of 134 km (83 mi); in the narrow sense it only encompasses the last barrier on this route, just beyond the Romanian city of Orșova, that currently contains two hydroelectric dams, with two power stations. At this point in the Danube, the river separates the southern Carpathian Mountains from the northwestern foothills of the Balkan Mountains. The Romanian side of the gorge constitutes the Iron Gates Natural Park (Parcul Natural Porțile de Fier), whereas the Serbian part constitutes the Đerdap National Park (Национални парк Ђердап / Nacionalni park Đerdap). A wider protected area on the Serbian side was declared the UNESCO global geopark in July 2020.

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YUGOSLAVIA (Slovenia)

YUGOSLAVIA (Slovenia) / JUGOSLAVIJA (Slovenija).

200th Anniversary of the First Ascent of the Triglav.
Mount Triglav.
Stamp issued on 26.08.1978.
Face value: 2 Yugoslav dinar.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 894,273 copies.
Size: 28 x 33 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1740.
- Scott No. 1386.
- StampWorld No. 1774.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1836.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1623.

Triglav, with an elevation of 2,863.65 m (9,395.2 ft), is the highest mountain in Slovenia and the highest peak in the Julian Alps. It was also the highest peak in Yugoslavia before Slovenian independence in 1991. It is the centerpiece of Triglav National Park, Slovenia's only national park, and the preeminent symbol of the Slovenian nation. Triglav's height was first measured on September 23, 1808 by Valentin Stanič. At the top of the mountain is a small metal structure, the Aljaž Tower (Slovenian: Aljažev stolp), which acts as a storm shelter and triangulation point. Triglav's first ascent was achieved on August 26, 1778, at the initiative of industrialist and scholar Sigmund Zois. According to a report published in 1821 by the historian and geographer Johann Richter, those who reached its peak were the surgeon Lovrenz Willomitzer, the chamois hunter Štefan Rožič and the miners Luka Korošec and Matevž Kos.

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YUGOSLAVIA (Croatia)

YUGOSLAVIA (Croatia) / JUGOSLAVIJA (Hrvatska).

Tourist sites.
Šibenik.
Second stamp in a set of 6, issued on 06.07.1965.
Face value: 30 Yugoslav dinar.
Design: Ɖ. Gorbunov.
Printed by Zavod za izradu novčanica, Beograd.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 1,990,453 copies.
Size: 30 x 36 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1126.
- Scott No. 780.
- StampWorld No. 1161.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1166.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1021.

Šibenik is a city in Croatia, the capital of the Šibenik-Knin county. It is located on the coast of the Adriatic Sea, next to the mouth of the Krka River. Its population, in 2011, was 46,332 inhabitants. Šibenik Bay is one of the best natural harbors in the Adriatic and is characterized by a very jagged coastline. Off its coasts are numerous islands along with many islets: Prvić, Zlarin, Žirje, Kakan, Kaprije and Obonjan stand out among the islands. The city has its exit to the sea through the Sveti Ante channel (perfectly visible on the stamp). The municipality of Šibenik comprises 32 urban settlements. It is one of the oldest cities on the Croatian Adriatic coast, founded in the 9th century.

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YUGOSLAVIA (Slovenia)

YUGOSLAVIA (Slovenia) / JUGOSLAVIJA (Slovenija).

12th Assembly of the International Union of Mountaineers (UIAA).
Mount Triglav.
Airmail. Second stamp in a set of 3, issued on 07.07.1951.
Face value: 5 Yugoslavian dinara.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 300,000 copies.
Size: 30 x 36 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 656.
- Scott No. C46.
- StampWorld No. 688.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 688.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA 43.

Triglav, with an elevation of 2,863.65 m (9,395.2 ft), is the highest mountain in Slovenia and the highest peak in the Julian Alps. It was also the highest peak in Yugoslavia before Slovenian independence in 1991. It is the centerpiece of Triglav National Park, Slovenia's only national park, and the preeminent symbol of the Slovenian nation. Triglav's height was first measured on September 23, 1808 by Valentin Stanič. At the top of the mountain is a small metal structure, the Aljaž Tower (in Slovenian, Aljažev stolp), which acts as a storm shelter and triangulation point. Triglav's first ascent was achieved in 1778, at the initiative of industrialist and scholar Sigmund Zois. According to a report published in 1821 by the historian and geographer Johann Richter, those who reached its peak were the surgeon Lovrenz Willomitzer, the chamois hunter Štefan Rožič and the miners Luka Korošec and Matevž Kos.

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YUGOSLAVIA (Croatia)

YUGOSLAVIA (Croatia) / JUGOSLAVIJA (Hrvatska).

Tourism. Coast and mountains of Omiš.
Stamp issued on 15.05.1973.
Face value: 0.35 Yugoslav dinar.
Printing: Recess.
Size: 23 x 26 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 1516.
- Scott No. 1067.
- StampWorld No. 1544.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1646.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1393.

Omiš (Almissa, in Latin and Italian) is a town of Dalmatia, of about 6,600 inhabitants, located on the coast of the Adriatic Sea and, exactly, at the mouth of the Cetina river, 25 km (15.5 mi) southeast of the city of Split. It is protected by the eastern foothills of the Mosor Mountain, belonging to Dinaric Alps, on whose steep rocky slopes the fortress of Mirabella was built. The town, of very ancient origins, is historically known for having been a refuge for pirates, who were characterized by their attacks against the papal galleys and the merchant ships of the powerful Venice, Dubrovnik, Kotor and Split, which was the reason for frequent wars and successive agreements, which often ended with the payment of tributes to Omiš to ensure peaceful navigation. Currently the town and its surroundings are an important tourist destination.

YUGOSLAVIA (Croatia)

YUGOSLAVIA (Croatia) / JUGOSLAVIJA (Hrvatska).

100 years of tourism in the community of Cres Lošinj.
Map of Cres and Lošinj islands, in the Dalmatian Coast, Adriatic sea.
Stamp issued on 12.06.1985.
Face value: 10 Yugoslavian dinara.
Design: D. Čudov.
Print: 500,000 copies.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 2111.
- StampWorld No. 2144.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1991.