Yugoslavia was a country in Europe for most of the 20th century. It existed from 1918-1945 as a monarchy and from 1945-2006 as a republic. Its capital was Belgrade. To the west was the Adriatic Sea, to the northwest Italy, to the north Austria, to the north east Hungary and to the east Rumania and Bulgaria. It also had a small land border with Albania in the south. Between 1990 and 2006, it was broken up into various countries, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro and Macedonia.
The first stamps of the kingdom of Yugoslavia appeared in 1921. As with other monarchies, members of the royal family were the main subjects used on the stamps. In 1936 an inventor Nikola Tesla became the first non-royal to appear on a Yugoslavian stamp. During the 2nd World War many old issues were overprinted. The Republic began its own issues of stamps in 1944.
Stamp Condition
When a stamp (Used or Unused) is not referred to as NH or Hinged it means that there is no gum
A. KINGDOM OF THE SERBS, CROATS AND SLOVENES
I. ISSUES FOR BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
II. ISSUES FOR CROATIA
1919
Various Scenes Series
SG # 90
Torn (Hinged)
III. ISSUES FOR SLOVENIA
Various Scenes Series
SG # 98a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 99b
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 100
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 103
Used (Hinged)
SG # 104a
Unused (Hinged)
1920
Various Frames Series
SG # 150
Used (Hinged)
SG # 151
Used (Hinged)
SG # 152
Used (Hinged)
SG # 154
Used (Hinged)
SG # 155
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 156
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 157
Used (Hinged)
SG # 159
Used (Hinged)
IV. ISSUES FOR THE WHOLE KINGDOM
1921
King Alexander when Prince Series (Inscribed KRAIJEVSTVO)
SG # 164
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 165
Used (Hinged)
SG # 166
Used (Hinged)
SG # 167
Used (Hinged)
SG # 168
Used (Hinged)
SG # 169
Used (Hinged)
SG # 170
Used (Hinged)
SG # 171
Used (Hinged)
SG # 172
Used (Hinged)
SG # 173
Used (Hinged)
SG # 174
Used (Hinged)
SG # 175
Used (Hinged)
SG # 176
Used (Hinged)
1922
Stamps of Disabled Soldiers’ Fund of 1921 (Surcharged)
SG # 186
Used (Hinged)
1923
King Alexander when Prince Series (Inscribed KRAIJEVINA)
SG # 189
Used (Hinged)
SG # 190
Used (Hinged)
SG # 192
Used (Hinged)
1924
King Alexander when Prince Series (Inscribed KRAIJEVSTVO, surcharged in black)
SG # 195
Used (Hinged)
King Alexander Series
SG # 197
Used (Hinged)
SG # 198
Used (Hinged)
Used
SG # 199
Used (Hinged)
SG # 200
Used (Hinged)
SG # 201
Used (Hinged)
SG # 201
Used (Hinged)
SG # 202
Used (Hinged)
SG # 203
Used (Hinged)
SG # 204
Used (Hinged)
SG # 205
Used (Hinged)
SG # 206
Used (Hinged)
1928
King Alexander Series (Inscribed KRAIJEVINA and surcharged)
SG # 208
Used (Hinged)
1926
King Alexander Series (Inscribed KRAIJEVINA)
SG # 209
Used (Hinged)
SG # 210
Used (Hinged)
SG # 211
Used (Hinged)
SG # 212
Used (Hinged)
SG # 213
Used (Hinged)
SG # 214
Used (Hinged)
SG # 215
Used (Hinged)
SG # 217
Used (Hinged)
SG # 218
Used (Hinged)
SG # 219
Used (Hinged)
SG # 220
Used (Hinged)
B. KINGDOM OF YUGOSLAVIA
1931
King Alexander Series
SG # 249
Used (Hinged)
SG # 250
Used (Hinged)
SG # 262
Used
SG # 251
Used (Hinged)
SG # 263
Used (Hinged)
SG # 252
Used (Hinged)
SG # 253
Used (Hinged)
SG # 254
Used (Hinged)
SG # 255
Used (Hinged)
1934
King Alexander Mourning Series
SG # 306
Used (Hinged)
SG # 309
Used (Hinged)
SG # 312
Used (Hinged)
1935
King Peter II Series
SG # 320
Used (Hinged)
SG # 321
Used
SG # 324
Used (Hinged)
SG # 325a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 329
Used (Hinged)
1945
25th Anniversary of Formation of Yugoslavia Series – 19th Century Patriots and Writers
(No reference to the stamps with overprint in Stanley Gibbons
Unused (NH)
Unused (Hinged)
Partisans Series
SG # 503
Used (Hinged)
SG # 509
Used (Hinged)
SG # 510
Used
1949
Various Stamps from Partisans Series of 1945 (Overprinted FNR YUGOSLAVIJA)
SG # 620
Used (Hinged)
1950
Various Scenes Series
SG # 652
Used (Hinged)
SG # 654
Used (Hinged)
SG # 718
Used
SG # 655
Used (Hinged)
SG # 719
Used (Hinged)
SG # 657
Used (Hinged)
SG # 658
Used (Hinged)
SG # 721
Used (Hinged)
SG # 723
Used (Hinged)
SG # 711a
Used
SG # 712
Used
SG # 714
Used (Hinged)
1951
Air Series
SG # 675
Used (Hinged)
SG # 676
Used (Hinged)
SG # 677a
Used (Hinged)
1953
Obligatory Tax Series – Red Cross
SG # 761
Unused (Hinged)
1954
Animals Series
SG # 765
Used (Hinged)
SG # 766
Used (Hinged)
SG # 767
Used (Hinged)
SG # 768
Used (Hinged)
150th Anniversary of Serbian Insurrection Series
SG # 778
Used (Hinged)
1955
Obligatory Tax Series – Childrens’ Week
SG # 801
Unused (Hinged)
1957
Obligatory Tax Series – Red Cross
SG # 843
Unused (Hinged)
Obligatory Tax Series – Children’s Week
SG # 866
Unused (Hinged)
1958
Yugoslav Game Birds Series
SG # 879
Used (Hinged)
SG # 880
Used (Hinged)
SG # 881
Used (Hinged)
1958
Various Scenes Series
SG # 891
Used (Hinged)
SG # 983
Used (Hinged)
SG # 984
Used (Hinged)
SG # 894
Used (Hinged)
SG # 985
Used (Hinged)
SG # 986
Used (Hinged)
SG # 898
Used (Hinged)
SG # 899
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 987
Used
SG # 987a
Used
SG # 988
Used (Hinged)
SG # 901
Used
SG # 989
Used (Hinged)
SG # 989a
Used (Hinged)
SG # 902
Used
SG # 903
Used
SG # 904
Used
SG # 991
Used
SG # 992
Used
SG # 993
Used (Hinged)
SG # 994
Used (Hinged)
SG # 995
Used
1959
Obligatory Tax Series – Red Cross
SG # 926
Unused (Hinged)
Obligatory Tax Series – Childrens’ Tax
SG # 946
Unused (Hinged)
1961
Medicinal Plants Series
SG # 1005
Used
20th Anniversary of Yugoslav Insurrection Series
SG # 1012
Used
Non-aligned Countries Conference Series in Belgrade
SG # 1015
Used (Hinged)
Obligatory Tax Series – Childrens’ Week
SG # 1019
Unused (Hinged)
Yugoslav Costumes (2nd Series) (Inscribed 1941-1961)
SG # 1022
Used
SG # 1023
Used
1962
15th Anniversary of U.N.E.S.C.O. Series
SG # 1032
Used
Obligatory Tax Series – Red Cross
SG # 1042
Unused (Hinged)
Marshall Tito’s 70th Birthday Series
SG # 1043
Used (Hinged)
Yugoslav Amphibians and Reptiles Series
SG # 1050
Used
Yugoslav Art Series
SG # 1067
Used (Hinged)
1963
Freedom from Hunger Series
SG # 1071
Used (Hinged)
Obligatory Tax Series – Red Cross Centenary and Red Cross Week
SG # 1073
Unused (Hinged)
Medicinal Plants Series
SG # 1075
Used
SG # 1077
Used
Tourist Publicity (3rd Series)
SG # 1083
Used
Children’s Week Series
SG # 1096
Used
1964
Obligatory Tax Series – Red Cross Week and 20th Anniversary of Yugoslav Red Cross
SG # 1109
Unused (Hinged)
Yugoslav Costumes (3rd Series)
SG # 1126
Used
SG # 1127
Used
SG # 1128
Used
8th Yugoslav Communist League Congress Series
SG # 1143
Used
1965
Obligatory Tax Series – Red Cross Week
SG # 1147
Used
20th Anniversary of Liberation Series – Yugoslav Capitals
SG # 1149
Used
SG # 1151
Used
Medicinal Plants Series
SG # 1161
Used
Stamps from 1958 (Surcharged)
SG # 1172
Used
SG # 1173
Used
1966
Marshall Tito Series
SG # 1180
Used
Sports Events Series
SG # 1183
Used (Hinged)
Obligatory Tax Series – Red Cross Week
SG # 1193
Used
Various Scenes Series
SG # 1197
Used
SG # 1198
Used
International Amateur Radio Union Regional Conference in Opatija Series
SG # 1205
Unused (Hinged)
Yugoslav Art Series
SG # 1230
Used
1967
President Tito’s 75th Birthday Series
SG # 1258
Used
SG # 1259
Used
SG # 1262a
Used
SG # 1263
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1264
Used
SG # 1265
Used (NH)
SG # 1266a
Used
SG # 1267
Used
SG # 1269
Used
SG # 1270a
Used
SG # 1273
Used
SG # 1274a
Used
SG # 1275
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1277
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1279
Used
SG # 1280
Used (Hinged)
1968
Obligatory Tax Series – Red Cross Week
SG # 1322
Used
1969
New Year Series (Inscribed 1969)
SG # 1347
Used
SG # 1348
Used
Obligatory Tax Series – Red Cross Week
SG # 1371
Used
1971
Space Exploration Series
SG # 1448
Used
Obligatory Tax Series – Red Cross Week
SG # 1454
Used
Flowers Series
SG # 1460
Used (Hinged)
1971
Tourism Series
SG # 1642
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1468
Unused (NH)
SG # 1469
Used
SG # 1647
Used
Used
SG # 1474
Used
SG # 1650
Used
SG # 1476
Used
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1477
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1478
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1479
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1480
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1660
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1482
Used
SG # 1661
Used
SG # 1483
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1665
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1666
Used
SG # 1669
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 1670
Used
SG # 1671
Used
SG # 1672
Used
SG # 1676
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1677
Used
1972
Obligatory Tax Series – Olympic Games Fund
SG # 1525
Used (Hinged)
50th Anniversary of Railway Union Series
SG # 1526
Used
Yugoslav Art Series – Still Life
SG # 1538
Used
1973
Old Engravings of Yugoslav Towns Series
SG # 1548
Used
Flora Series – Medicinal Plants
SG # 1559
Used
Obligatory Tax Series – Olympic Games Fund
SG # 1561
Used (Hinged)
1974
Monuments Series
SG # 1588
Used (Hinged)
SG # 1591
Used
President Tito Series
SG # 1597
Used
SG # 1598
Used
SG # 1599
Used
SG # 1600
Used (Hinged)
10th Yugoslav League of Communists’ Congress Series in Belgrade
SG # 1608
Used
Children’s Week and 6th “Joy of Europe” Meeting Series – Children’s Paintings
SG # 1621
Used
1975
Archaeological Discoveries Series
SG # 1636
Used
Writers Series
SG # 1696
Used
Republic Day Series – Paintings
SG # 1708
Used (Hinged)
Stamps of 1961 (Surcharged)
SG # 2057
Used
80th Anniversary of Postbus Service in Montenegro Series
SG # 2083
Used
1986
Air Series
SG # 2197
Used
1986
Zagreb Exhibition Hall Series
SG # 2259
Used
Postal Services Series
SG # 2267
Used (Hinged)
SG # 2268
Used (Hinged)
SG # 2278
Used (Hinged)
SG # 2281
Used
SG # 2285
Used
1988
Olympic Games Series – Calgary
SG # 2434
Used (Hinged)
1990
Postal Services Series (Revised currency)
SG # 2599
Used
1994
Churches Series
SG # 2933
Used