2 lire + 0.5 dinar Red Cross Tax stamp
Sassone 5
Trieste Zone A <<-- : -->> Istria and the Slovene Coast
At the end of the Second World War Yugoslav forces occupied part of the Istrian peninsula around Trieste, and while the political map was negotiated the area was divided into two parts, Zone A occupied by the Allies and Zone B by Yugoslav forces. Zone B first issued stamps in May 1948.
One of the very early issues on 23rd May 1948 were two Red Cross stamps, one being marked PORTO acting as a Tax or Postage Due stamp
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2 lire + 0.5 dinar Red Cross Tax stamp
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In 1953 an Esperanto Conference was held in Zagreb. Two stamps were issued: 15 dinar grey and green and a 300 dinar air mail in violet and green. 12,000 of the latter were issued in sheets of 12, while a further 246 miniature sheets of 8 were issued where the stamps had a significant difference in colour, being lilac and green.
300 dinar Esperanto Conference Air Mail. |
Trieste Zone A <<-- :
-->> Istria and the Slovene Coast
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