Sunday, October 28, 2018

1945 SPLIT, Excellent & unique item

This is one of the most interesting postal items of that time...

1945 Split local provisional issue, stationery of type St.1, correctly franked with 20kn for abroad, sent from Šibenik (22.VI.45) to Josefov, Czechoslovakia, censor cancellation No. 6, Šibenik. The stationery travelled via Bari, where it was censored by the Allied Military Censorship No. 0105. Since postal traffic with Czechoslovakia was suspended (handwritten "SERVICE SUSPENDED" and marked with "AL MITTENTE") the stationery was returned by airmail to Belgrade, where it was censored for the third time (by the Yugoslav military censorshipand finally dispatched to Czechoslovakia. Certificate Vilfan.

Monday, October 22, 2018

1945 DFJ - Vuk stationery used outside of Serbia

This overprinted stationery was intended for use in the territory of Serbia, which at that time included also the Danube Banovina with Baranja and Srem. Until now, I was not aware of the use of this stationery outside that area...

1944 DFJ provisional issue, Vuk 2+3 din stationery, sent from Petrijevci (18.V.45) to Stari Bečej, censored by the censor of the III Battalion of the III Army. Rare usage in Croatia.

Mute cancellation with the handwritten date and a provisional rubber canceller of Petrijevci.

Sunday, October 21, 2018

Alpe Jadran Fila 2018 - Varaždin

I attended the 23rd international exhibition Alpe Jadran Fila 2018 in Varaždin.

The main exhibition hall just before opening.

My exhibit: The First Croatian WWII Local Issue
Međimurje, 1941

Judges at work.

At palmares.

Another gold medal for my exhibit :)