Concentration camp Melada

Concentration camp Melada was established in the bay of Jaza on the island Melada (today Molat). The camp was in operation from 29 June 1942 to 8 September 1943. Very few postal items are preserved while I saw only one letter...

Letter franked with 50 cent., sent from Oltre / Preko, island of Ugljan (13.3.43) to the concentration camp on island Melada / Molat, censored in Oltre or Zara, returned to Oltre (24.3.43).

Campo di concentramento di Melada.

1943 ŠIBENIK, Unused stationery

Italian stationery with a face value of 15, 30 and 75 cent. were overprinted whereas 50 cent. may have been overprinted, but I have never seen one. The overprint was executed with the same rubber cachet used for the overprinting of stamps. Additionally, single line cachet reading 'NEZAVISNA DRŽAVA HRVATSKA' was struck across the wording 'CARTOLINA POSTALE' and, at an angle, across the slogan 'VINCEREMO'. Pictorial cachet with Croatian coat-of-arms was also applied occasionally but not always across the Italian-coat-of-arms.

The used stationery are very rare, however unused are even rarer. So far I have seen only one unused.

Overprinted stationery of 15 cent. (computer reconstruction).

Overprinted stationery of 30 cent. (computer reconstruction).

Overprinted stationery of 75 cent. This is the only unused stationery I have seen so far. 

1944 SENTA, Block of 10

Complete sheets or multiples with the entire row of ten stamps are not known and most probably does not exist. Even the pieces larger than 2x2 are extremely rare...

1944 Senta local provisional issue, block of ten (5x2), positions B4-8. Unique item showing the process of multiphase overprint - upper row Mi. XIV, lower row Mi. XIII. This is the largest remained piece of Senta issue known to me. 

1945 SARAJEVO, Forerunner

Eastern and Northern part of Bosnia was liberated by Partisans in April 1945. In May and June DFJ stamps in occupation dinars have been used. Postage for military persons (senders or receivers) was free of charge... 

Forerunner of the 1945 Sarajevo provisional issue, picture postcard sent from Sarajevo (16.VI.45) to Pančevo, free of charge as the sender was a military person, censored in Sarajevo by the military censor No. 10. Such postal items are quite rare.

Concentration camp Klos

Concentration camp Klos A n.1 (Albania) operated from summer 1941 to April 1943. The majority of internees were members of the Yugoslav communist party and Montenegrins and Serbian Kosovar Jews...

Registered letter sent from Podgorica (21.VIII.42) to Concentration Camp Klos A n.1., franked with 1,75 Lire, travelled through Cetinje (22.VIII.42) and Shkoder (24.8.42). Censored in transit "VERIFICATO / PER / CENSURA" and at the arrival to the concentration camp "VERIFICATO PER CENSURA / Campo Concentramento A n. 1". Recipient's acknowledgement for money check for 300 lire is handwritten on the cover.

1943/44 ŠIBENIK, Very rare item

Non-local letters franked only with hand overprinted stamps from First Šibenik issue are very rare...

1943 Šibenik local provisional issue, letter franked with 60 cent. and charged with 2 kn war tax, sent from Šibenik (29.VII.44) to Sarajevo. Censored in Sarajevo. Due to military operations and partisan ambushes, the letter most likely travelled with a German military convoy along the route: Sibenik - Split - Mostar - Sarajevo. Certificate Ercegović.