1945 CETINJE, Star on the left

Large shifts of overprint can create interesting effects ...

1945 Cetinje provisional issue, Mi. No. 1, 1/10 Lire, block of four from position 4,5/9,10 with a large horizontal shift of overprint. Looks like the star is on the left.

1945 MOSTAR, Partial & reverse overprint

Partial overprint and overprint on the reverse are related and usually due to folding over of sheet edges during overprinting. Such errors are attractive and very rare.

1945 Mostar provisional issue, block of four of Ruđer Bošković stamps (Mi. 15) from overprint positions 89, 90, 99, 100 (lower right corner of the sheet). Partial overprint and overprint on reverse due to paper fold. Ex Tiberio. Certificate Vilfan, Marinšek.

Concentration camp Lipari

Lipari is an island northwest of Messina, Sicily. From 1934, the island served as a training site for Ustaša Croats. A concentration camp for civilians was established in October 1941. The capacity was around 350 internees, mostly Croats, Slovenes, Albanians and Montenegrins. The camp operates until July 1943 when internees were transferred to the camps of Coroppoli and Scipione.

Lipari island.

Stationery franked with 80 cent., sent from the concentration camp for civilians Lipari, Messina (13.5.42) to Zagreb, censored by the camp censor.

1945 LJUBLJANA, Cheque from the Kingdom

Today I sorted some of my items based on the classification given in the article "CHEQUE MONEY ORDERS IN THE PROVINCE OF LJUBLJANA 1941-1945" published by Vid Žiberna in "Acta Philatelica Nova 2018". I found one cheque money order form that is not classified in the article ...

 

1945 Ljubljana provisional issue, cheque money order for 1.480,00 Lire payable in the cash, charged a delivery fee with 80 cent., issued in Ljubljana 5.6.45, received in Devica Marija v Polju 6.VI.45, paid out 8.VI.45 and liquidated on 11.VI.1945. The use of old cheque money order forms from the Kingdom of Yugoslavia period was very rare in 1945.

1945 MARIBOR, Letter from Kranj

1945 Maribor provisional issue was also valid in the Gorenjska (Oberkrain) region...

1945 Maribor provisional issue, registered letter, franked with 42 pf (12 pf for letter and 30 pf for registration), sent from Kranj (28.VI.45) to Ljubljana (30.VI.45). Very rare - only a few exist.

Confinement Padova

Confinement is a way of internment where an individual was forced to stay in a particular place, mostly under the control of the local Police Headquarters (Italian = Questura). 

Typically, confinement postal items were sent by ordinary mail, but in some cases, the mail was travelled directly between two Police Headquarters and dispatched to the postal service at the destination.

Letter, franked with 50 cent., sent from Padova (13.IV.43) directly to the Police Headquarter in Ljubljana, verified by police (cachet R. QUESTURA / LUBIANA, manuscript Verificato and signature), dispatched to the post office Ljubljana 1 where it was censored (censor 14 and 25) and sent to the addressee (19.4.43).

Note: I do not have enough information on confinement and postal usage and I do not know the literature on this field, so I ask all who come to know this to contact me on alesmarinsek67@gmail.com.

Yugoslav army in Austria

Some units of the Yugoslav Army were stationed in the territory of Austria months after the end of the war...

Letter from a soldier of the 36th Division of the 3rd Yugoslav Army sent from the position in Austria (20.VI.45) to Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia (4.VII.45). Censored by the military censor.

In general, soldiers were not allowed to disclose the location of the military unit. In this case, however, it can be seen that the soldier wrote "Austria", and that the censorship did not mask that.