"Postage stamps and postal history of Croatia This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Croatia. Prior to 1918, Croatia, including Slavonia, was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and beginning in 1850 with the introduction of postage stamps, the stamps of the empire were used. In 1871, after the Croatian–Hungarian Settlement, the new stamps of the Kingdom of Hungary were used, except in Dalmatia which continued to use Austrian stamps. In 1918, as part of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (SHS), Croatia overprinted the existing stocks of Hungarian stamps, with ""Hrvatska SHS"". In 1919"
"star and ""Jugoslavia"" or a star and ""Demokratska Federativna"", but were soon replaced by the stamps of the federal republic of Yugoslavia, beginning with the Marshal Tito stamps of 1945. With the resumption of independence in 1991, the Republic of Croatia again reinstated the Croatian Post, with the first new postage stamp being an airmail issued 9 September 1991, and with the first new regular postage stamp being issued on 21 November 1991. However, on 1 April 1991 Croatia had issued a postal tax stamp, required on all mail during the month of April 1991, with the tax payable to"
"Croatia Croatia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Croatia (, ) is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, on the Adriatic Sea. It borders Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to the southeast, Hungary to the northeast, and Slovenia to the northwest, sharing a maritime border with Italy. Its capital, Zagreb, forms one of the country's primary subdivisions, along with twenty counties. Croatia has an area of and a population of 4.28 million, most of whom are Roman Catholics. Inhabited since the Paleolithic Age, the Croats arrived in the area in the"
"the State's Worker’s Fund. The stamp was affixed alongside the regular Yugoslav postage stamps which paid the transmittal fees. Croatia joined the Universal Postal Union on 20 July 1992, and was an initial participating country in the WADP Numbering System. Serbian Krajina was a self-proclaimed Serb state within Croatia during the Croatian War of Independence which issued its own stamps. Serbian Krajina was disbanded in 1995 and the eastern part placed under UNTAES administration until reintegration into Croatia in 1998. In 1918 with the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Rijeka was disputed between Italy and the Kingdom of the Serbs,"
"Postage stamps and postal history of Yugoslavia The story of the postage stamps and postal history of Yugoslavia officially begins with the formation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes on 1 December 1918. Prior to the formation of the Kingdom, each of the constituent territories had their own postal systems and history. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia-Slavonia actually issued stamps for the new regime in November, before it was formally created. In the former case the Austrian-issued pictorial stamps of 1910 were overprinted, some in Latin characters reading ""DRZAVA S.H.S. / 1918 1918 / Bosna j Hercegovina"" and"
"for the second line. In Croatia, mail is addressed to POSTE RESTANTE, which is written after the full name of the recipient (as appears on the identification to be presented ID document or a passport, if abroad). In Croatia letters received to ""poste restante"" address are kept in post office for 30 calendar days. In the Czech Republic, mail can be addressed to the post office if ""POSTE RESTANTE"" and the full name of the recipient is included. The recipient gets the letter (or package) if he or she has a valid ID (ID, passport, driving licence). The mail Will"
"Hrvatska pošta Croatian Post Inc. (HP-Hrvatska pošta d.d.), founded in 1999, is a business corporation in ownership of the Republic of Croatia. Croatian Post is a national postal operator of the Republic of Croatia. Post offices of the Croatian Post (total number: 1016) form one of the widest services and retail networks in the country. Apart from postal services Croatian Post offers also payment services, retail services and digital TV service in the whole territory of Croatia. Croatian Post is also one of the founders and a full member of the Association of European Public Postal Operators (PostEurop), while Croatia"
"written in Serbian Cyrillic and Gaj’s Latin script (""Држава СХС"" - ""Država SHS""). The stamp design also includes an image that represents a man who has broken the chains enslaving him; he stands in front of a rising sun. The first stamps of the series were designed in the late 1918 in Ljubljana during the short-lived State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs and issued on 3 January 1919 after the creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. They were then published in different versions until 1920. In 1925, Vavpotič regretted the choice of the motif, because he found"
"Postage stamps and postal history of Macedonia This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Macedonia. Macedonia, officially the ""Republic of Macedonia"", is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeastern Europe. It is one of the successor states to the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991. As a result of the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913 and the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the territory of the present-day Republic of Macedonia became part of the Kingdom of Serbia. In 1915, during World War I, the territory of modern Macedonia"
"of the Republic of Macedonia were issued in 1992. Postage stamps and postal history of Macedonia This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Macedonia. Macedonia, officially the ""Republic of Macedonia"", is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeastern Europe. It is one of the successor states to the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991. As a result of the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913 and the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the territory of the present-day Republic of Macedonia became part of the Kingdom of Serbia. In 1915,"
"Postage stamps and postal history of Slovenia This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Slovenia. Slovenia is a country in Central Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy on the west, the Adriatic Sea on the southwest, Croatia on the south and east, Hungary on the northeast, and Austria on the north. The capital and largest city of Slovenia is Ljubljana. Slovenia covers an area of 20,273 square kilometres and has a population of over 2 million. The majority of the population speaks Slovene which is also the country's official language."
"of Croatia. The badge of the order is a blue trefoil edged in gold. The trefoil is topped by a crown in the form of the upper part of the Croatian coat of arms (five shields representing the five geographical regions that comprise Croatia) with the words ""KRALJICE JELENE"" at the base. The badge is suspended from a sash of equal stripes of blue, white and red, with an interwoven wattle pattern on the red and blue stripes. The star of the order has the badge above on a star with eight longer and eight shorter silver rays, with gold"
"usually use the Cyrillic script, so the label reads Рeпублиҝa Српска. Postage stamps and postal history of Bosnia and Herzegovina This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The first issue in 1879 for Bosnia and Herzegovina, soon after its occupation by Austria-Hungary in 1878, is a stamp without any text, but representing the Austrian double-eagle coats of arms. Stamps inscribed in German ""Bosnien Herzegowina"" were produced in 1906, featuring landscapes and monuments, including views of Doboj and the Carshija business quarter of Sarajevo. A number of military post stamps were produced in"
"In 1920, this occupation was confirmed by the Treaty of Rapallo, including the annexation of Zadar to Italy. Following which Italian stamps were used. After the 1943 surrender of Italy to the Allies in World War II these former Italian parts of Dalmatia were occupied by German troops and Italian stamps were overprinted by German authorities for use. After troops under Marshal Tito took these areas, the stamps of Yugoslavia were used. Postage stamps and postal history of Croatia This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Croatia. Prior to 1918, Croatia, including Slavonia, was part"
"to permit the Croatian athletes to appear at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France representing the newly independent nation for the first time at the Olympic Games. Croatia Croatia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Croatia (, ) is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, on the Adriatic Sea. It borders Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to the southeast, Hungary to the northeast, and Slovenia to the northwest, sharing a maritime border with Italy. Its capital, Zagreb, forms one of the country's primary subdivisions, along with twenty counties. Croatia has"
"white squares on each side. In the centre of the blue field is the main shield of the coat of arms of Croatia with the historical arms of Croatia surrounding the main shield. From left to right, these are the oldest known coats of arms of Croatia, the Republic of Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Istria and Slavonia, adorned with bands of gold, red and white stripes extending down vertically. Atop the shield there is a Croatian tricolour ribbon with golden letters ""RH"" that stand for the Republic of Croatia, executed in Roman square capitals. The presidential standard is flown on buildings of"
"Overrun Countries series The Overrun Countries series was a series of thirteen commemorative postage stamps, each of five-cent denomination, issued by the United States over a fifteen-month period in 1943–44 as a tribute to thirteen nations overrun, occupied, and/or annexed by the Axis Powers during or shortly before World War II. The stamps depict, in full color, the national flags of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Norway, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Greece, Yugoslavia, Albania, Austria, Denmark, and Korea, with the names of the respective countries underneath. To the left of each flag appears the symbol of a phoenix, symbolizing the renewal of"
"use in the flag: The national flag of Croatia is represented as the Unicode emoji sequence and . Flag of Croatia The national flag of Croatia () or The Tricolour () is one of the state symbols of Croatia. It consists of three equal size, horizontal stripes in colours red, white and blue. In the middle is the coat of arms of Croatia. The flag combines the colours of the flags of the Kingdom of Croatia (red and white), the Kingdom of Slavonia (blue and white) and partially of the Kingdom of Dalmatia (blue and yellow). Those three kingdoms are"
"and PV stands for ""povijesno vozilo"" (historical vehicle) in a form CC-PV-NNN(N). Also from 2008 onwards, export plates are introduced, with RH standing for Republika Hrvatska, and a green background with yellow numbers and letters. Croatia's Ministry of Internal Affairs proposed new licence plates with the EU stars. National Defense plates had letters NZ and numbers. These plates had been discontinued. Vehicle registration plates of Croatia The standard license plates in Croatia consist of a two-letter city code which is separated by the Coat of Arms of Croatia from three or four numbers and one or two letters. The standard"
"of the kingdom was changed to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929, and later becoming the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia after WWII. Bosnia and Herzegovina used Yugoslav stamps until becoming independent in 1992. After the independence in 1992, the country has three postal authorities, corresponding with ethnic and administrative division of the country. The stamps are issued by: Bosnia and Herzegovina post (""BH Pošta"", Sarajevo), Croatian Posts (""HP Mostar"", Mostar), and Serbian posts (""Srpske pošte"", Banja Luka). In Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, stamps issued by BH pošta (the areas controlled by Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1995)"
"Postage stamps and postal history of the Czech Republic This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic is a country in Central Europe which borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west and northwest, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east. The first stamps of the Czech Republic were issued on 20 January 1993 after the former Czechoslovakia was split into the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic from 1 January 1993. Before then, stamps of the Czechoslovak Republic were in use and were still valid until"
"Coat of arms of Croatia The coat of arms of the Republic of Croatia () consists of one main shield and five smaller shields which form a crown over the main shield. The main coat of arms is a checkerboard (chequy) that consists of 13 red and 12 silver (white) fields. It's also informally known in Croatian as šahovnica (""chessboard"", from ""šah"", ""chess""). The five smaller shields represent five different historical regions within Croatia. The checkerboard coat of arms (""šahovnica"") is first attested as an official symbol of the Kingdom of Croatia on an Innsbruck tower depicting the emblem of"
"Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, Fiji, France, Gabon, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Namibia, Netherlands, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Norway, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Rwanda, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda,"
"Honduras, HR = Croatia, HU = Hungary, ID = Indonesia, IE = Ireland, IL = Israel, IT = Italy, JO = Jordan, JP = Japan, KR = South Korea, KW = Kuwait, KZ = Kazakhstan, LB = Lebanon, LT = Lithuania, LV = Latvia, MA = Morocco, MT = Malta, MX = Mexico, MY = Malaysia, NI = Nicaragua, NL = Netherlands, NO = Norway, NZ = New Zealand, PA = Panama, PE = Peru, PH = Philippines, PK = Pakistan, PL = Poland, PT = Portugal, PY = Paraguay, QA = Qatar, RO = Romania, RS = Serbia, RU"
"of administration. The service operated for a short time only: from 13 May 1899 to 29 July 1899. Four types were issued inscribed RETHYMNO with a total of 37 stamps. Regional government issues. Following the collapse of communism, Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia on 30 May 1991. Serb inhabitants revolted with the backing of the Yugoslav army and fought a bitter aggressive war against the Croatia. In January 1992, a ceasefire became effective after the intervention of the UN and the EEC. In 1995, the Republic of Croatia began to recover its occupied territories. The army liberated Western Slavonia"
"Postage stamps and postal history of Bosnia and Herzegovina This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The first issue in 1879 for Bosnia and Herzegovina, soon after its occupation by Austria-Hungary in 1878, is a stamp without any text, but representing the Austrian double-eagle coats of arms. Stamps inscribed in German ""Bosnien Herzegowina"" were produced in 1906, featuring landscapes and monuments, including views of Doboj and the Carshija business quarter of Sarajevo. A number of military post stamps were produced in the 1910s, many of them depicting Francis Joseph I. Newspaper stamps"
"the Roman numeral stands for the cabinets. Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union ( or HDZ) is a conservative political party and the main centre-right political party in Croatia. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Croatia, along with the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SDP). It is currently the largest party in the Sabor with 55 seats. The HDZ ruled Croatia from 1990 after the country gained independence from Yugoslavia until 2000 and, in coalition with junior partners, from 2003 to 2011, and since 2016. The party is a member of the European People's Party"
"Slovenia Slovenia ( ; ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ""RS""), is a sovereign state located in southern Central Europe at a crossroads of important European cultural and trade routes. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. It covers and has a population of 2.07 million. One of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia is a parliamentary republic and a member of the United Nations, of the European Union, and of NATO. The capital and"
"Flag of Croatia The national flag of Croatia () or The Tricolour () is one of the state symbols of Croatia. It consists of three equal size, horizontal stripes in colours red, white and blue. In the middle is the coat of arms of Croatia. The flag combines the colours of the flags of the Kingdom of Croatia (red and white), the Kingdom of Slavonia (blue and white) and partially of the Kingdom of Dalmatia (blue and yellow). Those three kingdoms are the historic constituent states of the Croatian Kingdom. The red-white-blue tricolour has been used as the Croatian flag"
"it kitschy. On 19 March 1993, the Slovenian post office issued a new stamp series using the ""Verigar"" man to commemorate its 75th anniversary. Another commemorative stamp was published on the 90th anniversary of the series in 2009. Verigar issue Verigar was the first postage stamp series of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, issued in Slovenia after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy at the end of World War I. The name of the stamp series is derived from the Slovene word ""veriga"", meaning 'chain', and depicts a slave who has broken the chains. The scene symbolizes the"
"in May and areas of Banovina, Kordun, Lika and Dalmatia in August. Both areas were reincorporated into the republic. Eastern Slavonia was placed under UN administration in November and called Sremsko Baranjska Oblast (Srem and Baranya Region). The administration lasted two years before Eastern Slavonia as a whole was reincorporated back into the Republic of Croatia on 15 January 1998. The Republic of Croatia began stamp issues after independence with the inscription REPUBLIKA HRVATSKA. Provincial issues were in use during 1918–21 prior to Croatia joining the Kingdom of Serbs Croats & Slovenes, which became Yugoslavia in 1929. After the German"
"of the states of the European Union and European Economic Area. Croatia started issuing biometric passports on 1 July 2009. Croatian passports are dark blue, with the Croatian coat of arms emblazoned in the centre of the front cover. The words ""EUROPSKA UNIJA"" and ""REPUBLIKA HRVATSKA"" is inscribed above the coat of arms, with the word ""PUTOVNICA"" and the international biometric passport symbol below. The passport contains 34 pages. The 3rd generation Croatian passport has been changed in design due to the recent accession into the European Union. From 3 August 2015, the new Croatian passport retained its dark blue"
"Croatia–Slovenia relations Croatia–Slovenia relations are foreign relations between Croatia and Slovenia. Croatia has an embassy in Ljubljana and two honorary consulates in Maribor and Koper. Slovenia has an embassy in Zagreb and an honorary consulate in Split. The countries share of common border. Relations between Slovenia and Croatia are generally considered to be friendly, as they have been historically, equally by both sides, but plagued with a series of unresolved border disputes and other vestiges from the time when both countries were the northernmost part of SFR Yugoslavia. Before 1991, both countries were part of Yugoslavia. On June 26, 1991,"