"as Matica ilirska had in Croatia and Slavonia. Its purpose was to care for croatian cultural and language in Dalmatia as well as to publish books and newspapers for the Croats that lived in Dalmatia. Its first president was Croatian politician from Zadar Miho Klaić. In 1912 Matica dalmatinska mergered into Matica hrvatska. First two books published by Matica were printed in Vienna in 1844 because of the censorship imposed by the central Government on Croatia. These books were Osman, historical-romantic epic about the events related to the life and reign of the Turkish Sultan Osman II, written by Ivan"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"coat of arms. The star was replaced by the coat in May 1990, shortly after the first multiparty elections. The current flag and the coat of arms were officially adopted on 21 December 1990, about ten months before the proclamation of independence from Yugoslavia and a day before the Constitution of Croatia on 22 December 1990. The shield is in the red and white checks of Croatia. Above is a crown made of shields of its various regions. From left to right they are the ancient arms of Croatia, Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Istria and Slavonia. The following colours are specified for"
"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,"
"Slovene. These are ""REPUBBLICA DI SLOVENIA"" and ""Carta d’identità"" in Italian and ""SZLOVÉN KÖZTÁRSASÁG"" and ""Személyi igazolvány"" in Hungarian. Slovenian identity card The Slovenian identity card is issued to Slovenian citizens. It can be used as a travel document when visiting countries in Europe (except Belarus, Kosovo, Russia, and Ukraine), as well as Georgia, French overseas territories, Montserrat (for max. 14 days) and on organized tours to Jordan (through Aqaba airport) The words ""REPUBLIKA SLOVENIJA"" (English: Republic of Slovenia) are inscribed next to the coat of arms and the words ""Osebna izkaznica"" (English: Identity card) and ""Identity Card"" are inscribed"
"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"
"official, banned its use, along with the coat of arms. Between 1852 and 1861 the Kingdom of Croatia used the red and white flag, and its old chequy coat of arms. The tricolor was used again after 1861 (October Diploma and February Patent) and became official after 1868. Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg) The Kingdom of Croatia (Croatian: ""Kraljevina Hrvatska""; ) was part of the Habsburg Monarchy that existed between 1527 and 1868 (also known between 1804 and 1867 as the Austrian Empire), as well as a part of the Lands of the Hungarian Crown, but was subject to direct Imperial"
"Name of Croatia The name of Croatia () derives from Medieval Latin ""Croātia"", itself a derivation of the native ethnonym, earlier ""Xъrvatъ"" and modern-day . The first attestation of the term is in the Latin charter of duke Trpimir from 852, whose original has been lost. A copy has been preserved in a 1568 transcript; Lujo Margetić has proposed in 2002 that the document is in fact of legislative character, dating to 840. In it is mentioned: The oldest stone inscription is the Latin Branimir Inscription (found in Šopot near Benkovac), where Duke Branimir is mentioned: The earliest written monument"
"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"
"but with a different logo from BH pošta in Sarajevo. Initial currency was Croatian kuna, and from 1999 Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark. Both postal authorities from 2011 use double label ""Bosna i Hercegovina / Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine"" (sometimes abbreviated as FBiH), maintaining different logos, and areas of use. Srpske pošte in Banja Luka started to issue stamps on 26 October 1992. The stamps first had label ""Republika Srpska"", and the currency was until 24 December Yugoslav dinar. From 15th of July 2003, the stamps use double label ""Bosna i Hercegovina / Republika Srpska"". The stamps of Republika Srpska"
"new identity card replaced the old one with a two-year transition period. Similarly to a credit card, the identity card is plastic and rectangular in shape, 86 × 54 millimeters in size. Unbelievably, but last two models of Croatian ID's have advertisements printed on them. Previous model had ""Trub"" and actual one has ""AKDcard"" manufacturer's emblem on it. On the left side is a hologram, on the right side is the photograph of the bearer. On the top edge of the card, the name of Republic of Croatia available in two languages, Croatian and English (""REPUBLIKA HRVATSKA / REPUBLIC OF"
"white, and blue, and it was to remain the symbol of Croatia up to the present day. The coat of arms adopted in 1848 was an amalgam of three coats of arms, one for Croatia, another for the Kingdom of Dalmatia, and another for the Kingdom of Slavonia. The Kingdom also used the name ""Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia, and Dalmatia"" during certain periods (though this was not recognized by the Empire). The Kingdom still controlled the Kingdom of Slavonia, but did not control the Kingdom of Dalmatia. In 1852 the imperial Austrian government, which never recognized the tricolor as"
"Slovenian identity card The Slovenian identity card is issued to Slovenian citizens. It can be used as a travel document when visiting countries in Europe (except Belarus, Kosovo, Russia, and Ukraine), as well as Georgia, French overseas territories, Montserrat (for max. 14 days) and on organized tours to Jordan (through Aqaba airport) The words ""REPUBLIKA SLOVENIJA"" (English: Republic of Slovenia) are inscribed next to the coat of arms and the words ""Osebna izkaznica"" (English: Identity card) and ""Identity Card"" are inscribed below. Identity cards issued in officially bilingual areas of Slovenia also have Italian or Hungarian text next to the"
"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"
"Austria-Hungary. It was used as an unofficial coat of arms of the Kingdom of Croatia adopted in 1848 and as an official coat of arms of the post-1868 Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (both unofficially known as Triune Kingdom). The two are the same except for the position of the ""šahovnica"" and Dalmatian coat of arms which are switched around & with different crowns used above the shield – the later employing St Stephen's crown (associated with Hungarian kings). By late 19th century ""šahovnica"" had come to be considered a generally recognized symbol for Croats and Croatia and in 1919, it was"
"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"
"which included a depiction of a girl in a Bosnian costume (1913) and postage due stamps (1904 and 1916) were also produced. In 1918 Bosnia and Herzegovina was merged in the newly created Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians. Bosnia and Herzegovina issued stamps in November 1918 by were overprinting Austrian-issued pictorial stamps of 1910, some in Latin characters reading ""DRZAVA S.H.S. / 1918 1918 / Bosna i Hercegovina"" (""State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs / Bosnia and Herzegovina"") and others in their Cyrillic equivalent. The first stamps for use throughout the kingdom were issued in January 1921. The name"
"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,"
"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"
"feature prominent Croatians on front and architectural motifs on back. The geometric figures at lower left on front (except the 5-kuna note) are intaglio printed for recognition by the sight-impaired. To the right of the coat of arms on front is a microprinted version of the Croatian national anthem, Lijepa naša domovino (""Our Beautiful Homeland""). The overall design is reminiscent of Deutsche Mark banknotes of the fourth series. The first series of notes was dated 31 October 1993. The 5, 10 and 20 kuna notes from this series were withdrawn on 1 April 2007, and the 50, 100 and 200"
"2018. Croatia's modern-day jersey was designed in 1990 by locally acclaimed painter Miroslav Šutej, who also designed the nation's coat of arms and banknotes. The traditional red and white motif is based on the historic Croatian checkerboard (""šahovnica""), which has been used to represent Croats since the Middle Ages. Although there have been many slight variations made by manufacturers Lotto and Nike since the original release, the traditional chequered theme has remained a symbol of national identity, with similar incorporation used by many Croatian national sports teams and entities. Football is Croatia's most popular team sport, and the national team"
"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"
"that instead of red star, the Serb four-S coat of arms was used. Letters on plates were usually in Cyrillic script, but the license plates with Latin versions of codes are also used. On the territory of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, license plates were used similar to those of Republic of Croatia, with difference in the shape of shield in Croat coat of arms (""checkerboard""-""šahovnica""). These prefixes were also valid for Croatia from 1991 to 1994. Vehicle registration plates of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina vehicle registration plates have held their current form since 1998. Currently the Bosnia"
"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"
"International recognition of Croatia The international recognition of Croatia refers to the diplomatic recognition of the Republic of Croatia which was established by the decision of the Croatian Parliament on 25 June 1991. Out of 193 UN member states, 182 recognized Croatia. Croatia and Slovenia declared independence from the SFR Yugoslavia on 25 June 1991. On the next day, the newly-independent countries have mutually recognized each other. At the time of dissolution of Yugoslavia, dissolution of the Soviet Union was happening as well. Ukraine and Baltic states, first of them being Lithuania, recognized Croatia in 1991. However, these states were"
"by the UN General Assembly. Croatia was first recognized as an independent state on 26 June 1991 by Slovenia, which declared its own independence on the same day as Croatia. Lithuania followed on 30 July, and Ukraine, Latvia, Iceland, and Germany in December 1991. The EEC countries granted Croatia recognition on 15 January 1992, and the United Nations admitted them in May 1992. Although it is not a public holiday, 15 January is marked as the day Croatia won international recognition by Croatian media and politicians. On the day's 10th anniversary in 2002, the Croatian National Bank minted a 25"
"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"