Bosnia and Herzegovina 1917 Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassination Commemorative Set

Bosnia and Herzegovina · 1917 · 10, 15, 40 Heller

This three-stamp set, issued by the Austro-Hungarian Military Post, commemorates the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The designs feature the Sarajevo Town Hall, a portrait of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and a dual portrait of Franz Ferdinand with his wife Sophie, all bearing the date '28. JUNI 1914'.

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie on June 28, 1914, in Sarajevo, was the catalyst that triggered the outbreak of World War I. These stamps, issued three years later, serve as a poignant memorial to the event that reshaped global history.