Serbia 1918 'Chainbreakers' Overprint on Bosnia-Herzegovina Stamp
Serbia · 1918 · 10 Heller
This stamp features an overprint on a 1916 Bosnia-Herzegovina issue depicting Emperor Franz Joseph I. The Serbian overprint, applied in Sarajevo, shows a symbolic figure breaking chains, representing liberation at the end of World War I. The overprint reads 'DRZAVA S. H. S. / 1918' (State of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes) and 'BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA'.
Issued in November 1918, these overprints mark the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the formation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) following the end of World War I.
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