Yugoslavia 1919 10 Para Chainbreaker

Yugoslavia · 1919 · 10 Para

This definitive stamp features a powerful allegorical design by Slovenian artist Ivan Vavpotič. It depicts a muscular man breaking the chains of enslavement, symbolizing the newfound freedom and unity of the South Slavic peoples after centuries of foreign rule. The sun rises in the background, heralding a new era for the nation.

Issued in 1919 for the Ljubljana province of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia), this stamp celebrated the nation's unification and independence following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after World War I.