Chain-Breaker
Yugoslavia · 1919 · 3h
This definitive stamp features an allegorical design known as the 'Chain-Breaker'. It depicts a muscular man breaking the chains of enslavement, symbolizing the newfound freedom and unity of the South Slav peoples after centuries of foreign rule. The design was created by Ivan Meštrović, a renowned Croatian sculptor.
Issued in 1919, this stamp marks the formation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) following the end of World War I and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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