Yugoslavia 1919 Chainbreaker, Peter I of Serbia

Yugoslavia · 1919 · 3 l

This stamp features a dual portrait of King Peter I of Serbia and an allegorical figure of a 'chainbreaker' representing liberation and the unification of the South Slavs. The design symbolizes the creation of the new Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes after World War I. The denomination is 3 Lipa, an emergency currency used in areas formerly part of Austria-Hungary.

Issued in 1919, this stamp marks the formation of Yugoslavia following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires after World War I. It was part of the first definitive series for the newly established kingdom.