Chainbreaker, Allegory of the Liberation of the South Slavs

Yugoslavia · 1919 · 10 para

This postage due stamp features a powerful allegorical design known as the 'Chainbreaker'. A muscular male figure is depicted breaking the chains of bondage, symbolizing the liberation and unification of the South Slavic peoples after centuries of foreign rule. The design was created by the renowned Slovene artist Ivan Meštrović.

Issued shortly after the end of World War I, this stamp celebrates the formation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) in 1918, marking a new era of self-determination for the region.