Slovenia 1920 "Verigar" Chainbreaker Postage Due Overprint

Slovenia · 1920 · 1 Dinar

This postage due stamp features the iconic "Verigar" or "Chainbreaker" design, an allegory for the liberation of the South Slavs. The original definitive stamp was overprinted with "PORTO" in black to repurpose it for collecting postage owed on underpaid mail. The overprint signifies a period of transition and resourcefulness in the newly formed state.

Issued in 1920 for use in Slovenia, this stamp is from the early period of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (SHS), later Yugoslavia. The use of overprints on existing stock was common due to the economic and political instability following World War I.