The Military Geographical Institute is one of the oldest institutions of our army. It celebrates its day on February 5, the day when Prince Milan M. Obrenović signed a document on the Establishment of the General Staff in 1876, whereby the Second Department was formed with the task of “carrying out tasks related to the military survey of Serbia, compiling maps necessary for military needs, recording and drawing up various military plans, observing and studying our own and neighbouring countries in terms of geography, topography, statistics, etc.”

In 1920, the Department became the Geographical Institute (in 1923, the Military Geographical Institute), the first military institution to bear the name of an institute. Since its foundation, the Institute has not changed its basic activity – the production of maps for military needs, and has played a very important role in the development of Serbian geodesy, cartography and photogrammetry. It has implemented a number of projects of national importance, such as the design and establishment of the first state trigonometric, levelling, gravimetric and GPS networks. One of the most important tasks of the Institute is the first systematic topographic survey of the entire state territory, on the basis of which numerous topographic maps have been produced.

Today, the Military Geographical Institute is a scientific, research, production and technical institution of the Serbian Armed Forces, which carries out its activities in the fields of geodesy, photogrammetry, cartography, geographic information systems, cartographic reproduction, metrology and other geodisciplines. Inheriting its long-standing tradition, the Military Geographical Institute continues its pioneering work in this century, which is reflected today in the application of the most modern information technologies for the production of topographic maps.

Professional cooperation: Military Geographical Institute – “General Stevan Bošković” Artistic realization: MA Nadežda Skočajić, Academic Graphic Artist

Technical details
Date of issue: 03. 02. 2026.
Number of stamps in set: 1
Denomination:
1428: 67.00 RSD
Printrun: 25.000
FDC: 1
Sheet of: 8
Dimensions of stamp: 70 x 31,9 mm
Artistic realization: Nadežda Skočajić
Subject: 150 years of the Military Geographical Institute – “General Stevan Bošković”
1428: Emblem of the Military Geographical Institute "General Stevan Bošković", in the background a photograph of an old surveyor with General Bošković and a photograph of an old airplane, both from the archives.
Printer: Forum Novi Sad