Chinese culture, thousands of years old, has nourished a tradition of excellence that has been passed down to this very day. It profoundly affects the spiritual world and living customs of the Chinese people, and gifts the world and mankind with precious cultural heritage and spiritual wealth.

The Chinese Zodiac signs are twelve animals that match the twelve astrological branches, including Mouse, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Loong, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig, with a twelve-year cycle. In China's pre-Qin period, it has already developed into a relatively complete zodiac system.

The year ahead marks the year of the Loong. Endowed with innate courage and enthusiasm, The Loong is a symbol of propitiousness and happiness, heralding a year full of opportunities and positivity.

The material for the realization of the commemorative postage stamp was provided by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China.

Professional cooperation: China Cultural Center in Belgrade
Artistic realization: Nadežda Skočajić, academic graphic artists

Technical details
Date of issue: 9. 2. 2024.
Denomination: 120.00 RSD
Number of stamps in set: 1
FDC: 1
Subject: Traditions of China – Chinese Zodiac – Year of the Loong
Issue format: sheet of 10
Dimensions: 31,9 x 42 mm
Perforations: 13 3/4
Printer: Forum Novi Sad
Artistic realization: Nadežda Skočajić

People of Serbia and Slovenia are united by their Slavic origins, close languages, cultures and common, shared history. The Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Slovenia have excellent bilateral relations, and cooperation in the fields of economy, science, culture, sports and education is at an exceptionally high level. This isuue acknowledges and underlines the role played by three great historical figures of Slovenia in the history of both Slovenia and Serbia.

Jurij Vega (March 23, 1754 - September 26, 1802) was a Slovenian mathematician and artillery officer. He will be remembered as a mathematician who broke the then world record for calculating the decimal of the number Pi (with 140 calculated decimals) and an engineer who regulated the flows of the Sava and Ljubljanica rivers. The Serbian people, however, will primarily remember him as a war hero who, in command of the artillery, liberated Belgrade from the Turks in 1788.

Franz Miklosich (November 29, 1813 - March 7, 1891) was a Slovenian philologist and linguist, a member of the Serbian Learned Society and later the Serbian Royal Academy. He left behind a large number of extremely important linguistic achievements for the Slovenian and Serbian languages. His “Comparative Grammar of Slavic Languages” and “Old Slavic-Greek-Latin Dictionary” are considered to be some of the most important works in this scientific field of that period. He was a signatory of the Vienna Literary Agreement (1850) and a recipient of the medal of Serbian Order of Saint Sava.

Friderik Pregl (September 3, 1869 - December 13, 1930) was a Slovenian chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1923), dean and vice-chancellor of the University of Graz. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in advancing quantum organic microanalysis. His method made possible to carry out this process with 50 times smaller amounts of material than before, thus openning the doors to research in many areas where it was difficult or impossible to obtain larger amounts of material for analysis.

Professional cooperation: “Svetozar Marković” University Library
Artistic realization of the issue: Jakša Vlahović, Academic Graphic Artist

Technical details
Date of issue: 13. 2. 2024.
Number of stamps in set: 3
Denomination and printrun:
1300. 130.00 RSD, 25.000
1301. 130.00 RSD, 25.000
1302. 130.00 RSD, 25.000
FDC: 1
Artistic realization: Jakša Vlahović
Subject: Serbia-Slovenia: Our Great People
1300. Portrait of Jurij Vega
1301. Portrait of Franz Miklosich
1302. Portrait of Friderik Pregl
Issue format: sheet of 9
Dimensions: 31,9 x 42 mm
Perforations: 13 3/4
Printer: Forum Novi Sad

Matica srpska, one of the most important cultural institutions in the Republic of Serbia, dedicates the year 2024 to the celebration of a great jubilee — “Two Centuries of Letopis Matice srpske”.

Letopis of Matica srpska is a literary magazine founded in 1824 in Novi Sad with the aim of presenting the results of creativity, primarily of the Serbian people and in Serbian language, in literature and science. The founder of the maga-zine, Georgije Magarašević, wanted, and two centuries later we can say that he succeeded in his intention, to create a central place for the gathering and dissemination of knowledge in the fields of language, literature, history, religion, folklore and culture in general, and not only of the Serbian people, but also of the entire Slavic world. The publication of the issue of commemorative postage stamps “Two Centuries of Letopis Matice srpske” contributes to this great jubilee marking the publication anniversary, as well as the literary magazine itself, with the aim of presenting it in the best way possible and bringing it closer to all citizens of the Republic of Serbia.

Georgije Magarašević (September 10, 1793 — January 6, 1830) was a Serbian writer, historian and publisher who will be remembered as the initiator of the Letopis, the oldest literary magazine in this region and beyond. A humanist by determination, and a lover of Serbian history, language and people, Magarašević left an eternal mark and memorial to his name by founding the Letopis, and provided Serbian culture with a place of permanent remembrance of the past, a space for considering the present and a pledge for the future.

Artistic realization of the issue: Miroslav Nikolić,
MA Marija Vlahović, academic graphic artist

Technical details
Date of issue: 14. 02. 2024.
Number of stamps in set: 1
Denomination and printrun:
1303: 48.00 RSD, 25.000
FDC: 1
Artistic realization: Miroslav Nikolić, Marija Vlahović
Subject: Two Centuries of “Letopis Matice srpske”
1303. Portrait of Georgije Magarašević and first two covers of this Chronicle
Issue format: sheet of 10
Dimensions: 35 x 31,9 mm
Perforations: 13 3/4
Printer: Forum Novi Sad

October 1, 1924 is taken as the date of the official start of broadcasting of radio programme in our country, the day of the beginning of programme broadcasting of Radiophonic Station Belgrade–Rakovica, the first in Serbia, the Kingdom of SCS, and the Balkans. On the same day of the same year, radio programme in Vienna began broadcasting. Politika and all the other daily press of the time published the news about the radio programme schedule, the radio concert that was held on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays afternoon in the concert hall at Knez Mihailova 42 in Belgrade, and was broadcast through the radiotelegraph station in Rakovica.

The technical innovation of that time met with a more than warm reception from listeners who demanded regular daily broadcasting of the programme, so the newly formed enterprise Radio Beograd JSC started regular broadcast of radio programme on March 24, 1929, with the words spoken by Jelena Bilbija, “This is Radio Beograd calling”. The bombing of Belgrade on April 6, 1941 and the German occupation of Serbia led to the interruption of the Radio Beograd programme, on the airwaves of which the signal of the occupation German station Military Radio Belgrade, known for the wartime hit Lily Marlene, was broadcast.

On November 10, 1944, Jelena Bilbija once again addressed the listeners of Radio Beograd from the liberated capital, with the familiar words – “This is Radio Beograd calling”. Not long after the liberation, in 1947, Radio Beograd got a new address – a building at Hilandarska 2, from the roof of which the letters of this radio station are still visible today.

“Jolly evening”, “Caravan”, “Good morning, children”, “Time for sports and entertainment”, are just some of the shows with which generations from these areas grew up listening to the voices of Draga Jonaš, Ljiljana Marković, Dušanka Kalanj, Mića Orlović, Svetislav Vuković, Jordan Ivanović, Marko Marković and many others who, from the waves of Radio Beograd 1, and then Radio Beograd 2 (from 1958), the third programme of Radio Beograd (from 1965), and Programme 202 (from 1969), were daily guests in homes throughout our region, making Radio Beograd the most influential radio station in the Balkans.

Professional cooperation: Radio Beograd
Artistic realization of the issue: MA Jakša Vlahović, academic graphic artist

Technical details

Датум издања: 27. 2. 2024.
Број марака: 1
1304: 48.00 дин, тираж: 25.000
Коверат првог дана (FDC) са жигом: 1
Табак: 25
Димензије марака : 31,9 x 35 mm
Штампа: вишебојни офсет
Зупчање: чешљасто 13 3/4
Штампарија: Форум Нови Сад
Уметничка реализација: Јакша Влаховић
Нацрт: 1304. Зграда Радио Београда у Хиландарској улици, представљена као потенциометар за радио станице

Luka Ćelović – Trebinjac

Luka Ćelović – Trebinjac (Pridvorci near Trebinje, October 18, 1854 – Belgrade, August 15, 1929) was a famous merchant, financier, benefactor and endower, one of the richest people in Serbia at the beginning of the 20th century and a great benefactor of Belgrade University.

He completed his elementary studies in Trebinje, apprenticed in trade in Banja Luka and Brčko, and from 1872, he was apprenticed to Petar Radosavljević and Mita Ignjatović in Belgrade. As a volunteer, in the summer of 1875 he joined the insurgents in Herzegovina, and from 1876 he joined the Serbian army during both Serbian-Turkish wars. In the fall of 1878, he began to engage in trade on his own. As early as 1882, as a reputable merchant, he participated in the founding of the Belgrade Cooperative, which was intended for small and medium-sized merchants, artisans, and officials, and devoted himself completely to the activities of the Cooperative.

За члана Управног одбора Народне банке Србије изабран фебруара 1912. године, а исте године Указом Њ. В. Краља Петра  I од 7. фебруара, Лука Ћеловић је постављен и за члана Задужбинског савета при Министарству просвете, чији члан остаје све до своје смрти.

During the First World War, as a member of the Steering Committee of the National Bank, he participated in the evacuation of the National Bank's treasury with Đorđe Vajfert and Marko Stojanović, first to Thessaloniki and then to Marseilles, where he remained until the end of the war, helping our wounded and refugees.

Luka Ćelović significantly contributed to the change of Belgrade's visual identity, first by building a family house in Savamala at Kraljevića Marka St. 1, which was built in 1903 by Eng. Miloš Savčić, and then by participating in the construction of the Palace of the Belgrade Cooperative and the magnificent building of the "Bristol" hotel, as well as the Stock Exchange building. On his estate, in today's Karađorđeva Street, he built and arranged a large and beautiful park, which he visited every morning. He bequeathed all his property to the University of Belgrade. He founded the "Endowment of Luka Ćelović – Trebinjac, a Belgrade merchant" in 1926.

Enriko Josif

Enriko Josif (Belgrade, May 1, 1924 – Belgrade, March 13, 2003) was a Serbian composer, pedagogue, music writer, professor and member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

He was born in a Jewish Sephardic family as Hayim Yosif, but his father, Mosha Yosif, a merchant and representative of German and Italian companies, otherwise a fan of music and a fan of the famous Italian tenor Enrico Caruso, affectionately called him Enriko. Mother Sofia, educated in Switzerland, was a translator and a member of the international PEN club.

The Josif family spent the war years in exile. After the end of the war, they return to Belgrade, where Enriko continued his education and graduated from the First Belgrade Gymnasium. He graduated from the Academy of Music in the class of Professor Milenko Živković in 1954. He began his career as a music pedagogue in 1955 at the "Vojislav Vučković" Junior Music School (1955–1956) and the "Kornelije Stanković" Secondary Music School (1955–1957). He became the Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Composition at the Academy of Music in 1957 under his Professor Milenko Živković. During 1961 and 1962, he stayed in Rome for further studies, and after Živković's sudden death in 1964, he took over his chair at the Department of Composition. He was elected Assistant Professor in 1965, became Associate Professor in 1970, and earned the title of Full Professor in 1976. He worked as a Full Professor until his retirement in 1989.

He was elected a corresponding member of SANU in 1991, and became a regular member in 2000.

He composed numerous vocal and instrumental, chamber, choral and orchestral pieces, among which the most famous are "Sonata Antika", "Death of Stefan Dečanski", "Concerto for Piano and Orchestra", "Hamlet" and others.

Enriko Josif died in Belgrade on March 13, 2003. He was buried at the Jewish Cemetery.

Vladeta Jerotić

Vladeta Jerotić (Belgrade, August 2, 1924 – Belgrade, September 4, 2018) was a doctor, neuropsychiatrist and psychotherapist, professor, philosopher, writer and member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He graduated from the Second Male Gymnasium in Belgrade, then from the Faculty of Medicine in 1951, where he specialized in neuropsychiatry in 1957. He specialized in psychotherapy in Switzerland, Germany and France from 1958 to 1961.

Until 1963, he worked as an Assistant at the University Neurology Clinic, and when the first psychotherapeutic department was established at the "Dragiša Mišović" hospital, Vladeta Jerotić moved to work with the Primarius, Dr. Vladislav Klajn. During the decades of work on the development of psychotherapy in Serbia, he gained extensive experience in working with patients and obtained the title Primarius.

На Православном богословском факултету 1985. године учествује у оснивању Катедре за пастирску (пасторалну) психологију и медицину и потпуно се посвећује педагошком и  научном раду, дефинитивно напуштајући болницу и психотерапију. Интересовање које је прелазило оквире медицине и хранило истраживачки дух је Јеротића одвело у културну антропологију и резултовало бројем од преко 70 књига и неколико стотина научних чланака из области психотерапије, социологије, социјалне психијатрије и филозофије. Поред обимне публицистичке делатности и истраживачког рада, одржао је читав низ предавања широм Југославије и Србије.

Since 1984, Vladeta Jerotić was a member of the Association of Writers. He was also a regular member of the Academy of Medical Sciences and a member of the Serbian Medical Society (psychotherapeutic section), the Psychotherapeutic Society of Yugoslavia, as well as the Jung Association in Belgrade. He was elected a corresponding member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Department of Languages and Literature in 1994, and a full member in 2000. He is the recipient of numerous recognitions and awards for his scientific work and social contribution. He died on September 4, 2018 in Belgrade.

Mira Trailović

Mirjana Mira Trailović (Kraljevo, January 22, 1924 – Belgrade, August 7, 1989) was a prominent Yugoslav theatre and film director, one of the founders and a long-time manager of Atelje 212, one of the most important theatre centres in the former Yugoslavia. Her overall contribution to culture in our region is extremely important, and her works left a deep and lasting impression.

She was born into a bourgeois family, her father was a translator, and her mother was a professor. She entered public life as an announcer at Radio Belgrade in 1944, where she later became a director and editor of the drama program. She graduated in directing in 1956 at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, and later taught radio directing there. As her graduation thesis, she directed a concert performance of Goethe's "Faust" at the opening of Atelje 212 on November 12, 1956.

Оснивање позоришта Атеље 212, у оно време авангардног театра познатог по својим иновативним представама које су често изазивале друштвене норме и табуе, али су истовремено биле и изузетно популарне код публике,  једно је од најзначајнијих достигнућа Мире Траиловић, мада не и једино. Са Јованом Ћириловим је 1967. године основала Београдски интернационални театарски фестивал БИТЕФ, и била његов уметнички директор до краја свог живота. 1989. године учествовала је и у оснивању позоришта Битеф театар.

On the stage of Atelje 212, she staged some of the cult performances of this theatre – the rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar", the musical "Hair", the play "Miracle in Šargan" and numerous other, and thanks to her engagement as artistic director of Bitef, Belgrade hosted the biggest names of the avant-garde theatre of that time – Jean-Paul Sartre, Thomas Eliot, Eugène Ionesco, Samuel Beckett, etc.

Known for her brave and committed approach to theatre and active social engagement, Mira Trailović made a huge contribution and left a deep mark in the world of art and culture. She died in Belgrade in 1989.

Expert collaboration: ”Svetozar Marković” University Library, Belgrade
Artistic realization of the issue: Boban Savić MA, academic painter

Technical details
Date of issue: 14. 3. 2024.
Number of stamps in set: 4
1305: 48.00 дин, тираж: 25.000
1306: 48.00 дин, тираж: 25.000
1307: 48.00 дин, тираж: 25.000
1308: 48.00 дин, тираж: 25.000
Коверат првог дана (FDC) са жигом: 4
Табак: 8
Димензије марака: 35 x 47,85 mm
Штампа: вишебојни офсет
Зупчање: чешљасто 13 3/4
Штампарија: Форум Нови Сад
Уметничка реализација: Бобан Савић
Нацрт: 1305. Лука Ћеловић – Требињац
Нацрт: 1306. Енрико Јосиф
Нацрт: 1307. Владета Јеротић
Нацрт: 1308. Мира Траиловић

Heroism is an act of courage, sacrifice and selflessness, in the name of defending the good. Heroes consciously expose themselves to danger and risk in order to protect and defend those who are unable to defend themselves. Heroism is best perceived when times are hard, when they are most difficult – in war conditions, natural disasters and other crises.

25 years ago, Serbia was a victim of NATO aggression, which lasted 78 days and took thousands of lives, including more than eighty children. Our citizens died in the bombing of a bus in Lužane, a passenger train in Grdelica Gorge, the building of the Radio Television of Serbia in Belgrade, under cluster bombs in Aleksinac, Niš, Varvarin and Novi Pazar and in many other places on the territory of Serbia.

The heroes who, from the first enemy attacks, on March 24, 1999, defended Serbia in the actions of the army and the police in Kosovo and Metohija, in airplanes in the sky above Serbia and in anti-aircraft defence positions on the ground, will remain in the eternal memory of generations as an example of how to love and defend the homeland despite everything. The heroes we remember today are as well all our citizens who expressed opposition to aggression – protesting on the bridges, squares and streets of Serbia or conscientiously performing their duties in the most difficult moments of our country’s recent history. 

The Post of Serbia publishes the issue of commemorative postage stamps “25 years of commemorating the heroes of the homeland” as a sign of gratitude to all heroes, known and unknown, brave individuals who laid down their lives defending the homeland a quarter of a century ago, as well as to all those heroes who contributed to the defence of our country by their actions at that time.

The heroes of the homeland, who defended Serbia in 1999, collectively entered the memory of the nation and established the best example of patriotism for all future generations of our people. Glory and thanks be to the heroes of the homeland!

Artistic realization of the issue: MA Jakša Vlahović, academic graphic artist

Technical details
Date of issue: 22. 3. 2024.
Number of stamps in set: block with 1 stamp
Denomination and printrun:
Block 111: 12.00 RSD, 10.000
FDC: 1
Artistic realization: Jakša Vlahović
Subject: 25 years of commemoration of the heroes of the homeland
Block 111: National landmarks of the Republic of Serbia with symbolic display of war heroes, freedom and peace.
Issue format: block
Dimensions of the block: 96 x 78 mm
Dimensions of the stamp in block: 35 x 49.3 mm
Perforations: 13 3/4
Printer: Forum Novi Sad

Martin Jonaš (1924–1996) is one of the most important and world-renowned naïve painters of Slovak origin from the Republic of Serbia. His painting became globally recognizable thanks to a large number of individual and group exhibitions held around the world and numerous international awards and recognitions. His paintings are characterized by a visually special way of depicting human figures, oversized hands and feet, which gives recognition to physical work, which makes it particularly current today. The issue is also a specific tribute to the naive painting of the Slovak national minority from Kovačica. That is why the sheet of the issue inscribes in the history of philately and national memory the extremely valuable works of contemporary Kovačica naive painting by its most prominent representatives: Pavel Hajko, Jan Glozik, Zuzana Vereski, Pavel Cicka, Pavel Povolni Juhas, Klara Babka, Vieroslava Svetlik and Miroslav Hraško.

Professional cooperation: National Council of the Slovak National Minority in Serbia, Babka Kovačica Foundation and Kovačica Naive Art Gallery – Martin Jonaš Memorial Home
Graphic realization of the issue: MA Marija Vlahović, academic graphic artist

Technical details
Датум издања: 29. 03. 2024.
Број марака: 2
1310: 48.00 дин,
1311: 48.00 дин,
тираж: 25.000
Коверат првог дана (FDC) са жигом: 1
Табак: 8
Димензије марака: 42 x 31,9 mm
Штампа: вишебојни офсет
Зупчање: чешљасто 13 3/4
Штампарија: Форум Нови Сад
Уметничка реализација: Марија Влаховић
Нацрт: 1309. Дом на длану, Мартин Јонаш, уље на платну, 1984.
Нацрт: 1310. Мушкарац и жена на клупи, Мартин Јонаш, уље на платну

One of the earliest and most significant modern codifications of civil law in 19th-century Europe, the first and only comprehensive civil code in Serbia, the longest-lived code in the history of modern Serbia, the Serbian Civil Code, was adopted on March 25 (March 11 according to the old calendar) 1844.

The development of the young Serbian state, the foundations of which were the Sretenje Constitution (1835) or the so-called Turkish Constitution (1838) conditioned the need for the creation of a civil law code that would confirm the inviolability of private property and provide a legal framework for the transformation of the backward feudal society under Ottoman rule into a modern, European bourgeois society.

In 1829, Prince Miloš appointed the Legislative Commission for the Drafting of the Code, with the instruction to compile a short compendium of law modelled according to the Austrian Civil Code, but based on Serbian customary law. The translations of foreign laws were not entirely in accordance with the conditions and circumstances in Serbia, so in 1834 the work of the Commission on drafting the Code was suspended. In 1837, the continuation of the work was entrusted to the lawyer and writer Jovan Hadžić.

The Serbian Civil Code, promulgated at the Annunciation in 1844, during the reign of Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević, best illustrates the continuity of Serbian society's aspirations to join the modern states of Europe in an important aspect of statehood and civil legislation.

The foundation of this Code was the Austrian Civil Code, but the influences of common law, Roman law, the French Civil Code from 1804, and Church and Sharia law can be seen in it. The Code affirms liberal principles and values, supplementing the constitutional norms of the Turkish Constitution from 1838.

The importance of the Serbian Civil Code, which with a total of 950 articles is among the shortest civil codifications, is reflected in the fact that its adoption made a departure from the Ottoman legal legacy and established a social and legal order based on personal freedom and private property, which made the young Serbian state of those times focused on the European path. 

Expert collaboration: ”Svetozar Marković” University Library, Belgrade
Artistic realization: Miroslav Nikolić and Nadežda Skočajić, Academic Graphic Artist

Technical details
Датум издања: 04. 04. 2024.
Број марака: 1
1312: 48.00 дин, тираж: 25.000
Коверат првог дана (FDC) са жигом: 1
Табак: 10
Димензије марака: 42 x 33,35 mm
Штампа: вишебојни офсет
Зупчање: чешљасто 13 3/4
Штампарија: Форум Нови Сад
Уметничка реализација: Мирослав Николић, Надежда Скочајић
Нацрт: 1311. Портрети Јована Хаџића и Кнеза Александра Карађорђевић

Nikola Tesla began his scientific journey long before leaving for America. A restless spirit and a desire for education led the young Nikola through European academic centres in Graz, Prague, Budapest and Paris, where he gained an education in electrical engineering studies as well as experience in improving electronic equipment.

Two years of study at the Polytechnic Academy in Graz, which was then a meeting place of scientific thought and artistic activity of people from all the countries of Southeast Europe, then studies and research work at the Technical University in Prague, recommended the young engineer Nikola Tesla for the job of chief technician of the American Telephone Company, first in Budapest, and then in Paris. His stay in Budapest resulted in the invention of the telephone sound amplifier. As an engineer for the Edison Company in Paris, he installed an Edison switchboard in Strasbourg that uses the principle of a rotating magnetic field of alternating currents.

У јуну 1884. године Тесла се укрцао на пароброд „City of Richmond” који је пловио за Њујорк. Образовање и искуство које је понео из Европе препоручили су га за посао инжењера у Едисоновој компанији „Едисонове машине” где је требало да ради на репројектовању генератора једносмерне струје. Прогресивне научне идеје и урођена инжењерска радозналост довеле су до тога да Тесла, 1886. године, оснује своју компанију „Тесла електрично осветљење и производња”, отварајући тако генију из Смиљана пут да својим научним деловањем и проналазачким радом човечанству утре пут ка 21. веку.

Nikola Tesla, Serbian by origin, European by education, realized his full potential and engineering genius as a resident of the USA, and he bequeathed his great scientific work to all of humanity, thus demonstrating that scientific thought and progress do not know and do not recognize borders.

Expert collaboration: ”Svetozar Marković” University Library, Belgrade

Artistic realization of the issue: Boban Savić MA, academic painter

Technical details
Date of issue: 16. 04. 2024.
Number of stamps in set: block with 1 stamp
Denomination and printrun:
Block 112: 136.00 RSD, 10.000
FDC: 1
Artistic realization: Boban Savić
Subject: 140 years since the arrival of Nikola Tesla in the USA
Block 112: Portrait of Nikola Tesla
Issue format: block
Dimensions of the block: 100 x 80mm
Dimensions of the stamp in block: 35 x 49.3 mm
Perforations: 13 3/4
Printer: Forum Novi Sad

The beginnings of standardization on the territory of today's Serbia can be found as early as the 15^th century, in the Law on Mines or the Mining (Novo Brdo) Code of despot Stefan Lazarevic, which contains regulations that regulate the exploration of mineral resources and the performance of mining works.

Starting from the twenties of the twentieth century, some normative documents were created for the needs of the economy, however, there is an increasingly strong awareness of the need for an organized approach to standardization work, especially in the field of mining, electrical engineering and construction. As a result of these aspirations, under the leadership of the Dean of the Technical Faculty in Belgrade and the President of the Association of Engineers and Architects Professor Dušan Tomić, on September 16, 1934, the Yugoslav National Committee for Normalization was formed, the task of which was: "to work on the normalization of general, technical and commercial conditions and regulations for public works and procurement, normalization of products of economic activity, concentration and coordination of activities in the field of normalization". The Committee for Normalization suspended its work in 1941 due to the war, and then continued in December 1944, when it published temporary Standards for the manufacture of military boots and Instructions for the maintenance of footwear. In 1946, the Government of FPRY established the Federal Commission for Standardization, which immediately after the renewal of standardization activities requested to be admitted to the International Organization for Standardization ISO, and since January 1, 1950, it has represented our country as the 28^th member.

In the past, the name and legal form of the national standards body changed several times, and the legal successor of all those institutions is today's Institute for Standardization of Serbia (ISS), which is the only national standardization body in the Republic of Serbia. So far, the Institute has published tens of thousands of Serbian standards and related documents, which are harmonized with the corresponding international and European standards.

Professional cooperation: Institute for Standardization of Serbia

Artistic realization: Miroslav Nikolić and Nadežda Skočajić, Academic Graphic Artist

Technical details
Date of issue: 25. 04. 2024.
Number of stamps in set: 1
Denomination and printrun:
1320: 48.00 RSD, 25.000
FDC: 1
Artistic realization: Miroslav Nikolić, Nadežda Skočajić
Subject: 90 years of standardization in Serbia
1320: Portrait of Professor Dušan Tomić, Dean of the Technical Faculty in Belgrade and the President of the Association of Engineers and Architects
Issue format: sheet of 8
Dimensions of stamps: 29 x 35 mm
Perforations: 13 3/4
Printer: Forum Novi Sad

The most important and greatest Christian holiday – the day of eternal joy, the Resurrection of Christ, is celebrated in memory of the day when Christ, the Son of God, defeated death.

Easter is a moving holiday, it is always celebrated on a Sunday, and the date is calculated based on the date of the full moon that preceded Christ´s Resurrection in 30 BC and can fall between 4 April and 8 May according to the Gregorian calendar, or between 22 March and 25 April according to the old Julian calendar. The decision to celebrate the Resurrection of Christ was made at the first Ecumenical Council in Nicaea in 325. The Orthodox Church celebrates Easter according to the Julian calendar.

Easter is preceded by a seven-week fast, and the last week before Easter is called Great. Many folk customs are associated with this week, and the one that children love the most is colouring and giving eggs, which are actually a symbol of Resurrection. The first egg is dyed red and in many parts of our country this egg is called «guardian» and is kept all year, until the next Easter. The Day of Christ´s Resurrection is celebrated with a solemn liturgy in churches, and the believing people are greeted with the words: «Christ is Risen», «Truly He is Risen».

Artistic realisation of the issue: MA Marija Vlahovic, academic graphic artist

Каталошке информације

Датум издања: 26. 04. 2024.
Број марака: 1
1321: 48.00 дин, тираж: 25.000
Коверат првог дана (FDC) са жигом: 1
Табак: 10
Димензије марака: 31,9 x 42 mm
Штампа: вишебојни офсет
Зупчање: чешљасто 13 3/4
Штампарија: Форум Нови Сад
Уметничка реализација: Марија Влаховић
Нацрт: 1321. Корпа пуна црвених обојених јаја, симболом васкрсења