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.

He was elected as a member of the Steering Committee of the National Bank of Serbia in February 1912 and in the same year by the Decree of His Highness King Petar I from February 7, Luka Ćelović was appointed a member of the Endowment Council at the Ministry of Education, a member of which he remained until his death.

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.

In 1985, at the Orthodox Faculty of Theology, he participated in the establishment of the Department of Pastoral Psychology and Medicine and devoted himself completely to pedagogical and scientific work, definitively leaving the hospital and psychotherapy. Interest that went beyond medicine and nourished the research spirit led Jerotić to cultural anthropology and resulted in over 70 books and several hundred scientific articles in the fields of psychotherapy, sociology, social psychiatry and philosophy. In addition to extensive journalistic activities and research work, he held a series of lectures throughout Yugoslavia and Serbia.

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.

The establishment of the Atelje 212 theatre, at that time an avant-garde theatre known for its innovative performances that often challenged social norms and taboos, but were also extremely popular with the audience, is one of Mira Trailović's most significant achievements, although not the only one. Together with Jovan Ćirilov, she founded the Belgrade International Theatre Festival BITEF in 1967, and was its artistic director until the end of her life. In 1989, she participated in the founding of the Bitef Theatre.

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

Technical details
Date of issue: 26. 04. 2024.
Number of stamps in set: 1
Denomination and printrun:
1321: 48.00 RSD, 25.000
FDC: 1
Artistic realization: Marija Vlahović
Subject: Easter
1321: Basket full of red painted eggs as a symbol of Easter
Issue format: sheet of 10
Dimensions of stamps: 31,9 x 42 mm
Perforations: 13 3/4
Printer: Forum Novi Sad

China and Serbia stand as testament to rich histories and vibrant cultures, intertwined through a bond of enduring friendship. Through triumphs and challenges, they have stood together, united in pursuit of mutual prosperity and shared values of fairness and justice. In June 2016, Chinese President Xi Jinping embarked on a historic visit to Serbia, marking the genesis of the China-Serbia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. As President Xi Jinping returns for his second visit in May 2024, the iron-clad friendship between China and Serbia is poised to take on new glory.

Motifs on the stamps: Hemudu Culture and Vinča Culture: Echoes of History in Dialogue Belgrade-Budapest Railway: A Benchmark of Cooperation for the ‘Belt and Road’ Initiative Cultural Centers: A Stage for Cultural Exchanges between China and Serbia

Expert collaboration: China Media Group, China Cultural Center in Belgrade

Artistic realization: Miroslav Nikolić and Nadežda Skočajić, academic graphic artists

Technical details
Date of issue: 07. 05. 2024.
Number of stamps in set: 3
Denomination and printrun:
1322: 48.00 RSD, 25.000
1323: 132.00 RSD, 25.000
1324: 48.00 RSD, 25.000
FDC: 1
Artistic realization: Miroslav Nikolić and Nadežda Skočajić
Subject: Friends who come from afar
1322: Hemudu Culture and Vinča Culture: Echoes of History in Dialogue
1323: Belgrade-Budapest Railway: A Benchmark of Cooperation for the ‘Belt and Road’ Initiative
1324: Cultural Centers: A Stage for Cultural Exchanges between China and Serbia
Issue format: sheet of 15
Dimensions of stamps: 42 x 31,9 mm
Perforations: 13 3/4
Printer: Forum Novi Sad

White Water-lily – Nymphaea alba L.

White water-lily belongs to the water-lily family (Nymphaeaceae) and a group of aquatic plants called hydrophytes. Water-lily is a perennial, herbaceous, rooted plant, the rhizome of which is placed horizontally and is located in the mud. The leaves are large, round with a deep cut, on long petioles, and can be submerged or float on the surface of the water. The face of the leaf is shiny, with a thick layer of cuticle that protects it from water retention and rotting. The shiny surface of the leaf reflects the sun´s rays, so that excessive temperature does not occur on the surface of the leaf. The flowers are above the surface of the water, large and individual, white, sometimes pink. The plant blooms from June to September.

Water-lilies inhabit stagnant and slow-flowing waters, such as ponds, moors, along rivers and canals. In the world, within this family, there are 8 genera with about 70 taxa, of which two genera (Nymphaea L. and Nuphar Sm.) are present in Serbia with one species each – white water-lily (Nymphaea alba L.) and yellow water-lily (Nuphar lutea (L.) Sm.).

European pond turtle – Emys orbicularis

The European pond turtle belongs to the Emydidae family and it is the only species of water turtle native to the territory of Serbia. It inhabits all types of stagnant inland bodies of water with rich aquatic vegetation – ponds, puddles and lakes - where the soil is muddy and overgrown with plants. Its shell is of a regular oval shape, and its size varies from 15 to 38 cm. Adult females are larger than the males. The head of the European pond turtle is dark, sprinkled with yellow spots. The feet are webbed, the toes ending in long claws. The color of the shell ranges from dark brown to black sprinkled with yellowish dots in varying amounts. The European pond turtle is mainly a carnivore. It swims and dives well, and it can stay under water for several hours. It does not move far from its aquatic habitat during the day, and it undertakes larger land trips at night. It usually spends the winter hibernating buried in the mud at the bottom of the body of water it lives in.

Professional cooperation: Museum of Natural History in Belgrade, Ana Paunović, PhD, Museum Advisor, Uroš Buzurović, PhD, Senior Curator, Scientific Associate; Marjan Niketić, PhD, Museum Advisor, Corresponding Member of SASA

Artistic realisation: Miroslav Nikolić

Technical details
Date of issue: 08. 05. 2024.
Number of stamps in set: 2
Denomination and printrun:
1325: 48.00 RSD, 25.000
1326: 120.00 RSD, 25.000
FDC: 1
Artistic realization: Miroslav Nikolić
Subject: Europe – Underwater fauna and flora
1325: White Water-lily – Nymphaea alba L.
1326: European pond turtle – Emys orbicularis
Issue format: sheet of 8
Dimensions of stamps: 35 x 34,8 mm
Perforations: 13 3/4
Printer: Forum Novi Sad

Human development and fast industrialization in the 19^th century necessitated the intensification of international postal traffic, so in 1868 the first postal conference was held in Paris, where guidelines were adopted on the expansion and development of international cooperation in the field of postal traffic.

The first Universal Postal Congress was held in Bern, from September 15 to October 9, 1874. The Congress was attended by authorized representatives of 22 countries, which covered an area of about 350 million km² with more than 350 million inhabitants: Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, Greece, Denmark, Egypt, Italy, Luxembourg, Germany, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, United States of America, Serbia, Turkey, Hungary, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden and Spain. During the session of the Congress, Montenegro also joined the Union, and some countries that were colonies of some of the founding countries also joined.

On October 9, 1874, in Bern, as a delegate of the Principality of Serbia, Mladen Ž. Radojković, Secretary of the Postal and Telegraph Department of the Ministry of National Economy, signed the Treaty on the Establishment of the General Postal Union, later known as the Universal Postal Union.

Today, the Universal Postal Union is an international organization, a member of the United Nations, which operates on the principles of unity of postal territory, freedom of postal transit and unity of letterpost fees, with the aim of developing and improving postal traffic. This global organization, which gathers 192 member states, establishes rules for international mail exchange and makes recommendations to encourage the growth of the volume of postal, parcel and financial services as well as to improve the quality of service for customers.

Expert collaboration: Vladimir Milić, Union of Philatelists of Serbia

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

Technical details
Date of issue: 15. 05. 2024.
Number of stamps in set: 1
Denomination and printrun:
1327: 48.00 RSD, 25.000
FDC: 1
Artistic realization: Jakša Vlahović
Subject: Stamp Day – 150 years since the establishment of the Universal Postal Union 1327: Monument-symbol of UPU, portrait of Mladen Ž. Radojković, the UPU's headquarters building in Berne
Issue format: sheet of 8
Dimensions of stamps: 35 x 31,9 mm
Perforations: 13 3/4
Printer: Forum Novi Sad

The ensemble of folk dances and songs of Serbia, KOLO, was founded in 1948 as the first ensemble of this type in Yugoslavia at the time. Although founded as the Ensemble of the People's Republic of Serbia, KOLO performed the role of the central ensemble of folk dances and songs of the former state, nurturing in its repertoire the traditions of all the peoples and nationalities of Yugoslavia.

Having its foundation in artistic ideals of the second half of the 20^th century, KOLO levitated for decades between the inherited ideology of Yugoslavia and native affiliation. In the jubilee 75^th year of its existence, KOLO partially transitioned into the National Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs of the Republic of Serbia, striving to develop its own capacities for the benefit of the national culture and cultural policy of our country. At the current moment, KOLO artistically interprets the traditional folk dances and music of Serbia, including the ethnic practices of all national minorities living in it, while equally treating the traditions of the Serbian people who, as an autochthonous population, have inhabited the wider Serbian cultural space for centuries. Bringing its activities into harmony with the official public policies of the Republic of Serbia and prioritized strategic goals in culture, KOLO strives for its own (re)affirmation as an institution of primary national importance.

LONG LIVE KOLO!

Professional cooperation: Ensemble of folk dances and songs of Serbia “KOLO”

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

Technical details
Date of issue: 15. 05. 2024.
Number of stamps in set: 1
Denomination and printrun:
1328: 48.00 RSD, 25.000
FDC: 1
Artistic realization: Miroslav Nikolić and Nadežda Skočajić
Subject: 75^th artistic season of the Ensemble "Kolo"
1328: portrait of Olga Skovran, logo of Ensemble "Kolo"
Issue format: sheet of 10
Dimensions of stamps: 33,35 x 42 mm
Perforations: 13 3/4
Printer: Forum Novi Sad

The Yugoslav Film Archive was founded in 1949 and two years later became a regular member of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF).

The Film Archive started with only two hundred unsorted boxes of nitrate films, but the fund grew rapidly and already in 1964, the Yugoslav Film Archive became one of the richest film archives in the world. 

The collection of the Film Archive today numbers around 100,000 copies, with 12,000 copies created from 1896 to 1953, when filming was done on flammable film tape. In the collection of Serbian films, the documentary film "The Coronation of King Peter the First Karađorđević" from 1904 and the first Serbian feature film "The Life and Deeds of the Immortal Leader Karađorđe", filmed in Belgrade in 1911, stand out for their historical and cultural significance.

The Film Archive also includes a photo library that stores a large number of photographs from domestic and foreign films and a collection of film posters. The collection of items consists of exhibits from the history and prehistory of film, such as the original camera of the Lumière brothers from 1896, the first studio film camera – the Lifka camera, the Edison phonograph and many other. In the Film Archive Library, there are tens of thousands of books, magazines, film catalogues, scripts and recording books.

The Film Archive Museum deals with film and exhibition programs, and in 2020 the permanent exhibition "Our Film Museum" was opened, which presents the most significant works and creators of Serbian and Yugoslav cinema, and includes the legacies of the following film artists: Milena Dravić and Dragan Nikolić, Pavle Vuisić, Velimir Bata Živojinović, Živojin Pavlović, Ružica Sokić, Ljubiša Samardžić, Veljko Despotović, Miomir Denić, Karl Malden and others.

During the last decade, the Film Archive has been actively involved in the restoration of our film heritage, and so far in this process it has restored close to 50 representative titles of Serbian feature films. Film Archive Day is celebrated on June 6 as the day when the first film screening was held in Belgrade and in the Balkans – in 1896 in the tavern "Golden Cross" at Terazije.

Professional collaboration: Jovan Marković, Yugoslav Film Archive

Artistic realization: Milisav Banković, Animation Director

Technical details
Date of issue: 06. 06. 2024.
Number of stamps in set: block with 1 stamp
Denomination and printrun:
Block 113: 120.00 RSD, 10.000
FDC: 1
Artistic realization: Milisav Banković
Subject: 75 years since the founding of the Yugoslav Film Archive
Block 113: Actors-characters from popular domestic movies in flying balloon with logo of Yugoslav Film Archive
Issue format: block
Dimensions of the block: 94 x 74 mm
Dimensions of the stamp in block: 49,3 x 35 mm
Perforations: 13 3/4
Printer: Forum Novi Sad

By the Decree of Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević in March 1854, the first vocational school in Serbia was founded – the First Vocational School, for the planned and systematic preparation of personnel necessary for the new military factory (Topolivnica). The proposal to establish a boarding-type school, based on the model of vocational schools in France, was sent to the Prince by Charles Loubry at the end of 1853. The school, with notable success, participated in science and technology fairs in Paris in 1889 and London in 1898. By the Decree from 1867, the school was named the Military-Vocational School. The school resumed its work in 1888 through the efforts of the Director of the Institute, Pavel Šafárik, and received the status of a secondary school. The Military-Vocational School grew into a leading vocational school in the Balkans in the time before the First World War. Before the Second World War, only trades necessary for the military industry were represented in the school programme. The new teaching plan adopted in 1940 could not be implemented due to the outbreak of war.

The Military-Industrial School in Kragujevac was founded in September 1946 by the Ministry of National Defence at the "Crvena Zastava" Institute. From the school year 1994/1995, new courses in the traffic profession were started, and in 1996, the school was named the Technical School for Mechanical Engineering and Traffic. In 2009, the school was named the Polytechnic School and provided students with general and specialist theoretical and practical knowledge that enabled them to quickly and easily join the world of work, but also to successfully continue further education.

The Secondary Vocational School was founded by the Decision on the establishment of the Secondary Vocational School in Kragujevac and the abolition of the Polytechnic School and the Second Technical School in Kragujevac. As of September 1, 2018, the Polytechnic School and the Second Technical School, the origin and development of which are closely related, once again became one institution, under the name Secondary Vocational School. By merging these two schools, the offer was further enriched. In addition to mechanical engineering, traffic, and electrical engineering, forestry, wood processing and culture, art and public information were also added.

Today, the school is called Secondary School "Knez Aleksandar Karađorđević".

For the stamp motifs, the following were used: the portrait of Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević, the work of student Ivona Bogdanović and drawing of the school building, the work of student Marko Milanović.

Professional cooperation: Siniša Kojić, Director of Secondary School “Knez Aleksandar Karađorđević”. 

Graphic realization: Nadežda Skočajić, Academic Graphic Artist.

Technical details
Date of issue: 12. 06. 2024.
Number of stamps in set: 1
Denomination and printrun:
1329: 48.00 RSD, 25.000
FDC: 1
Artistic realization: Nadežda Skočajić
Subject: 170 years of vocational education in Serbia
1329: portrait of Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević and drawing of the school building Issue format: sheet of 10
Dimensions of stamps: 42 x 33,35 mm
Perforations: 13 3/4
Printer: Forum Novi Sad

Branko Radičević (Slavonski Brod, March 28, 1824 – Vienna, July 1, 1853), a great poet of Serbian romanticism, introduced revolutionary changes in the development of Serbian literature and language. He was born to his father Todor and mother Ruža just before the holiday of St. Alexius, after whom he got his baptismal name. He lived in Slavonski Brod (Brod na Savi) with his family until 1830. Until 1835, he studied at Serbian and German elementary schools in Zemun. From 1835 to 1841, he studied at the Karlovac Gymnasium – "the most excellent student" with calligraphic handwriting and the best herbarium with plants from Stražilovo. In Timisoara from 1841 to 1843, he studied philosophy. There he writes his first poem in Serbian – Girl at the Well. He moved to Vienna to study law, which he did not like.

With the publication of his first book, "Poems" (1847), he translated his name from Greek (Alexios) into Serbian – Branko, and his first poetic debut caused a tectonic upheaval on the literary scene. With the encouragement of Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, the divinely inspired Branko brings into Serbian poetry the ozone-pure beauty of the vernacular language as opposed to the artificial Slavonic Serbian in the literary use of that era.

He contracted tuberculosis and died in 1853 at the age of twenty-nine. After three decades (1883), his remains were transferred from Vienna to Stražilovo. On Stražilovo, there is a monument made of mountain blocks from the areas where Serbs live: Fruška gora, Dinara, Klek, Lovćen, Plješevica, Vršački Breg, Velebit and Avala. On the top of the marble monument, in golden letters it says: TO BRANKO – THE SERBIAN PEOPLE. It is the sign of the libertarian Kolo (circle dance) from the poem The Parting of School Friends, in which Branko invites all Serbs who suffer under the yoke of the Austrian and Turkish empires to unite, naming them after the regions, (sub)regions and areas where they have always lived.

Even though he wrote only fifty-four lyrical poems, seven epics, two fragments of epics, a handful of letters and one response to criticism, the importance of Branko Radičević is epochal and inspiring for new generations. Many of the poems are anthological: As I Thought of Dying, Prayer, Reprimand, Curse, (Nikad nije vito tvoje telo), In Memory of Mina Karadžić (Pevam danju, pevam noću), Fisherman's Dream, Sorrow and Admonition, Mischief, A Traveller at Dawn and others. There are about a hundred musical compositions based on Branko's verses that leave the impression that the people themselves created these poems.

Professional cooperation: Nenad Grujičić, “Brankovo kolo”

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

Technical details
Date of issue: 21. 06. 2024.
Number of stamps in set: 1
Denomination and printrun:
1331: 48.00 RSD, 25.000
FDC: 1
Artistic realization: Nadežda Skočajić
Subject: 200^th Anniversary of the birth of Branko Radičević
1331: portrait of Branko Radičević
Issue format: sheet of 8
Dimensions of stamps: 42 x 33,35 mm
Perforations: 13 3/4
Printer: Forum Novi Sad

Diplomatic relations between Serbia and Canada were formally established only in 1941, but today a large and influential Serbian community has been present in this North American country since the end of the 19^th century.

One of the most prominent residents of Canada of Serbian origin, Milomir Glavčić, a native of the village of Pope near Jošanička Banja, the Canadian with the longest residential address in Niagara Falls, is celebrating his hundredth birthday this year.

Born on 6 December, 1924, he spent his childhood and youth in pre-war Yugoslavia in misery and poverty. After the end of the Second World War, he settled in Canada, where, through hard and thoughtful work, he managed to acquire wealth for himself and others.

Milomir Glavčić is a true member of the world of humanity and philanthropy. He helped people regardless of religion and nation. In Canada, he invested considerable funds for the construction of a church and a hospital in Niagara Falls, and in his native Serbia, he helped build a bridge over the Ibar in Kraljevo, which not only connected the banks of this river, but also two countries – Canada and Serbia, and today the cities of friends – Kraljevo and Niagara Falls, as evidenced by the markings on this building.

He also financed the construction of churches, kindergartens, centres of culture, library buildings, asphalting of roads, and renovation of elementary schools. He donated medical devices and ambulances to hospitals in Kraljevo and Raška. He helped, and continues to help, both close and distant relatives, but also hundreds of unknown families. In Serbia, his charity is kept from being forgotten. Streets, a boulevard, a kindergarten, and a cultural centre are named after him in the area of the Raški district. He is the winner of numerous awards, as well as the highest state and church awards. In Canada, as a sign of respect, on his 99^th birthday, Niagara Falls were painted with the colours of the Serbian flag.

Thanks to Milomir Glavčić, in 2015 the first Serbian–Canadian Friendship Charter in modern history was signed, which is a significant step in the improvement of bilateral relations between the two countries, especially in terms of cultural exchange and economic cooperation and investments.

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

Technical details
Date of issue: 27. 06. 2024.
Number of stamps in set: block with 1 stamp
Denomination and printrun:
Block 114: 136.00 RSD, 10.000
FDC: 1
Artistic realization: Boban Savić
Subject: Serbia – Canada: 100 years since the birth of Milomir Glavčić
Block 114: The bridge and the portrait of Milomir Glavčić
Issue format: block
Dimensions of the block: 85 x 80 mm
Dimensions of the stamp in block: 35 x 49,3 mm
Perforations: 13 3/4
Printer: Forum Novi Sad

This year we mark 110 years since the beginning of the First World War, one of the largest military conflicts in the history of civilization, in which more than 70 million people under arms participated. The army of the small Balkan state of Serbia will be remembered for its heroic epic, which began with the Battle of Cer in 1914, the first allied victory in the First World War against the incomparably more numerous Austro-Hungarian forces, followed by the Albanian Golgotha in 1915 and the landing on Corfu in 1916, continuing with the great and significant victory at Kaimaktsalan in 1916 and finally, the breakthrough of the Thessaloniki front in 1918 and the proud rush to the final liberation of the Homeland.

During the entire war, Serbian soldiers stood out for their courage, endurance, resilience and chivalry, despite the difficult conditions and enemy superiority. The civilian population in occupied Serbia suffered terribly due to the occupation and war operations, but still remained determined to support their soldiers in the fight for freedom, showing national unity and solidarity.

Serbia emerged from the First World War as one of the victorious countries, but it paid for it with huge losses – it is estimated that more than a million people were killed or wounded during the war that forever changed the course of history.

Stamp motif: Monument to the Unknown Hero on Avala, Ivan Meštrović, 1938.

Motifs on the vignettes: Heroes – Serbian soldiers from the period of the First World War and Serbian decorations; from the collection of the Adligat Society, the legacy of Leko family.Motifs on the First Day Cover: photos of heroes – Serbian soldiers and civilians from the First World War period and artillery shells that Serbian soldiers engraved, processed into cups and used in the trenches; from the collection of the Adligat Society, the legacy of Leko family.

Professional cooperation: Society for culture, art and international cooperation Adligat, Belgrade.

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

Technical details
Date of issue: 28. 06. 2024.
Number of stamps in set: 1
Denomination and printrun:
1333: 48.00 RSD, 25.000
FDC: 1
Artistic realization: Jakša Vlahović
Subject: 110 years of commemoration of the heroes of the First World War
1333: Monument to the Unknown Hero on Avala
Issue format: sheet of 10
Dimensions of stamps: 35 x 31,9 mm
Perforations: 13 3/4
Printer: Forum Novi Sad

Serbia and France established contacts as early as the Middle Ages, as evidenced by the marriage of King Uroš with Princess Jelena of Anjou. The modern era brings new contacts between the two countries at the beginning of the 19^th century, at the time of the First Serbian Uprising, and the formal establishment of diplomatic relations took place in 1839, when France opened the first consulate in the Principality of Serbia. The second half of the 19^th century brought an intensification of relations and cultural influence brought to Serbia by numerous ”French students”, among whom were members of both Serbian dynasties, which led to the strengthening of French friendship with Serbia, which was especially confirmed by the alliance in the First World War, when France stood by Serbia from the beginning, helping it financially, but also through numerous medical missions, treating Serbian wounded in French hospitals, educating Serbian pupils and students in French schools and finally, in brotherhood in arms – the joint battles of Serbian and French soldiers at the Salonica front. Today, Belgrade is the only city outside of France to be awarded the Legion of Honour, and Belgrade’s bohemian district of Skadarlija is the only one in the world that is twinned with Montmartre in Paris.

The friendship between Serbia and France was confirmed by the fight against the common enemy – Nazism, during the Second World War, as well as by economic cooperation in the 20^th century, and bilateral relations in the 21^st century have seen an increase in the formation of a strategic partnership between the two countries, recent visits by top officials and the personal friendship of the presidents of the two countries. Economic cooperation has been intensively developing in the last few years, and France has been among the biggest investors in the Serbian economy and the most important foreign trade partners of Serbia for years.

Motif on the stamp: Prince Miloš Obrenović and King Louis-Philippe I

Motif on the vignette: Monument of gratitude to France at Kalemegdan in Belgrade, work of sculptor Ivan Meštrović; building of the Embassy of the Republic of France in Belgrade

Motif on the envelope: Freedom, Equality, Fraternity, sculpture on the building of the Embassy of France in Belgrade

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

Technical details
Date of issue: 12. 07. 2024.
Number of stamps in set: 1
Denomination and printrun:
1334: 48.00 RSD, 25.000
FDC: 1
Artistic realization: Marija Vlahović
Subject: 185 years of diplomatic relations between Serbia and France
1334: Prince Miloš Obrenović and King Louis-Philippe I
Issue format: sheet of 10
Dimensions of stamps: 42 x 31,9 mm
Perforations: 13 3/4
Printer: Forum Novi Sad