Yugoslavia year 1996 stamps art / Museum exhibits set MNH stamps
The stamp set related to “Art / Museum Exhibits” in 1996 was specifically dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Natural History Museum in Belgrade.
🇷🇸 Yugoslavia (FRY) 1996: Natural History Museum
This issue, released on September 20, 1996, moved away from the medieval religious art of the previous years and focused on the scientific and biological collections of the museum.
| Feature | Details |
| Topic | 100th Anniversary of the Natural History Museum in Belgrade (Prirodnjački Muzej u Beogradu). |
| Date of Issue | September 20, 1996. |
| Design / Exhibits | The stamp designs featured specimens from the museum’s collections, typically depicting Fauna (insects/butterflies). The set highlighted the fields of study housed in the museum, such as: Botany, Zoology, Paleontology, and Geology. |
| Format | The issue was released as a set of four stamps (or sometimes a combination of two stamps and an adjacent label/miniature sheet). |
| Catalogue Reference | The stamps themselves are generally listed as Scott #2331-2334 (or similar numbers in the main set). |
This set is a nice transition piece, showing the shift in subject matter while still celebrating major Yugoslav institutions.
In 1996, other notable issues included a set for Architectural Education in Yugoslavia and Horse Racing at Ljubičevo, making it a diverse year for Yugoslavian philately.
