Bosnia – Serbian postage stamps year 2005 Europa CEPT – Gastronomy MSS MNH
📮 Overview – Europa CEPT 2005 “Gastronomy”
In 2005 Bosnia and Herzegovina – Serbian Post (the postal administration serving the Republika Srpska part of Bosnia and Herzegovina) participated in the Europa / CEPT annual stamp program. The Europa program is a Europe-wide joint issue coordinated by CEPT (the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations), with a common theme each year — in 2005 that theme was “Gastronomy”.
📅 Issue Date
- Released: April 4, 2005
🖼️ Designers & Print
- Designer/Engraver: Radomir Bojanic
- Printer: Forum (Novi Sad)
- Printing: Offset; comb perforation ~13¼ : 13¾
- Gum: Water-activated (lick & stick)
📦 Stamp Details
For this Europa theme, several formats were issued:
🟦 Individual Stamps
- 1,00 denomination, multicoloured, with gastronomy design.
- 1,50 denomination, also multicoloured.
These stamps are catalogued with numbers such as:
- Michel numbers: 327A / 328A
- Yvert numbers: 304 / 305
- Scott numbers: 247 / 248
📑 Sets / Se-tenant / Booklets
- Some listings refer to se-tenant pairs (two different stamps attached side-by-side).
- There were also sets or booklet formats combining the pair with tabs.
🍽️ Theme — Gastronomy
The Europa CEPT 2005 theme “Gastronomy” celebrates Europe’s rich food heritage and culinary traditions. While the specific stamps from Bosnia and Herzegovina – Serbian Post do not list the exact dishes shown in the catalogue entries, the issue’s purpose is to depict or symbolize culinary culture as part of the broader Europa theme adopted across multiple European postal administrations that year.
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