Bosnia stamps year 1992-96 Musical Instrument Coat of Arms & Monastery

Bosnia stamps year 1992-96 Musical Instrument Coat of Arms & Monastery MNH

📮 1) 1993 Republic of Srpska (Bosnian Serb) Stamp Series

After the breakup of Yugoslavia and during the war, Republika Srpska (Serb administration) in part of Bosnia issued its own stamps from 1992–1994, including a series in 1993 combining the themes you listed:

• Musical Instrument — often a traditional bowed string instrument (likely a gusle style instrument motif).
• Coat of Arms — featuring the emblem associated with Republika Srpska / Bosnian Serb symbolism of the time.
• Monastery — typically a Serbian Orthodox monastery motif (e.g., Žitomislići near Mostar).
  This set typically came in several denominations and motif combinations.

📌 What’s known about this issue:

• The 1993 Republic of Srpska series included three designs with these subjects and multiple denominations.
• Stamp mounts from this era often bear inscriptions like Bosna i Hercegovina and Republika Srpska (sometimes with Pošte Srpske).

Collecting Note: These are popular with topical collectors interested in war-era Balkan issues and regional ethnographic themes.

🛡️ 2) 1993–1996 BH Pošta & HP Mostar Issues (Federation Stamps)

During the war and just after it, two postal authorities operated in the Federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina:

• BH Pošta (Sarajevo) — from late 1993 onward
• HP Mostar (Croat administration) — from mid-1993 onward
  Each issued its own stamps, though not all were thematic to your topics.

🏛️ Monastery Themes in 1995–1996

According to stamp catalog listings, Croatian-Mostar issues from December 1995 included monastery themes such as:

• Kraljeva Sutjeska Monastery
• Mostar Monastery
• Srebrenica Monastery
  These were typically single-stamp issues and are listed in the Mostar (Croat) catalogue numbering (e.g., BHC-32, BHC-33, BHC-34).

These draw on the religious and cultural heritage of Bosnia’s historic sites and are collectible as part of thematic sets on churches and monastic architecture.

🏳️ Coat of Arms Themes (Federation)

In 1993, BH Pošta (Sarajevo) issued stamps showing the then-national coat of arms of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, featuring fleurs-de-lis motifs (the symbol used from independence through 1998). These stamps came in various denominations and are considered classic post-independence issues.

These “Heraldry” stamps still appear in specialist catalogs under specific Michel or Scott numbers and are of interest to collectors of national symbol issues.

🪕 Musical Instruments

The musical instrument theme appears in the Republic of Srpska 1993 series alongside coat of arms and monastery designs. In general bosnian postal issues from this early period do not show many musical instrument subjects outside of that specific Republika Srpska set; most later dedicated musical instrument stamps (like folk instruments) appear after 2000 and are outside the 1992–1996 window.

📌 Summary of Key Sets (1992–1996)