Serbia postage stamps year 2004 Centenary of “Politika” Newspaper

Serbia postage stamps year 2004 Centenary of “Politika” Newspaper MNH set

📮 2004 – “100 Years of Daily Newspaper Politika” (Centenary)

• Country: Serbia & Montenegro (before the split in 2006)
• Issue Date: 21 January 2004
• Theme: Commemorating 100 years since foundation of Politika, the oldest daily newspaper in Serbia (founded in 1904) 🇷🇸.

📦 Stamp Set Details

• Type: Commemorative postage set of 2 stamps
• Subject: Anniversary of the Politika newspaper
• Values:
  • 16d / 0,25€
  • 16d / 0,25€
    (Two different designs, typically catalogued separately)
• Designer: Marina Kalezić
• Printing: ZIN (Belgrade)
• Perforation: Comb perforation 13¼
• Print Run: ~30,000 of each value

📊 Catalog Numbers (Common Lists)

Collectors reference this set under several major catalogs:

• Michel: 3171–3172
• Yvert & Tellier: 3009–3010
• Scott: 227–228
• Stanley Gibbons: 56–57

🖼️ Design Notes

The stamps celebrate a century of Politika’s publication and feature imagery linked to the newspaper’s role in Serbian media history. The Politika newspaper has been continuously published since 25 January 1904, making it the oldest daily newspaper in the Balkans.