Serbia year 2004 stamps – Insects Butterfly set MNH

Serbia year 2004 stamps – Insects Butterfly set MNH

The 2004 Serbia & Montenegro “Insects / Butterflies (WWF)” set is a well-known modern thematic issue, especially popular among fauna and WWF collectors.

🦋 Basic details

• Country: Serbia & Montenegro (pre-2006 state)
• Issue date: 30 January 2004
• Theme: Insects / Butterflies / WWF
• Number of stamps: 4 (often issued as a strip or se-tenant)
• Designer: Marina Kalezić
• Printer: ZIN (Belgrade)
• Print run: approx. 70,000 sets

🐛 Species shown in the set

The 4 stamps depict different protected insect species (not only butterflies):

1. Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo)
2. Blue longhorn beetle (Rosalia alpina)
3. Green hawker dragonfly (Aeshna viridis)
4. Predatory bush cricket (Saga pedo)

👉 Only one stamp is actually a butterfly (Apollo), but the whole set is often marketed as “butterflies/insects” or “WWF insects”.

📚 Catalogue references

• Michel: 3173–3176
• Scott: 229a–229d
• Stanley Gibbons: 58–61

📦 Formats you may encounter

Collectors can find this issue in several forms:

• Individual stamps (set of 4)
• Se-tenant strip (4 stamps joined with WWF label)
• Sheetlets or full sheets (less common)