Croatia – Serbian Krajina stamps year 1995 WW2 death camp Jasenovac set MNH
🕯️ 1995 Serbian Krajina stamp – Jasenovac (WWII theme)
📌 Basic identification
- Issuer: Republic of Serbian Krajina (RSK)
- Year: 1995
- Theme: 50 years since the end of World War II
- Main subject: Jasenovac concentration camp
- Face value: 0.60 dinar
- Catalogue: Michel 36, Yvert 33
This stamp is part of a WWII commemorative issue marking the end of the war in 1945, with visual reference to the Jasenovac camp.
🏛️ Historical context (important)
- The Republic of Serbian Krajina was a self-proclaimed, unrecognized entity (1991–1995) during the Croatian War of Independence.
- It issued its own stamps, often:
- Printed in relatively small quantities (≈20,000 for this issue)
- Not widely recognized in mainstream postal systems
- The stamp references Jasenovac, one of the most significant WWII concentration camp sites in the Balkans, making this issue historically and politically sensitive.
📮 Philatelic classification
Collectors usually classify these as:
- Local / provisional issues
- Sometimes “Cinderella stamps” (not universally recognized for postal use)
- Still actively collected in:
- WWII thematic collections
- Balkan/Yugoslav breakup philately
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