Bosnia Serbian year 2001 Nobel Prize postage stamps

Bosnia Serbian year 2001 Nobel Prize stamps – Alfred Nobel – Ivo Andric

The Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbian Administration) 2001 Nobel Prize stamps were issued to commemorate the centenary of the Nobel Prize.

Stamp Details

• Issuing Authority: Pošta Srpske (Post of Srpska)
• Theme: 100 Years of the Nobel Prize.
• Issue Date: October 23, 2001 (Some sources indicate a July release for a single $1.50 \text{ KM}$ stamp, but the set is consistently listed with two denominations and the October date).
• Format: Set of two commemorative stamps.
• Denominations and Subjects:
  1. Alfred Nobel The founder of the awards.
  2. Ivo Andrić The Bosnian writer who was the only Nobel laureate from the former Yugoslavia, having won the 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Note on Denominations: Catalogs frequently list the set as two stamps but one search result mentions a single stamp with the Nobel Prize motive issued earlier in the year. The set featuring both Nobel and Andrić is the most commonly referenced Nobel Prize issue for 2001 from Pošta Srpske.