Bosnia postage stamp year 1917 – 3K Used

Bosnia postage stamp year 1917 Mi 139 – 3K Used

🇧🇦 1917 Bosnia & Herzegovina — 3 Kronen Stamp (Used)

• Issuer: Bosnia & Herzegovina under the Austro-Hungarian Empire (Imperial military postal issues inscribed K.u.K. Militärpost).
• Year of issue: 1917 — part of the definitive series depicting Emperor Karl I (Karl I of Austria) after he succeeded Franz Joseph I.
• Denomination: 3 Kronen (3 K) — a relatively high-value stamp in the series.
• Design: Generally features the portrait bust of Emperor Karl I (in profile), typical of the 1917 definitive set.
• Inscription: Bosnien u. Hercegovina / K.u.K. Militärpost — indicating Bosnia & Herzegovina under Austro-Hungarian military postal administration.

📬 Usage & Condition

• Used (cancelled): The stamp you own has a postal cancellation, meaning it was actually used for mail — this is often attractive to postal history collectors.
• Collecting label: In the Scott catalogue, an example of this 3 K used issue is often listed around Scott #120 (check exact catalogue references with your stamp’s features).

📌 Historical Context

• During 1917, Bosnia & Herzegovina was still part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire; local stamps continued to depict imperial rulers and were denominated in Kronen/heller.
• Later in 1918, as the empire collapsed and the new State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs formed, overprinted Austrian-issued stamps were used before the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) began issuing its own designs.