Bosnia postage stamps year 2004 Year of physics Albert Einstein

Bosnia Mostar 2004 Year of physics Albert Einstein stamps

Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croatian‑administered Mostar) issued a set of stamps in 2004 celebrating Albert Einstein—both the “Year of Physics” (marking 100 years since his 1905 Annus Mirabilis) and the 125th anniversary of his birth.

📬 What was issued?

• A stecksheet of 8 stamps plus a vignette featuring a portrait of Einstein with his famous formula E=mc². Issued on March 14, 2004, with a denomination of 0.50 BAM in Mostar’s Croatian Post sector .
• In parallel, the Serbian Post sector in Bosnia & Herzegovina released a similar commemorative stamp (1.50 BAM) on March 12, 2004 .
• The Mostar Croatian Post sheetlet was noted in philatelic catalogs as Stefan 125/BHC‑132 .

🇭🇷 Mostar “Croatian Post” stamp details (2004‑03‑14)

• Theme: 125th anniversary of Einstein’s birth
• Designer: Miro Raguž & Stjepan Barbarić
• Format: sheet of 9 (8 stamps + vignette)
• Denomination: 0.50 BAM
• Perforation: 14
• Print run: Approx. 50,000 sheetlets

🧭 Historical context

2004 marked a global celebration of Einstein’s work:

• A century earlier, in 1905, Einstein published four groundbreaking papers (on the photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, special relativity, and mass–energy equivalence) collectively known as his “Miracle Year.”
• Countries worldwide, including the US, Germany, Switzerland, Israel, and Bosnia & Herzegovina, issued special stamps for this occasion