Yugoslavia Kingdom postage stamps year 1939 Avala – Monument to the Unknown Hero MNH set
The Avala – Monument stamps from 1939 were issued by the Kingdom of Yugoslavia as a semi-postal (charity) series connected with the monument on Mount Avala near Belgrade.
Avala Monument (1939 Yugoslavia stamp issue)
The stamps depict the Monument to the Unknown Hero on Mount Avala, a World War I memorial near Belgrade designed by Ivan Meštrović and unveiled in 1938. The monument commemorates soldiers who died in the Balkan Wars and World War I.
Stamp series details
- Country: Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- Year issued: 1939
- Type: Semi-postal (postage + charity surcharge)
- Purpose: Fundraising (often linked to social or memorial causes)
- Printing: Letterpress at the state printing works in Belgrade
- Perforation: about 11½–12 (varies slightly by value)
Main values in the Avala monument set
| Face value | Color |
|---|---|
| 0.50 + 0.50 din | brown-orange |
| 1 + 1 din | green |
| 1.50 + 1.50 din | red |
| 2 + 2 din | carmine |
| 4 + 2 din | dark blue |
About 150,000 stamps of each value were printed.
The second number in the value (e.g., “+1 din”) was a charity surcharge added to the postage.
