Yugoslavia postage stamps year 2001 World Champions in Chess – Women

Yugoslavia postage stamps year 2001 World Champions in Chess – Women MNH MSS

In 2001, Yugoslavia issued a chess-themed postage stamp sheet featuring Women World Chess Champions. This set highlights some of the most prominent female figures in chess history up to that time.

📅 Issue date: 8 March 2001
📮 Country: Yugoslavia
📌 Theme: World Champions in Chess – Women
📑 Format: Sheetlet / pane of stamps showing multiple women’s world chess champions

📌 Details of the Stamp Set

• The issue is a pane of eight se-tenant stamps (stamps printed together in one pane) showing women who have been world chess champions.
• These stamps celebrate women’s achievements in chess history, a popular theme in thematic philately.

📸 Champions Featured (Typical for This Issue)

The stamps are known to depict the following chess personalities (from the World Champions — Women series):

1. Vera Menchik – The first Women’s World Chess Champion (established title)
2. Zsuzsa Polgar (Susan Polgar) – Hungarian chess grandmaster and former women’s champion
3. Nona Gaprindashvili – Georgian grandmaster and former Women’s World Champion
4. Maya Chiburdanidze – Another Georgian former Women’s World Champion
5. Xie Jun – Chinese former Women’s World Champion
6. Elisaveta Bykova – Soviet chess player and former champion
7. Olga Rubtsova – Also a former Women’s World Champion
8. Ludmila Rudenko – Soviet Russian Women’s World Champion

(These names correspond to the typical listings for this stamp pane from reference philatelic sources.)

📦 Stamp Identifiers

According to listings in stamp catalogues (e.g., Sutherland Philatelics):

• Scott/Michel catalog numbers for this issue are often found around:
  • YU 3287–3287a / K3017–24 for the set (depending on sheetlet formats)