Yugoslavia year 1950 May Day Marshal Tito set

Yugoslavia year 1950 May Day Marshal Tito set

The set of stamps issued the 1950 May Day (Labor Day) issue from Yugoslavia featuring portraits of Marshal Josip Broz Tito.

Here are some key details about this stamp set:

• It was issued on May 1, 1950 to commemorate International Workers’ Day (May Day).
• The set consists of 4 stamps in denominations of 1, 2, 4 and 8 dinars.
• All 4 stamps depict the same engraved portrait of Marshal Tito, the leader of Yugoslavia from 1944 until his death in 1980.
• Tito is shown facing left, wearing a military cap with the red star emblem.
• The inscriptions are “FNRJ” for Federativna Narodna Republika Jugoslavija (Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia) and the year “1950.”
• The stamps were engraved by the Yugoslav artist Mate Meštrović.
• They were printed using recess printing (intaglio) on unwatermarked paper.
• The colors used are yellow-green, carmine, purple and blue.
• This was one of the many stamp issues honoring Tito during his decades-long rule over Yugoslavia.
• It’s considered an important topical issue for collectors of Yugoslav stamps and Tito/communist leader stamps.

The 1950 May Day Tito set celebrated both the socialist labor movement and the cult of personality around Marshal Tito in Yugoslavia at that time. Despite their politically-driven subject, the finely engraved portraits make them attractive stamps for many collectors today.