Postage stamps and postal history of Bosnia & Herzegovina
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Bosnia & Herzegovina originally was within the Austro-Hungarian empire, before falling under Yugoslavia, and regaining independence in 1993.
and the Carshija business quarter of Sarajevo
It produced a number of military post stamps in the 1910s, many of them depicting Francis Joseph I. Newspaper stamps which included a depiction of a girl in a Bosnian costume (1913) and postage due stamps (1904 and 1916) were also produced.
and the country used Yugoslavian stamps until becoming independent in 1992.
Austro-Hungary
Bosnia & Herzegovina used the postage stamps of Austro-Hungary from 1879. Stamps with Bosnien Herzegowina were produced in 1906 and included a view of DobojDoboj
Doboj is a city and a municipality in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, situated in the northern part of the Republika Srpska entity on the river Bosna. Doboj is the largest national railway junction; as such, the seats of the Republika Srpska Railways, and the Railways Corporation of Bosnia and...
and the Carshija business quarter of Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
It produced a number of military post stamps in the 1910s, many of them depicting Francis Joseph I. Newspaper stamps which included a depiction of a girl in a Bosnian costume (1913) and postage due stamps (1904 and 1916) were also produced.
Annexation
In 1918 Bosnia was annexed by YugoslaviaYugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
and the country used Yugoslavian stamps until becoming independent in 1992.