Yugoslavia government-in-exile stamps of 1941 to 1943

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Yugoslavia was dismembered by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy during World War 2.




Here is a stamp I had never seen before.

It is described as an army issue for the second anniversary of King Peter's reign in 1943.

Does anybody know where it was printed?

Yugoslavia was occupied during that time, so the country no longer existed, in practice.

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Here you see some stamps printed in London by Waterlow and Sons Limited.

They celebrate the second anniversary of King Peter's reign and were issued by the Yugoslav government-in-exile.

King Peter had escaped to England after the invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941.

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These stamps were also printed in London by Waterlow and Sons Limited.

They celebrate the 25th anniversary of Yugoslavia as a country.

The designs depict famous Yugoslavs.

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The set shown above was also issued as a miniature sheet.

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My thanks to our forum member natko, who asked a friend about the stamp shown above. He tells me:

It's a propaganda issue, from somewhere around May-June 1941, and it's not common at all. It was definitely made there, as they had their own printing machines brought up at Ravna Gora (it's actually not a town, rather a locality). They issued of course propaganda materials, which included stamps. Quite similar to a partisan newspaper issue of Slobodna Dalmacija, which was first printed here in Split on the mountain of Mosor, in a tiny valley hidden from both air and especially land sights (no roads, only ruggy mountain path - just mule and donkey transport and even then not fully loaded I imagine!). Nowadays Slobodna Dalmacija (Free Dalmatia) is still the most popular local newspaper, by far.

Natko added that the stamp was an issue by the Chetniks. 'Ravna Gora' appears on the stamp in the Cyrillic alphabet. It means 'Flat Mountain' and is the name of the locality where the stamp was issued.