Yugoslavia | |
![]() Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: February 13, 1988 Occasion: 1988 Winter Olympics,1988,Calgary,Canada Width: 253 mm Height: 330 mm Location: 11 x 14 Portfolio #9 Stamp ID = 5808 Commemorative poster from the Postal Commemorative Society containing 1 copy of yug-19880213-s-001. From Linn's "Stamp Issuing Entities Of The World" page. Yugoslavia (1918-) Stamp-issuing status: active; Population: 10,611,558 (1994 estimate). A state in south Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea. Yugoslavia was formed on Dec. 1, 1918, from the union of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Dalmatia, Montenegro and Slovenia, as the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. In 1925, the name Yugoslavia was adopted. |