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Click here for higher resolution image | First day of issue: Date unknown Width: 34 mm Height: 59 mm Location: Ice Hockey Volume CX Stamp ID = 4012 From Wikipedia The Osijek area used to be much more industrialised and a broad range of goods and products were being manufactured there. One of the earliest factories was the Drava match factory, established in 1856, which no longer exists. 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. |