Yugoslavia | |
Click here for higher resolution image | Occasion: 1984 Winter Olympics, 1984, Sarejevo, Yugoslavia Cancel size 30 mm in diameter. NOTETranslated from the Croation PHILATELIC EXHIBITION SPORT IN HONOR XIV WINTER OLYMPICS SARAJEVO '84 SENTA.25.I.1984 Location: Ice Hockey Volume CX 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. |