The postal stationery in Serbia during the German Occupation in WW2
Autor: Stephan Jürgens, AIJP
Autor: Stephan Jürgens, AIJP
After the capitulation on April 18th, 1941, Yugoslavia was divided. Parts was annexed to Germany, Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria and (Italian) Albania. Croatia - which included mostly of todays/former Bosnia-Herzegovina and parts of todays/former Serbia - became an independed state ruled by the fascist Ustashe and thier leader Ante Pavelic. The leftovers were the Territory of the (German) Military Commander in Serbia, who ordered the reopening of postal services for May 11th, 1941. Until the emission of own (overprinted) stamps and postal stationery in early June 1941, Yugoslavian stamps and stationery were used. These precursors are higly appreciated by collectors.
During the period of the German occupation the postal administration issued six postal stationery cards, the first four of them overprint issues, overprinting Yugoslavian postal stationery cards, followed by two cards, where the stamp shows a picture of the Serbian philologist Vuk Karadzic (1787-1864).
Michel Nr: P 1
1941: 1 Din green postal stationery card, green overprint, from ILANDZA 19.X.41 addressed to a POW in Stalag VII B.
Michel Nr: P 1, 3
1941: 1 Din green postal stationery card, green overprint, with additional 1 Din "Serbien" definitive, tied by continious Belgrad machine cancel, addressed to Germany, red machine censor mark (OKW) alongside.
Michel Nr: P 1
1941: 1 Din green postal stationery card, green overprint, used within Serbia with local framed censor mark.
Michel Nr: P 1
1941: 1 Din green postal stationery card, green overprint, used within Serbia with local framed censor mark.
Michel Nr: P 2, 2
1941: 1 Din green postal stationery card, red overprint, with additional 0,50 Din "Serbien" definitives, from Belgrad, addressed to Cilli (Germany) = Celje Slovenia, red machine censor mark (OKW) alongside.
Michel Nr: P 2
1941: 1 Din green postal stationery card, red overprint, additional franking missing, addressed to POW Camp Oflag Osnabrück-Ewersheide with "Oflag VI c geprüft" censor mark.
Michel Nr: P 2, 3
1941: 1 Din green postal stationery card, red overprint, with additional 1 Din "Serbien" definitives, from Belgrad, addressed to Linz/Donau, red machine censor mark (OKW) alongside.
Michel Nr: P 2, 3
1941: 1 Din green postal stationery card, red overprint, with additional 1 Din "Serbien" definitive, from Belgrad, addressed to Cilli (Germany) = Celje Slovenia, red machine censor mark (OKW) alongside.
Michel Nr: P 2, 3
1941: 1 Din green postal stationery card, red overprint, with additional 1 Din "Serbien" definitive, from Belgrad, addressed to Cilli (Germany) = Celje Slovenia, red machine censor mark (OKW) alongside.
Michel Nr: P 2
1942: 1 Din green postal stationery card, red overprint, cancelled by KRALJEVO 11.III.42 cds, censored.
Michel Nr: P 2
1941: 1 Din green postal stationery card, red overprint, from USIZE to Beograd with violet censor mark.
Michel Nr: P 3
1942: 1 Din green postal stationery card, violet overprint, posted in NIS, 30. I. (19)42, censored.
Michel Nr: P 3
1942: 1 Din green postal stationery card, violet overprint, posted in BEOGRAD, 2. X (19)42 addressed for VRSAC, censored.
Michel Nr: P 3
1942: 1 Din green postal stationery card, violet overprint, posted in Negotin, 25. 1 (19)43, censored.
Michel Nr: P 3
1942: 1 Din green postal stationery card, violet overprint, posted in PETROVGRAD (also Veliki Bečkerek, now Zrenjanin), 11. II (19)43 addressed for Beograd, censored.
Michel Nr: P 3
1942: 1 Din green postal stationery card, violet overprint, posted in Crepaja, 31. 3. (19)43, censored, with propaganda mark "Biraj / red-zivot / nered-smrt / Srbije" (Choose / order - life / disorder - death / Serbia). This card was posted after the validity, which ended at 28. February 1943, but I see no signs of an removed franking, so I assume it is "tolarated late use".
After the validity ended at 28. February 1943 the post offices attached 1.50 Dinar stamps (mostly the MiNr 73) to the remainders and sell them.
Michel Nr: P 3, 71, 72b
1943: 1 Din green postal stationery card, violet overprint, outdated and used as form franked with 0,50 D deep purple-violet and 1 D bright red, posted in VALJEVSKA KAMENICA, 20. III (19)43 addressed for Belgrad, censored, with illegible propaganda mark "Biraj / red-zivot / nered-smrt / Srbije" (Choose / order - life / disorder - death / Serbia)
Michel Nr: P 3, 73
1942: 1 Din green postal stationery card, violet overprint, outdated and used as form franked with 1,50 D brown, posted in VALJEVO 18. V (19)43, censored, "CACAK 22.V.43" arrival on front.
After the validity ended at 28. February 1943 the post offices attached 1.50 Dinar stamps (mostly the MiNr 73) to the remainders and sell them.
Michel Nr: P 4, 73
1943: 1,50 Din green postal stationery card, violet overprint, outdated and used as form franked with 1,50 D reddish brown, posted in LAROVO, 23. IV (19)43, censored, with propaganda mark "Biraj / red-zivot / nered-smrt / Srbije" (Choose / order - life / disorder - death / Serbia).
Michel Nr: P 4, 73
1943: 1,50 Din green postal stationery card, violet overprint, outdated and used as form franked with 1,50 D reddish brown, posted in BEOGRAD, 16. VI (19)43, censored, with propaganda mark "Biraj / red-zivot / nered-smrt / Srbije" (Choose / order - life / disorder - death / Serbia).
Michel Nr: P 4, 73
1943: 1,50 Din green postal stationery card, violet overprint, outdated and used as form franked with 1,50 D reddish brown, posted in Kragujevac, 22. V (19)43, censored. Addressed for Beograd.
Michel Nr: P 5
1943: 1,50 Din green postal stationery card "Vuk Karadzic" posted in KIKINDA, 16. VIII (19)43 addressed for Belgrad, censored.
Michel Michel Nr: P 5
1943: 1,50 Din green postal stationery card "Vuk Karadzic" posted in PALANKA SMED, 29. XII (19)43 addressed for UZICE, censored.
Michel Nr: P 5
1943: 1,50 Din green postal stationery card "Vuk Karadzic" posted in BEOGRAD 10, 14. II (19)44, censored.
Michel Michel Nr: P 5
1943: 1,50 Din green postal stationery card "Vuk Karadzic" posted in Loznica, 5. X (19)43, censored.
Michel Nr: P 5
1943: 1,50 Din green postal stationery card "Vuk Karadzic" posted in Loznica, 5. X (19)43, censored.
Michel Michel Nr: P 5
1943: 1,50 Din green postal stationery card "Vuk Karadzic" posted in Kladovo, 3. 5 (19)44, censored.
Michel Nr: P 5
1943: 1,50 Din green postal stationery card "Vuk Karadzic" posted in Beograd, 4. 9 (19)43, censored.
Michel Michel Nr: P 5
1943: 1,50 Din green postal stationery card "Vuk Karadzic" , censored, with additinal poster stamp.
Michel Michel Nr: P 5
1943: 1,50 Din green postal stationery card "Vuk Karadzic" posted in PALANKA SMED, 28. XII (19)43 addressed for Beograd, censored.
Michel Nr: P 5
1943: 1,50 Din green postal stationery card "Vuk Karadzic" m/s dated 31-VIII-1943, censored, but postmarked PALANKA SMED 231.X.48.
Krischke BPP explains in his certificate, that this post card was found 1948 and cancelled and tried to distribute, most likely in vain.
