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Trieste Zone B (1948-1954)

1918 - Annexed by Italy.
1943 - Fiume occupied by Germany (September).
1945 - Occupied by Partisans on April 30, then under Allied military
             occupation.
1947 - Free Territory of Trieste (FTT) created under UN auspices.
             "Temporary" division into Zone A (US & British administration)
             and Zone B (Yugoslav administration).
1954 - Zone B incorporated into Yugoslavia 		1948 Issues
1949 Issues
1950 Issues
1951 Issues
1952 Issues
1953 Issues
1954 Issues
Postage Due
Postal Tax

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1948 Issues

Currency: 3 Italian Lire = 1 Yugoslav Dinar = 100 Para

May 1, 1948 - May Day

Slovenian                 Italian                   Croatian

Oct. 17, 1948 - Capodistria (Koper) Economic Exhibition (Air Mail)
  

 

1949 Issues

Currency: 3 Italian Lire = 1 Yugoslav Lira

May 1, 1949 -Labor Day

June 1, 1949 - Air Mail

 
Slovenian

 
Croatian

   
Italian

New Currency: Yugoslav Dinar

Aug. 16 - Sept. 20, 1949 - Definitives

 

     

     

Sept. 8, 1949 - 75th Anniversary of UPU
 

49 - Air Mails surcharged "DIN"

 
Slovenian

 
Croatian

   
Italian

 

1950 Issues

Jan. 21, 1950 - Railroad Centenary

     

  

Apr. 7, 1950 - Definitives

     

     

May 1, 1950 - Labor Day
 

 

1951 Issues

Mar. 1, 1951 - New Colors
      

May 1, 1951 - Labor Day
   

Oct. 21, 1951 - Congress of Italian Culture
    

Nov. 4 & Nov. 29, 1951 - Cultural Anniversaries
   

 

1952 Issues

Feb. 4, 1952 - UPU (Air Mail)
   

Mar. 26, 1952 - Sport

   

   

May 25, 1952 - Tito
       

June 22, 1952 - Children's Week

July 26, 1952 - Helsinki Olympics
    

Sept. 13, 1952 - 10th Anniversary of Yugoslav Navy
    

Nov. 4, 1952 - 6th Communist Party Congress
     

Nov. 29, 1952 - Capodistria (Koper) Philatelic Exhibition

 

1953 Issues

Feb. 3, 1953 - Death of Nikola Telsa
 

Feb.-Mar., 1953 - Definitives

     

     

Apr. 21, 1953 - United Nations
     

June 2, 1953 - Automobile and Motorcycle Races
      

July 8, 1953 - Tito

July 31, 1953
Esperanto Congress
 		Aug. 7, 1953
Esperanto Congress
 Sept. 5, 1953
Liberation of Istria
 Oct. 3, 1953 - Death of Branko Radičevićs

Nov. 29, 1953 - Legislative Assembly
    

 

1954 Issues

Mar. 5, 1954 - Definitives
    

Apr. 16, 1954 - Air Mail

   

     

    

June 30, 1954 - Definitives (Animals)

   

   

         

Oct. 8, 1954 - 150th Anniversary of 1st Serbian Insurrection
      

Oct. 9, 1954 - Air Mail

 

Postage Due

Sept. 15, 1949
       

Nov. 1, 1950
       

Oct. 15, 1952

     

     

 

Postal Tax

Each issue consists of a Postal Tax stamp and  a Postal Tax Due stamp.

May 23, 1948
 

July 3, 1950
  		Oct. 7, 1951
 
 
Oct. 26, 1952
  		Oct. 25, 1953
 

 

1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 Postage Due Postal Tax

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