Illustration of a historical stamp for learning, shown at screen size. Not valid for postage.
How to read it
СРБИЈА in Cyrillic: Serbia.
- 1КРАЉЕВИНА: kingdom
- 2СРБИЈА: Serbia
- 3ПОШТА: post
- Inscription
- КРАЉЕВИНА СРБИЈА · 1804 1904 · 5 ПАРА · ПОШТА
- Meaning
- КРАЉЕВИНА СРБИЈА is “Kingdom of Serbia”, ПОШТА is post and ПАРА para, the small coin.
- Issued by
- Kingdom of Serbia
- Today
- Serbia
- Year
- 1904. Issued 1904.
- Made by
- Đorđe (Djoka) Jovanović (designer, died 1953); Louis-Eugène Mouchon (engraver, died 1914)
One fact
The 1904 set marked the coronation of King Peter I and a hundred years since the First Serbian Uprising of 1804.
Source and public-domain rule
Creators died more than 70 years ago. Every named creator died more than 70 years ago: Đorđe (Djoka) Jovanović (died 1953), Louis-Eugène Mouchon (died 1914). Copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years, counted from 1 January of the year after death. Every named designer and engraver of the stamp died before 1 January 1956; any contributor who was never named counts as anonymous, whose term is 70 years from publication, and the stamp was published before 1956. Legal sources: Directive 2006/116/EC, Art. 1(1) life + 70 years; Art. 1(3) anonymous works 70 years from publication; Art. 7(1) comparison of terms for works from outside the EU; Art. 8 terms run from 1 January, Switzerland, Norway.
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