Stamps of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Ottoman Empire provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina were military administered by Austria-Hungary as decided by the Congress of Berlin (1878), before their annexation in 1908. There is no country name (only the Habsburg coats of arms) before the landscapes issue in 1906.

Issue 1879-1894 (lithographed)

• French: Lithographiés
• German: Steindruck

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  1 kreuzer, cancelled with blue pencil. Mi1I.
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  3 kr, cancelled. Perforated 12²x13. Mi3I.
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  5 kr Hand pen cancelled Sarajevo. Mi4I.
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  5kr K.U.K.MILIT.POST XXXII Sarajevo in 1883
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  5kr red frame D.Tuzla in 1888
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  10 kr, circle at Sarajevo in 1881. Mi5I
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  10 kr, cancelled ETAPPENPOSTAMT. Michel 5I. Perforated 12x12 1/4. Mi5I.
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  25 kr, cancelled K.und K. MILIT. POST. Mi7I.
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  25 kr, cancelled K.U.K.MILIT.POST XI BANJALUKA in 1882. Mi7I.

Issue 1894-1899 (typographed)

• French: Typographiés
• German: Buchdruck

Values 1/2 kr to 20 kr.

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  1 kreuzer, cancelled KuK MILIT. POST XXXII. Perforated 10². Mi1IIL.
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  1 kr, cancelled K.undK. MILIT.POST XXX Konjica in 1896, perforated 10². Mi1IIL.
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  2 kr, cancelled MOSTAR in 1898. Mi2II.
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  20 kr, cancelled at Bosanska Gradiška in 1896. Mi8II.
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  20 kr, frame cancelled K.und K. MILIT. POST Mostar in 1897. Mi8II.

Issue 1900-1901

Currency Heller and Kronen, numerals below. Normally perforated 12².

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  1 heller, perforated 12². Mi10.
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  2 h, perforated 13x13². Cancelled at TRAVNIK. Mi11C.
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  3 heller, cancelled SARAJEVO FILIALE in 1905. Mi12.
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  5 h. Mi13.
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  6 h, perforated 12². Mi14.
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  10 h, perforated 12². Mi15.
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  10 h, cancelled K und K MILIT. POST VIII - TRAVNIK in 1903. Mi15.
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  10 h, cancelled K und K MILIT. POST VII - KISELJAK in 1906. Mi15.
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  20 h. Cancelled in 1901 at K.U.K.MILIT.POST 3 NEVESINJE. Mi16.
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  20 h, cancelled K.U.K.MILIT.POST IX JAJCE and blue pencil in 1902. Mi16.
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  25 h. Mi17.
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  30 h. Cancelled at ZVORNIK. Mi18.
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  40 h. Cancelled GELD-ANWEISUNG II in 1901. Mi19.
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  50 h, perforated 12². Cancelled KuK MILITAIR. Mi20.
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  1 Krone issue 1900. Mi21.
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  2 Kronen, perforated 12². Cancelled at SARAJEVO in 1902. Mi22.
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  5 Kr. Mi23.

Issues 1901-1906

Black numerals.

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  20 heller issue 1902, circle at Glamoč in 1906. Mi24.
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  20 heller DC at Gorazda in 1905.
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  30 h brown Mi25.
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  35 heller ultramarine issue 1901, DC at Teslić in 1903. Mi26.
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  40 heller issue 1903. Mi27.
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  45 heller issue 1905. Mi28.

Issue 1906 Landscapes

First issue with the country name (in German). Landscapes (engraved) design by Koloman Moser. Values 1 heller to 5 Kronen (Michel N° 29-44). Usually perforated 12².

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  1 heller Doboj
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  1 h, cancelled K und K MILIT.POST ZVORNIK XX in 1909.
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  2 h Mostar
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  2 h Mostar, cancelled at DOL.TUZLA in 1907.
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  3 h Jajce
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  5 h. View of Prenj mountain.
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  6 h Rama valley
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  10 h. View of Vrbas River.
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  20 h. View of Nerenta river and Mostar bridge.
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  25 h Sarajevo, cancelled K.U.K.MILIT.POST VIII TRAVNIK in 1907
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  30 h Post distribution with a mule
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  35 h. View of Pliva Lakes, near Jajce.
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  40 h, vue of a postal car with horses.
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  45 h, vue of a Sarajevo bazar.
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  50 h, vue of a military postal car
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  1 Krone. Vue of a commercial quarter and mosque of Sarajevo.
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  2 Kronen. Vue of the St Lucas tower of Jajce.
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  5 Kronen. Portrait of Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary.

Issue 1910

For the 80 years of Franz Joseph 1830-1910, modified pictorial issue. Values 1 heller to 5 kronen.

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  25 h, Sarajevo Mosque. Bridge cancelled. Mi52.
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  30 h, Postman with a mule. Cancelled POSTANWEIS(UNG). Mi53.
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  1 K, Sarajevo, Mi58.

Issues 1912

New header K.u K. Militär Post on 4 October. Engraved by F. Schirnböck on a Koloman Moser design.

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  12 heller, Pictorial view of Jajce. Mi61.
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  60 heller, Pictorial view of Konjic and the bridge on the Neretva. Mi62.
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  3 h Mi66.
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  5 h, cancelled ...ZAHLUNG at TUZLA in 1917. Mi67.

Journal stamps 1913

Non-perforated 4 values (2 to 20 heller), Bosnian dressed girl. This model has been re-used in Yugoslavia.

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  2 heller. Mi85.
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  10 heller, unused. Mi87.

War issues 1914-1916

Charity issues (overprints).

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  1914 red overprint, 12 heller (10+2 for charity). Mi90.
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  1916 blue overprint, 12 heller (10+2 for charity). Mi96.
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  1916 Charity stamp for the disabled soldiers of WWI, 5 heller. Engraved, design by Alfred Cossmann. Mi97.
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  1916 10 heller. Cancelled at SARAJEVO I in July 1916. Mi98.

Issues 1916-1917

Oct 1916

3 h to 10 Kr. Mi99-116.

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  80 heller, cancelled KuK MILIT.POST in XII.16, Mi111
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  2 Kronen, unused, Mi113

May 1917

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  Week of the widows and orphans, 10+2 heller, Mi119
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  15+2 heller, Mi120

Issue 1917 - 3d year after Sarajevo murder

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  10 h Concept of the church for Sophie, cancelled SARAJEVO 28-6-1917. Mi121.
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  40 h Franz-Ferdinand and Sophie. Mi123.

Issue July 1917 - Charles I of Austria

Engraved, design by A. Cossmann. Values 3 h to 10 kronen. Text Bosnien-Hercegovina, K u K Militär Post.

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  30 heller
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  2 kronen, cancelled at Avtovac

Issue July1918 for the victims of war

Design by Alfred Cossmann. Portraits Charles Ier and Zita. Text K u K Militärpost- Karlfonds

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  The only representation of Empress Zita

Issue 11 November 1918

Overprints for use in the new State of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Bosnia and Herzegovina region.

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  Cyrillic overprint on 50 heller issue 1910, cancelled at Trebinje
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  80 h overprint on 6 h

Postage due issues 1904-1916

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  First Issue 1904, 200 heller, cancelled at MAGLAJ in 1904
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  Issue October 1916, 5 heller, cancelled Etappenpostamt MITROVICA am KOSOVO in June 1918.