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Yugoslavia had its beginning as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, founded in 1918. In 1929 the name of the Kingdom was changed to Yugoslavia (the land of the Southern Slavs).
For some time, Yugoslavia along with Portugal issued compulsory charity tax stamps. Since these postage stamps have been made de rigueur by their respective governments, mails that do not carry such stamps are surcharged.
13: German occupation established Macedonia, stamps of Bulgaria surcharged in Cyrillic, divided between Bulgaria, Greece and Yugoslavia, authenticity dubious, 1944, Oct. 28: first stamps issued, 1991, Nov.
It was the first such referendum in one of the then Yugoslavian republics and as such marked a turning point in the history of many nations.
The area called Venezia Giulia (see map below) lies in the northeast corner of Italy where it meets what was in 1945 called Yugoslavia.
Other countries are also realeasing stamps with the same theme. Most notable are Jersey,Britain, and Yugoslavia.
By the way
I thought only dead people could be used on stamps and we all know the monsters above are all members of the un-dead.
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Also Independent Nations of Africa, Italy, Italian Colonies, Japan, Luxembourg, Monaco-Andorra, Netherlands & Colonies, Poland, Portugal & Colonies, Scandinavia & Baltic Countries, Tunisia, Libya & Morocco, Turkey and Yugoslavia.
 See also: Stamp, Local, Catalog, Used, Overprint
  
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