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Pair of Italian-made Serbian poster stamps

Pair of poster stamps
This is a pair of Italian-made poster stamps from the ‘Marche Nazionaliste’, nationalist stamps, series. Both are from volume 18 of the series and number 6 shows Serbian Prince Regent Alexander, and number 14 shows an image of a Serbian soldier carrying a rifle. Both stamps were produced in October 1915. Serbia and Italy were allies and this period was a particularly difficult one for Serbia as it was facing invasion on several fronts.

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CONTRIBUTOR

Špiro Vranješ

DATE

1915-10

LANGUAGE

eng

ITEMS

2

INSTITUTION

Europeana 1914-1918

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1915-10

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eng
English

Country

Europe

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Europeana 1914-1918

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Europeana 1914-1918

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1915-10

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1915-10

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mul

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Špiro Vranješ | europeana19141918:agent/610885ba9e90ab715a62cb0460ca10b5

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2020-02-25T08:20:00.791Z
2018-06-06 17:23:42 UTC
2018-06-06 17:24:16 UTC
2018-06-06 17:24:32 UTC

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INTERNET

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