Lazlo I of Hungary claimed the Croatian throne in 1091. The Turks defeated Hungary in 1526, placing Pannonian Croatia under Ottoman rule, the rest of Croatia elected Ferdinand of Austria as their king and fought Turkey. Croatia and Slovenia became a part of Hungary until the collapse of Austria-Hungary in 1918. The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes with Montenegro and Serbia was created in 1918, changing its name to Yugoslavia in 1929. Croatia was proclaimed an independent state during occupation by Axis powers from 1941 to 1945. Croatia again declared its independence in 1991.
Postage stamps have been issued from 1941 to 1945 and again, since 1991.
Craotian Post Office and Telecommunications Directorate of Posts, Postal & Telecommunications Traffic Department Jurisiceva 13 41000 Zagreb, Croatia
and from Malte:
HPT - Croatian Posts & Telcommunications Directorate of Posts Philatelic Department Sector P-1 Jurisiceva 13, 10001 ZAGREB
The Republic of Croatia declared its independence from former Yugoslavia on 25 June 1991. It became member of U.N. on 5 May and member of UPU on 20 July 1992 The Republic of Croatia is a middle-European state with 4.8 million inhabitants, its capital being the city of Zagreb.
CROATIA Correspondence: HPT Croatian Post and Telecommunications Jurisiceva 13 10001 Zagreb Croatia Mr Bozidar Sever Assistant of General Manager Manager of Posts Directorate Tel: +385.1.434434 Fax: +385.1.429000 Will correspond in French email: www@tel.ht
Croatian Hrvatska, officially Republic of Croatia, republic (1994 est. pop. 4,698,000), 21,824 sq mi (56,524 sq km), S Europe, in the NW corner of the Balkan Peninsula; formerly a constituent republic of Yugoslavia. ... ZAGREB is the capital and largest city ...
This is a chronological list of various stamp issuing administrations (states, territories, local issues, occupational provisionals etc.) on the territory of Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina from the beginning of use of stamps in mid 19th cent. till nowdays. When I was considering to do it I was in doubt weather to do it for Croatia only or to include B&H, or to include all of the former Yugoslavia. My decision was, as you can see, to include B&H because there is to many common events, but it would be to much if I would include more.
(contents include:) "There is a political map of the region" "The list is divided in 5 historical periods: before 1918 between the two World Wars World War II post WWII after the breaking of Yugoslavia"
Fabio says, "Excellent source of information for every collector of croatian stamps. Croatian and English
Each stamp issued since 1991 to date has its own picture, with technical details and description of the stamp !!!! This work is being traslated to english."
