Bosnia Herzegovina (Austro-Hungarian Occupation) Bosnian Pictorial Definitives -1906

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, also  “BOSNIEN HERZEGOWINA”, (Austro-Hungarian Occupation) issued a series of Bosnian pictorial postage stamps from 1906 to 1910. Two of those stamps are shown here: one is the 2 Heller Mostar stamp; the other is a Vrbas Valley 10 Heller stamp with overprint from 1918-1919.

On 1 November 1906, Bosnia Herzegovina issued sixteen brand new series of pictorial definitive postage stamps featuring national landmarks. This new series of stamps replaced the Coat of Arms definitive postage stamp designs that had been in use since 1879.

These new stamps were beautifully engraved on white paper. The designs of the new stamps were as follows:

    01 H. - View of Deboj
    02 H. - View of Mostar (shown here)
    03 H. - Pliva Gate, Jajce
    05 H. - Narenta Pass and Prenj River
    06 H. - Rama Valley
    10 H. - Vrbas Valley (shown here)
    20 H. - Old Bridge, Mostar
    25 H. - Bey Mosque, Sarajevo
    30 H. - Donkey Carrying Mail
    35 H. - Lake Near Jajce
    40 H. - Postal Coach
    45 H. - Bazaar at Sarajevo
    50 H. - Postal Car
    01 Kr. - The Carsija at Sarajevo
    02 Kr. - St. Luke's Tower at Jajce
    05 Kr. - Emperor Franz Josef I

The postcard shows an old Bosnian man, possibly Kurdish ethnicity, in traditional costume and headdress, circa 1899.