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Croatia

Stamps issued: 1991-PRESENT
For period 1918-1941 and 1945-1991 see Serbia, Yugoslavia

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2.20k Rovinj single

A district of northern Yugoslavia, bordering on the Adriatic Sea. Croatia was a province of Hungary until 1918, when it became a part of Yugoslavia. In 1941, a German puppet state was created in Croatia. Nominally a kingdom under an Italian prince, in fact the state was ruled by the Croat fascist party. Croatia was overrun by Russian and Yugoslavian partisan forces in 1945 and re-incorporated into Yugoslavia. In 1991 Croatia declared its independence, and there followed a civil war between ethnic Serbs and Croats. Initially, the Serbs, with Yugoslav support, controlled about one-third of the country, declaring their territory the republic of Krajina, which issued its own stamps. By 1995, the Croatian government had recaptured almost all of the Serb-held areas.

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Precedent Country:


CROATIA
Stamps issued: 1941-1945

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Overprint on 30d stamp of Yugoslavia single

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