Postage stamps 1906–1913

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1906

1906 Definitives

Issued: 1. November
Watermark: None
Perforation: 6½-12½

The sixteen engraved stamps (fifteen landscapes and a 5 K Franz Joseph portrait) issued on 1 November 1906 were designed by Koloman Moser and engraved by Ferdinand Schirnböck.

They were the first engraved stamps from the Vienna State Printing Office; a set devoted to scenery rather than a ruler or coat of arms was still a rarity at the time. The side borders follow local embroidery patterns.

Sources: rezonville.com: Bosnia & Hercegovina pictorials 1906–1912, Graphics Philately Association: Bosnia-Herzegovina landscape series

SW	Type	Value	Colour
29	AAE	1 H	black
30	AAF	2 H	violet
31	AAG	3 H	yellowish olive
32	AAH	5 H	dark green
33	AAI	6 H	brown
34	AAJ	10 H	carmine
35	AAK	20 H	blackish brown
36	AAL	25 H	blue
37	AAM	30 H	green
38	AAN	35 H	blackish green
39	AAO	40 H	orange
40	AAP	45 H	brownish red
41	AAQ	50 H	dark purple
42	AAR	1 K	reddish brown
43	AAS	2 K	greyish green
44	AAT	5 K	dark blue
29‑44			Set

1910

1910 The 80th Anniversary of the Birth of Franz Joseph I - As Previous with Inscription "1830-1910"

Issued: 18. August
Watermark: None
Perforation: 12½

SW	Type	Value	Colour
45	AAU	1 H	black
46	AAV	2 H	violet
47	AAW	3 H	yellowish ocher
48	AAX	5 H	dark green
49	AAY	6 H	brown
50	AAZ	10 H	carmine
51	ABA	20 H	dark brown
52	ABB	25 H	blue
53	ABC	30 H	green
54	ABD	35 H	dark green
55	ABE	40 H	orange
56	ABF	45 H	brownish red
57	ABG	50 H	dark purple
58	ABH	1 K	brownish red
59	ABI	2 K	greyish green
60	ABJ	5 K	blackish blue
45‑60			Set

1912

1912 Local Motifs

Issued: 1. June
Watermark: None
Perforation: 12½

SW	Type	Value	Colour
61	ABK	12 H	ultramarine
62	ABL	60 H	greenish blue
63	ABM	72 H	carmine
61‑63			Set

1912 Franz Joseph I

Issued: 1. October
Watermark: None
Perforation: 12½

SW	Type	Value	Colour
64	ABN	1 H	olive
65	ABN1	2 H	light blue
66	ABN2	3 H	brownish carmine
67	ABN3	5 H	green
68	ABN4	6 H	black
69	ABN5	10 H	dull carmine
70	ABN6	12 H	greenish olive
71	ABN7	20 H	yellowish brown
72	ABN8	25 H	ultramarine
73	ABN9	30 H	orange red
74	ABO	35 H	greenish blue
75	ABO1	40 H	violet
76	ABO2	45 H	dark brown
77	ABO3	50 H	blackish blue
78	ABO4	60 H	reddish purple
79	ABO5	72 H	dark blue
80	ABP	1 K	dark purple
81	ABP1	2 K	black
82	ABQ	3 K	carmine
83	ABQ1	5 K	dark violet
84	ABP2	10 K	violet blue
64‑84			Set

1913

1913 Newspaper Stamps

Issued: 15. October
Watermark: None
Perforation: Imperforated

The four newspaper stamps of 1913 show a girl in Bosnian folk costume. They paid the postage on newspapers and, like most newspaper stamps of the time, were imperforate – usually cut apart at the post-office counter.

They were valid until 28 October 1918, but after the war they turned up with various overprints as ordinary stamps in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

Sources: BH Pošta: Razvoj filatelije u BiH, Wikipedia: Postage stamps and postal history of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Big Blue 1840-1940: Bosnia & Herzegovina – a closer look

SW	Type	Value	Colour
85	ABR	2 H	ultramarine
86	ABR1	6 H	purple
87	ABR2	10 H	rose
88	ABR3	20 H	green
85‑88			Set