Description: This intricate black and pale grey-blue definitive postage stamp highlights the sprawling transportation infrastructure of post-war Yugoslavia. The detailed central vignette captures two focused dock laborers utilizing a heavy overhead crane hook to hoist and secure a large wooden export crate. Immediately behind them, a classic steam locomotive train chugs along the harbor tracks while a vintage flatbed transport vehicle moves goods nearby. Dominating the background landscape, a massive merchant cargo ship sits docked in the deepwater harbor, alongside a smoking seaside industrial stack decorated with the state's symbolic five-pointed star. Following the dual-script formatting of the series, the nation's name "ФНР ЈУГОСЛАВИЈА" stretches inside a curling ribbon across the upper frame in Cyrillic, and echoes along a matching lower scroll in the Latin alphabet. A large "50 DIN" value sits in the upper right quadrant, while small margin signatures credit painter Pavel Gavranić on the left and master engraver Tanasije Krnjajić on the right.
Circa: 1950s
Condition: Used - Hinged
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