Bosnia and Herzegovina‘s first postage stamps were issued especially for the area under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1879. These first stamps did not show the name of the country — they showed only a coat-of-arms and the value in novcica as a numeral (at the time, 1 florin = 100 novcica). These stamps can be very difficult for collectors who are unfamiliar with the coat-of-arms to identify.
In 1906, the name of the country finally appeared on a series of stamps — rendered as Bosnien•Herzegowina. From 1912 until 1918, Austria issued stamps inscribed K.u.K. Militar Post and a different version of the name: Bosnien Hercegovina.
In 1918, a new entity called the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was created; the name was soon changed to Yugoslavia and stamps were issued with that name for use in Bosnia and Herzegovina from that point, until 1993.
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