This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of North Macedonia .
The Republic of North Macedonia, until February 2019 the Republic of Macedonia, is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeastern Europe. It is one of the successor states to Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991.
As a result of the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913 and the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the territory of present-day North Macedonia became part of the Kingdom of Serbia.
In 1915, during World War I, the territory North Macedonia was occupied by Bulgaria. Post offices were organized by the Bulgarian authorities in the occupied territory. After the end of the First World War, the area returned to Serbian control as part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, later the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The first stamps for the kingdom were issued in January 1921.
During World War II, North Macedonia was occupied by the Axis powers and divided between Bulgaria and Italian-occupied Albania. At the end of the Second World War, North Macedonia became part of the federal republic of Yugoslavia as the People’s Republic of Macedonia and used its stamps.
The first stamps of the Republic of Macedonia were issued in 1992. [1] Since 2019, stamps are inscribed "Republic of North Macedonia".
The BalkansBAWL-kənz, also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographic area in Southeast Europe with various definitions and meanings, including geopolitical and historical. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the whole of Bulgaria from the Serbian–Bulgarian border to the Black Sea coast. The Balkan Peninsula is bordered by the Adriatic Sea in the northwest, the Ionian Sea in the southwest, the Aegean Sea in the south, the Turkish Straits in the east, and the Black Sea in the northeast. The northern border of the peninsula is variously defined. The highest point of the Balkans is Mount Musala, 2,925 metres (9,596 ft), in the Rila mountain range, Bulgaria.
Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Its boundaries have changed considerably over time; however, it came to be defined as the modern geographical region by the mid 19th century. Today the region is considered to include parts of six Balkan countries: Greece, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Serbia, and Kosovo. It covers approximately 67,000 square kilometres (25,869 sq mi) and has a population of 4.76 million.
The history of North Macedonia encompasses the history of the territory of the modern state of North Macedonia as well as that of the Macedonian people and the areas they inhabited historically.
The Kionga Triangle was a tiny territory on the border between German East Africa and the Portuguese colony of Mozambique, originally German, but occupied by Portuguese forces in 1916. The triangle was the only German territory that the post-war Treaty of Versailles awarded to Portugal.
Each "article" in this category is a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information about all known issuers.
Each "article" in this category is a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information about all known issuers.
Karelia has appeared in philately several times; first as a breakaway republic from Soviet Russia in 1922, later when Eastern Karelia was occupied by Finland during the Continuation War of 1941 to 1944, and in the post-Soviet period when provisional stamps and cinderellas were issued. Additionally, there were Zemstvo stamps used in the early 20th century on the territory of the contemporary Republic of Karelia.
The story of the postage stamps and postal history of Yugoslavia officially begins with the formation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes on 1 December 1918.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Croatia.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Montenegro.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Serbia.
The history of the ethnic Macedonians has been shaped by population shifts and political developments in the southern Balkans, especially within the region of Macedonia. The ideas of separate Macedonian identity grew in significance after the First World War, both in Vardar Macedonia and among the left-leaning diaspora in Bulgaria, and were endorsed by the Comintern. During the Second World War these ideas were supported by the Communist Partisans, but the decisive point in the ethnogenesis of this South Slavic people was the creation of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia after the World War II, as a new state in the framework of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
The postal history of Turkey and its predecessor state, the Ottoman Empire, dates to the 18th century when foreign countries maintained courier services through their consular offices in the Empire. Although delayed in the development of its own postal service, in 1863 the Ottoman Empire became the second independent country in Asia to issue adhesive postage stamps, and in 1875, it became a founding member of the General Postal Union, soon to become the Universal Postal Union. The Ottoman Empire became the Republic of Turkey in 1923, and in the following years, its postal service became more modernized and efficient and its postage stamps expertly designed and manufactured.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Laos.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Singapore.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Slovenia.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Djibouti, known as the French Territory of the Afars and Issas before independence, and as French Somaliland before that.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Madagascar, briefly also known as Malagasy.
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Nauru.
The African territories of Ruanda and Urundi came under Belgian control as Ruanda-Urundi after they were seized from Germany during World War I in 1916. They had previously formed part of German East Africa.
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