Serbia
Date of Issue: 6th May 2025
two stamps (60.- & 120.- RSD)
both stamps are issued in mini-sheets of 8 stamps + 1 vignette
The most significant prehistoric archaeological sites in Serbia – Lepenski Vir and Vinča, represent important evidence of the life of the first human communities in the Balkans.
Motifs from the Vinča site (Neolithic) on a sheet of 60 RSD denomination: on the stamp – Anthropomorphic figurine (15x6.5cm); on the vignette – Altar with zoomorphic protomes (8.5x11cm).
Motifs from the Lepenski Vir site on a sheet of 120 RSD denomination, sculptures made of quartz sandstone (Mesolithic): on the stamp – Foremother (36x26x48cm, 38.5kg); on the vignette – Progenitor (40x25x53cm, 55kg).
NOTE - The "Foremother" was already depicted on a Europa stamp from Yugoslavia in 1974
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