Verigar issue

The first stamps of the series were designed in late 1918 in Ljubljana during the short-lived State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, but were issued on 3 January 1919, after the creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. They were then published in different versions until 1920. They were used on the whole territory of the former State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs until the first all-kingdom series of stamps was issued in 1921. Verigar series was printed several times, using different printing techniques, on 36 different types of paper, using different colors and with different perforation. Thus, there are numerous variants of every value.

The first printing of the Verigar series (so called "Ljubljana lithography") was issued on 3 January 1919. The stamps were printed in the "I. Blaznik & heirs" printing house in Ljubljana using the lithographic technique. Eight different denominations were printed (3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 40 heller). All bear the image of a slave breaking the chains. Different types of paper and different colors were used. Stamps of this printing are perforated. • Illustration — 3 heller • Illustration — 5 heller • Illustration — 15 heller • Illustration — 25 heller

The second printing of the Verigar series was issued on 8 April 1919. This printing included 14 different denominations (3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60 heller, 1, 2, 5 and 10 krone) with all four designs. Stamps were printed using the letterpress technique, some in the "Jugoslovenska tiskarna" printing house in Ljubljana, and some in the "A. Reisser & heirs" in Vienna. Different types of paper and different colors were used again. Some stamps are perforated, while some are rouletted. • Illustration — 10 heller • Illustration — 25 heller • Illustration — 50 heller • Illustration — 2 krone • Illustration — 5 krone Additionally, 15 and 20 krone stamps bearing the portrait of King Peter I were printed in Ljubljana using lithography technique and issued on 15 May 1920. • Illustration — 15 krone • Illustration — 20 krone

Third printing of the Verigar series was issued on 24 June 1920. The stamps depict modified images of the slave man, woman with falcons and King Peter (without the angel), again designed by Vavpotič. It includes 14 different denominations, this time in Yugoslav dinars and paras (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 40, 45, 50 and 60 paras, and 1, 2, 4, 6 and 10 dinars). Stamps of 2, 6 and 10 dinars were printed using the lithography technique, the others using the letterpress technique. Stamps up to 1 dinar value were rouletted, and those from 2 to 10 dinars were perforated. • Illustration — 5 para • Illustration — 10 para • Illustration — 40 para • Illustration — 50 para • Illustration — 1 dinar • Illustration — 4 dinar • Illustration — 6 dinar • Illustration — 10 dinar

On 5 July 1920, a series of overprinted Verigar stamps was issued. Those were postage due stamps with modified denominations. The Verigar stamps of 15 and 30 hellers (from both first and second printing) were overprinted with the word PORTO (postage due) in both Cyrillic and Latin letters. New values were denominated in paras and dinars (5, 10, 20, 50 para and 1, 3, and 8 dinar). • Illustration — 10 para on 15 heller • Illustration — 50 para on 15 heller • Illustration — 1 dinar on 30 heller • Illustration — 3 dinar on 30 heller

On 19 March 1993, the Slovenian post office issued a new stamp using the Verigar man design to commemorate its 75th anniversary. Another commemorative stamp was published on the 90th anniversary of the series in 2009.