Following Italy’s capitulation in September 1943, the coastal regions, including the city of Split, were reintegrated into Croatian territory. After the Croatian postal service took over the city, post offices had plenty of Italian stamps, but no Croatian ones. Allegedly, the management of the post offices in Split then sent Italian original stamps to Zagreb so that they could be overprinted and used in postal service until the Croatian stamps arrived. The overprints were made, sent back to Split, but were never in use.
Stamps from ‘Imperial Issue’
I
3.50 Kn on 5 c
brown
23,871 printed
II
3.50 Kn on 10 c
dark brown
11,635 printed
III
3.50 Kn on 15 c
dark green
6,183 printed
IV
3.50 Kn on 20 c
carmine
8,245 printed
V
3.50 Kn on 25 c
green
2,740 printed
VI
3.50 Kn on 30 c
dark brown
5,880 printed
VII
3.50 Kn on 50 c
light violet
12,955 printed
VIII
3.50 Kn on 75 c
carmine
235 printed
IX
3.50 Kn on 1.25 Lire
blue
3,812 printed
X
3.50 Kn on 1.75 Lire
orange-red
308 printed
Air mail stamps
XI
3,50 kn on 25 c
dark green
508 printed
XII
3,50 kn on 50 c
dark brown
12,585 printed
Express stamps
XIII
3,50 kn on 1,25 Lire
light green
3,017 printed
XIV
3,50 kn on 2,50 Lire
orange
231 printed
Postage due stamps
XV
3,50 kn on 40 c
brown-black
240 printed
XVI
3,50 kn on 50 c
violet
240 printed
XVII
3,50 kn on 60 c
blue-black
240 printed
Print Errors
On stamps XV-XVII inverted overprints exist and on the stamps VI and IX double overprints.
