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Tuesday 19 October 2021

2084) Miniature Bronze Figurine of Illyrian Goddess, Bosnia & Herzegovina (Mostar): "Archeological Treasures": HP Mostar has issued a postage stamp of 0.90 BAM, depicting the Bronze Goddess Figurine: Date of Stamp issue: 24.05.2021:

2084) Miniature Bronze Figurine of Illyrian Goddess, Bosnia & Herzegovina (Mostar): "Archeological Treasures": HP Mostar has issued a postage stamp of 0.90 BAM, depicting the Bronze Goddess Figurine: Date of Stamp issue: 24.05.2021:

Bosnia & Herzegovina now has three Posts:

Bosnia and Herzegovina Post (BH Posta, Sarejevo), Croatian Posts (HP Mostar, Mostar) and Serbian Posts (Srpske Poste, Banja Luka). This Stamp has been issued by HP Mostar:

About the Miniature Bronze Figurine of an Illyrian Goddess: Archaeological Treasures, Bosnia & Herzegovina (HP Mostar):

A miniature bronze figurine of the Illyrian goddess, found by accident in the late 19th century in Sovići (Goranci) near Mostar, is a valuable discovery from Illyrian times. It is believed to date back to the 3rd BC.

The bronze goddess with an elongated body, broken legs and one arm has perforated breasts and covers the intimate parts of her body with her left hand.

Archaeologist Borivoj Čović explains the figurine as a representation of a cult goddess, which was most likely imported to the Delmatian area

A rustic workmanship, pronounced asymmetry and reduction indicate the possibility of original artistic expression, and it is thought that the statue is an indigenous version of the goddess "Venus pudice".

The figurine is exhibited in the permanent exhibition of the prehistoric collection in the Museum of the Franciscan Monastery of St. Anthony of Padua in Humac, (the oldest museum in Bosnia and Herzegovina, founded in 1884, although the figurine has nothing to do with the spread of Christianity and predates it by at least three centuries).

The bronze figurine was donated to the museum by Fr. Andrija Nuić on 13.11.1891. 

Its replica is exhibited in the permanent exhibition of the Croatian Franciscan Archaeological Collection of St. Stephen the First Martyr in Gorica near Grude.

The Postage Stamp of 0.90 BAM depicts the Bronze Figurine of the Illyrian Goddess dating back to around the 3rd Century BC.

The First Day Cover (FDC) shows an image of the Bronze figurine of the Illyrian Goddess at left. At top right is affixed the postage stamp of 0.90 BAM issued, cancelled with a special postmark of Mostar Post Office. The date of Cancellation is - "24.05.2021".

A Full Sheet (FS) of 15 Stamps

Technical details:

Issue Date: 24.05.2021

Designer: Ana Pavlović

Printer: AKD d.o.o. Zagreb

Size: 25.50 mm x 35.50 mm

Stamp Value: 0.90 BAM




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