ITALY 1944 MONTENEGRO PARTISAN ISSUE STJEPAN FILIPOVIC CEI# 54 3000€ PERFECT MNH

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Country

Italy

Catalog Number

54

Stamp Type

General Issue

Condition

Mint (NH)

Stamp Format

Single

Year of Issue

1889

Item Description

Grade: XF/S (Extremely Fine/Superb)
From Block in the certificateStjepan Filipović (27 January 1916 – 22 May 1942) was a Yugoslav Croat[1] communist who led the Kolubara Company of the Valjevo Partisan Detachment during the 1941 Partisan uprising.[2][1] He was captured and executed in 1942 in Valjevo. A photo of him taken shortly before his execution became a symbol of resistance against fascism in the Second World War, and was, among others, exhibited in the United Nations building in New York.[3] He was proclaimed People's Hero of Yugoslavia in 1949BiographyMonument to Filipović in ValjevoStjepan Filipović was born on 27 January 1916 in Opuzen (modern-day Croatia) as the fifth child of Anton and Ivka Filipović. He was an ethnic Croat.[1] The Filipović family moved throughout the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, so he lived in Županja, Mostar and Kragujevac. In Kragujevac, he studied locksmithing and mastered the basics of electrical wiring, carpentry and bookbinding.[4][better source needed] He joined the labour movement in 1937, but he was brutally beaten and arrested by police in 1939 and sentenced to a year in prison. He joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1940.Filipović was commander of the Partisans' Tamnavsko-Kolubarski unit in Valjevo (modern-day Serbia) by 1941. He was captured on 24 December 1941 by Chetniks unit of Kosta Pećanac[5] and hanged in Valjevo by Serbian State Guard unit[6] on 27 May 1942, aged 26. As the rope was put around his neck, Filipović raised his arms and shouted "Smrt fašizmu, sloboda narodu!" ("Death to fascism, freedom to the people!"). He urged the Yugoslav people to resist and implored them to never cease resisting. A photograph taken at this moment was widely reproduced and became a symbol of anti-fascist resistance. A statue of Filipović was cast in its likeness.[7]Filipović was declared a National Hero of Yugoslavia on 14 December 1949.[8] The town of Valjevo has a statue dedicated to him, "Stevan Filipović". A monument was also erected in his home town of Opuzen in 1968, but was demolished in 1991.[3]His brother Šimun was shot by Germans in the Kragujevac massacre; although he was an ethnic Croat, which could have saved him from death, he refused to say so, sharing his fate with citizens of Kragujevac. Stjepan's second brother Nikola was killed in May 1943 as a member of the 1st Proletarian Brigade REMEMBER TO ALWAYS HAVE A LOOK AT ALL THE OTHER ITEMS I HAVE FOR SALE Information for bidders & buyers: All individual stamps, sets & sheets I sell are sold with a full moneyback guarantee. No quibble, no questions asked. If you for some reason don’t like, just send it back. This does however not apply for lots clearly stated “AS IS” eg collections, lots and material of questionable authenticity / quality. Information about how quality is graded: Mint stamps: MNH: Original gum, no disturbances what so ever. (Postfrisch) MH: Original gum, hinged or other disturbances. MNG: No gum or only traces. Re-gummed: Part of or whole stamp has new gum. Repaired: Alterations of different kinds have been made, if also re-gummed this will be stated. Used stamps: Superb: Just perfect in all means, perfect centered, general appearance and cancel. SON: “Socked on the nose” superb cancel, no smuthering, perfectly centered, lightly cancelled. VFU: Light cancel, good centered. FU: Heavier cancel, off centered. U: Heavy cancel/cancels, off centered, smaller faults. Space filler: Faulty Repaired: Alterations of different kinds have been made

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