Belgrade (RS)

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Belgrade (English and French exonyms; Serbian: Beograd, Cyr: Београд) is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers. With the 2010 City statute, the city is divided into 17 municipalities.

Most of the municipalities are situated on the southern side of the Danube and Sava rivers, in the Šumadija region. Three municipalities (Zemun, Novi Beograd, and Surčin), are on the northern bank of the Sava, in the Syrmia region, and the municipality of Palilula, spanning the Danube, is in both the Šumadija and Banat regions.

Its most significant landmark is the Beogradska Tvrđava, an imposing fortress at the confluence of the Danube and the Sava rivers. The fort is a testament to the city’s strategic importance to the Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman, Serbian and Austrian empires, and it's now the site of several museums as well as Kalemegdan, a vast park.

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History

In 1521, Belgrade was conquered by the Ottomans and became the seat of the Sanjak of Smederevo. It frequently passed from Ottoman to Habsburg rule, which saw the destruction of most of the city during the Austro-Ottoman wars. In the period after the Serbian Revolution, Belgrade was again named the capital of Serbia in 1841. Northern Belgrade remained the southernmost Habsburg post until 1918, when it was attached to the city, due to former Austro-Hungarian territories becoming the part of the new Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes after World War I. Belgrade was the capital of Yugoslavia from its creation in 1918 to its dissolution in 2006.

Postmark Example

Meter cancels (all periods)

Meter cancel Beograd 1980

Commemorative Postmark

50th Guca Trumpet Player's Gathering 13 Aug 2010

Postmarks in Kingdom and Yugoslavia era (1918-2006)

Bridge BEOGRAD 15 in 1930.
Bilngual BEOGRAD 2 in July 1940 on the Pierre II 1939 issue.

Cover

Cover in 1972.

Postmarks in Kingdom of Serbia (1882-1918)

1895 cancel.

Postmark in Kingdom of Hungary (1867-1878)

Postmark in Austrian Empire Banat-Serbian Military Frontier District

The SEMLIN (Zemun) post-office opened before 1850.

Circle used on all 5 issues, here in 1850ca.