3/29/2024
New regular postage stamps of the Republic of Serbia for EXPO BG 2027
Ministers of Finance and Information and Telecommunications of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, Siniša Mali and Mihailo Jovanović, and Acting Director of the Post of Serbia, Zoran Đorđević, announced the new regular postage stamps of the Republic of Serbia for the period 2024-2027, symbolically named EXPO BG 2027, which in the next three years will convey the message of welcome to the specialized world exhibition EXPO in Belgrade 2027.
Ministers Mali, Jovanović, and Director Đorđević spoke about progress on the EXPO 2027 project, construction of facilities, plans and development of digitalization and information and communication infrastructure.
Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and Minister Siniša Mali said that EXPO 2027 will be a huge driving force to the progress and development of our country, economy and business, that it will accelerate economic growth and contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of Serbian citizens. According to his words, the organization of the world exhibition and the construction of the necessary infrastructure will make a significant contribution to the further development of the construction industry, tourism, hospitality industry, in the fields of innovation, modern technologies, science, culture, sports and will strengthen the international position of our country. Siniša Mali also pointed out that the work on the construction site in Surčin, where the EXPO exhibition will be held, is proceeding according to plans, and reminded that the new National Football Stadium, the new Belgrade Fair, the Aquatic Centre and a residential complex with 1,500 apartments will also be built on that area, as well as all the necessary supporting infrastructure.
"We expect that EXPO 2027, which is being held in Southeast Europe for the first time in the last three decades, will strengthen the position of Belgrade and Serbia as a regional centre of information and communication technologies, creative industries and innovations, based on knowledge and sustainable technological development. In accordance with the Program Serbia 2027 - Leap into the Future, we will continue to work on further digitalization in order to present to the world a new, modern Serbia in 2027, a leader in the field of ICT", said Minister Mihailo Jovanović and added that the promotion of this unique international event will also be accompanied by postage stamps with motifs dedicated to the EXPO 2027 exhibition, as a permanent seal and testimony of all important events in the history of a nation.
Zoran Đorđević explained in what ways the Post of Serbia will contribute to the realization of the project, as well as its promotion in the country and abroad. He explained that the motifs of the six new regular stamps of EXPO BG 2027 are based on the reprint of the issue published by the then Union of Yugoslav PTTs on the occasion of the EXPO 1967 international exhibition in Canada. He thanked the author of the stamps, Petar Jakelić, a prominent Croatian and Yugoslav painter, for granting the right to use the motif for this project free of charge.
The applied motifs speak of space exploration and are symbols of new technologies, ideas and a positive future, which is also the guiding idea of the EXPO international exhibition. The logo of the exhibition is highlighted on the stamps, and the parallel 1967-2027 underlines the historical continuity of our country in its aspiration to be a leader in innovation in the region.
Regular stamps as a means of payment for postal services will be found on more than one million postal items being sent abroad from Serbia every year, as well as on the same number of postal item on average per year in domestic postal traffic. Instead of nominal values expressed in dinars, letters are introduced for postal traffic services, in order to ensure that stamps are continuously in use for the next three years. The letters that indicate the value of the stamps are E, X, P, O, B, G, which, in the framework of philately, adds to their collector's value.