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30 Para
| Issuer | Serbian Postal Administration |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Printed in olive-brown on a fine guilloche underprint, the obverse carries a central vignette of King Peter I of Serbia kneeling on a battlefield, surrounded by standing military figures amid a landscape of low vegetation and distant hills — a scene captioned as the Battle of 1914. The denomination '30 п.' appears in the upper left corner and the country name 'СРБИЈА' is inscribed at the top center in Cyrillic letterpress. The note's perforated edges reflect its origin as a postage stamp-currency hybrid issued under wartime emergency conditions. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted plain white paper with perforated edges on all sides, showing only the gum residue area typical of stamp-currency issues. A faint offset impression from the obverse is visible, with no additional design, text, or security elements present. |
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In 1915, with the Serbian state treasury under extreme pressure from the Austrian and Bulgarian offensives, the Postal Administration — not the central bank — was authorized to issue fractional notes to address a severe coin shortage. The 30 Para denomination is the oddest value in the series, chosen to cover specific postal rates then in effect rather than any conventional monetary subdivision.
These postal currency notes were hastily produced and circulated hard. Survivors in decent condition are genuinely uncommon.