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5 Marka PDS PTT Saobraćaja Bihać
| Issuer | PDS PTT Saobraćaja Bihać |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Plain white ground divided into a left stub and a main panel bordered by a chain-link guilloche frame. The central vignette carries a diamond-shaped underprint with the large numeral 5 flanked by the denomination legend DM 5 DM in letterpress. Issuer title PDS PTT SAOBRAĆAJA / BIHAĆ appears at the top of the main panel, with two manuscript signature lines captioned FIN. DIREKTOR and DIREKTOR at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | SERIJA A VS V No 005584 DM 5 DM 5 5 PDS PTT SAOBRAĆAJA BIHAĆ DM 5 DM FIN. DIREKTOR DIREKTOR 5 5 |
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PDS PTT Saobraćaja Bihać — the Postal and Telecommunications Company of Bihać — issued these emergency notes during the Bosnian War siege of the Bihać pocket, a UN-declared safe area that remained under sustained pressure from 1992 through 1995. Cut off from normal supply lines and the broader Yugoslav monetary system, local enterprises and municipalities across Bosnia resorted to issuing their own scrip to keep basic commerce functioning. PTT entities were logical candidates for this role: they had administrative infrastructure, official standing, and public trust.
These notes are sometimes miscatalogued as postal vouchers rather than emergency currency, a distinction that matters for collectors tracking Bosnian siege-period issues.