History is built by people and their experiences as well as behaviours that have directly contributed to the development and emergence of today’s society. Numerous findings indicate that other peoples used to live in the territory now inhabited by the Slovenes.
Who are we and where do we come from? We will showcase various objects from the territory of Slovenia, which belong to the very top of global cultural heritage, to visitors and impress them with the legacy of everyday life. It is museums and similar organizations that today preserve all of our history and will enrich the program of Collecta – the largest collectors fair – with a piece of history and their collections.
EXHIBITION:
THE SLOVENIAN LITTORAL AND ISTRIA 1945-1947
philatelic exhibition
24 sheets of stamps and travel envelopes or cards from the 1945-47 period from both Zone A and B.
PREPARED BY: Dr. Veselko Guštin, FZS
All the stamps used on the territory of Zone A and Zone B of the Slovenian Littoral and Istria in the years 1945-47, which is now part of the Republic of Slovenia, will be displayed. Particular emphasis will be on the stamps drawn by Oražem.
Photo: Stamps as drawn by Miroslav Oražem, 1945
ORIGINAL STAMP DRAFTS FOR THE SLOVENIAN LITTORAL AND ISTRIA IN 1945 BY MIROSLAV ORAŽEM
philatelic exhibition
The exhibition will showcase 10-15 drafts of unreleased stamps and 10-15 sketches of released stamps. Sketches of banknotes will also be displayed.
PREPARED BY: Dr. Veselko Guštin, FZS
The exhibition will present for the first time all the drafts of unreleased stamps (“annexation”, traditional attire, seagull) made by painter Miroslav Oražem in May 1945. On the basis of the “program” sent by the Post Office in Ljubljana on June 7, 1945, he began to prepare stamps for the Slovenian Littoral and Istria. It will also display for the first time the original drafts of unreleased stamps / triumph, Trieste, farm couple, fig tree) and the original sketches of ten well-known Zone B stamps of the Slovenian Littoral and Istria in 1945.
Photo: Miroslav Oražem’s 1945 draft of the unreleased “Victory” stamp, presented to the public for the first time.