The Postal History of Montenegro 1874 -- 1922
This web page contains links to the content of the exhibit pages for the exhibit
'The Postal History of Montenegro 1874 -- 1922' by Al Kugel.
This exhibit will document the mail service in Montenegro from the opening of the first post office in 1874 through the end of the exile government in 1922, through the use of contemporary postal material. There are a number of chapters to the story of this eventful era. Those addressed herein include the territorial expansion resulting from the Congress of Berlin, two changes in the currency, the elevation of Prince Nicholas to King, further territorial expansion during the successful First Balkan War, the World War I disaster involving the overrunning of the country by Austro-Hungarian forces, and the resulting establishment of a government in exile. With the Allied victory in 1918, Serbian forces occupied Montenegro and did not invite the King to return, thus submerging the Montenegrins in the new Kingdom of Serbs, Croats & Slovenes.
This exhibit was created by, and is the property of the late Al Kugel, and is being supplied by his heirs as a courtesy to the Military Postal History Society. (See the MPHS webpage) The Military Postal History Society (MPHS) is a non-profit organization for philatelists and stamp collectors interested in the collecting and studying of the postal aspects of all wars and military actions of all countries, including soldiers' campaign covers, naval mail, occupation and internment covers, patriotics, propaganda, V-mail, censorship and similar related material.
These exhibit page scans were made from black and white photocopies of the original exhibits. Those exhibits were created by Al Kugel many years ago, and are presented here for historical and research purposes. As far as the MPHS is aware, there are no color scans available of these older exhibit pages, nor for any of the illustrated postal history items.
This exhibit, created by the late Al Kugel, is made up of 10 frames, each frame containing 16 pages. Due to their size, each frame is available as a separate PDF file. (See the PDF information page for additional help with this file format.)
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Updated 19 October 2023