significant, eerie - anecdotal bit of postal history - the ghost stamp of serbia

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a)  (incipit): the serbian secret organization ‘black hand’ killed serbian king alexander obrenovic on may 29th 1903. their signature was brutal, the royal couple was shot, chopped up, and thrown over balcony
b)  (fact): this particular card was sent out on june 26th 1903 with the following written in italian language:
new stamps are not yet used.
in original mother italian it was: i nuoi francobolli non sono ancora useiti.
or in spanish: los nuevos sellos aún no se utilizan.
or in german: neue briefmarken werden noch nicht verwendet
c)  (briefing on the subject; more facts): altho the written obviously had a deeper meaning, the point being that the postcard sent from belgrade, serbia, on june 26th,1903 arrived in rome, italy, three days later on june 29th [it is the same postcard in the images that you see herewith] and it - on recto - bore image of the newly installed serbian king peter the 1st [installed on june 15th, 1903], however the stamp [1902, 10 para, roseate, Michel 54] on the card was bearing image - and still does - of ‘the ghost’ – the slayed king alexander. this is particularly interesting if we know that the black hand wanted to install king peter onto the throne. the things in europe went from zero to crazy very quickly, meanwhile the postmaster was not able to cope with the escalating situation and follow the turnaround that the events were imposing.
d) (making an argument; more facts): due to postmaster’s inability to react quicker, following may 29th 1903 - the date of king alexander’s assassination - the regular 1901 - 1903 issue stamps bearing image of the assassinated serbian king were officially valid for use as postage until june 24th 1903, while june 25th was the date scheduled for the release of the first new issues of 1903 regular (auxiliary) overprints featuring a new dynasty coat of arms. however, we now have a then live italian witness stating: dude, there an’t no stamps here in this land!!! that guy who could not buy a new issue (overprint) on june 26th in the serbian capital was calling for the opening of saga of the postmaster who did not know his manure!!! govno in serbian. bingo & touché!!! thus - take this - the regular issue 1902 stamp he had to use was franked - which is significant - on june 26th – and you may add immensely to the significant while referring to this remarkable yet unknown piece of postal history. according to his sole message he was forced to utilize 1901/1902/1903 regular issue with king alexander and thereby this card here is most likely, nowadays, the only surviving / one of a kind / unique philatelic relic of that period. all the fuss, truth and pun are set in that brutally honest but brilliant single phrase of the illegibly signed italian sender, that even quiet today it echoes and rings out like testimonial cry round the pillars of philately, and unfortunately his message was not meant as; and it was not a joke. this coerced use of obsoletes and franking period probably did not last for too long, perhaps the serbs of the period had the new issue available on the very next day, and things being so, in the franking department these extremely rare cancels [as they command and delineate the value] have a great potential to surpass the fame of many more notable events in the postal history, even tho in this case the event involves a small-time country. in addition, the stationery is particularly interesting as the card herewith features the image of a newly selected king - peter I – with imprinted words in cyrillic underneath his image saying: his highness peter I - the king of serbia. the opposing side bears a regular postage stamp with a haunting image of a dead king, 'a goner’s ghost' image that was not supposed to be there following the june 24th as it was the official release date for the new issue that was allegedly no sooner overprinted than this card was supposed to be sent let alone reach rome, but now we have seen that was not the case, yet this fresh discovery by the author of these lines [ greatseal @ ebay ] is, alas, unknown in serbia.
e)  (fun fact): the written eerie, ghostbusting note written in italian by someone that was related to italian nobility, the brancaccios, and perhaps someone who played a role in the assassination [there is a chance having in mind the ominous and partly celebrating tone and the fact that “the black hand” was inspired by garibaldi, a father figure] add a sheer bit of suspense and thrill to this postal burlesque.