eerie postal wonder ::: error without precedent ::: the ghost stamp of serbia...

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i am just the messenger as this was given to me by the force ... and what this is, it is
not just another anecdotal bit of postal history but the SUPERMAJOR !!! [major, not only significant] discovery of error without precedent, i am not good in explaining this simple thing clearly but bear with me ... i will try ...
last minute note: exceptio probat regulam in casibus non exceptis: since announcing my discovery and posting this item I have been tremendously scrutinized [death threats, biochemical attacks, cut-off business ties] as someone maliciously rumored, I named one serb [the serbian postmaster] govno tho if you carefully read what I wrote - you will see it is not true … I just called him on his shit … strangely local arguments that roman emperors spoke serbian (over twenty were born in what is nowadays serbia inclusive of constantine the great) and that they would not understand a single word of modern latin if someone went back in time capsule
pass unnoticed
. what also does not come under light is that roman emperor diocletian, for example, lived in sirmium (today’s serbia) and went to rome [administrative capital] only once in his lifetime … allegedly, 'serbia was factually the center of roman empire not rome' ... blah, blah, blah trivia
in the same fashion one could also argue that kingdom of serbia was instrumental in the great migration that built america during the first half of XX century as it directly triggered the WWI and indirectly it influenced the beginning and outcome of WWII as hitler came to power later on so it well influenced the flow of XX century. the saying thus goes, if it was not so, none of us would have ever existed, the things would have been different. we are talking about serbia right now but without arguing it did perform one of the most tumultuous events
in postal history
as the serbian goverment disrupted the supply of postage stamps, which was not even made possible in communist ussr - russia under stalin. read this :
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. a few years down the line the black hand organized assassination and terminated austrian archduke franz ferdinand, the event that started the WWI ...
b)  (fact): this particular postcard [auctioned off here] was sent out on june 26th 1903 with the following wording written in italian language:
translated into english it reads:
new stamps are not yet used.
in original mother italian it was:
i nuoi francobolli non sono ancora useiti.
one can clearly see and read this sentence in italian on this card ...
french translation: les nouveaux timbres ne sont pas encore utilisés.
spanish translation: los nuevos sellos aún no se utilizan.
german translation: 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
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and 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 DEMONETIZED stamp he had to use
was franked
- which is now SUPERMAJOR and not only significant discovery AS THERE WAS NO GRACE PERIOD PROCLAIMED -
on june 26th
– and you may add immensely to the
significant
SUPERMAJOR
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. serbia chewed up and spat out all things postal related: ass, sense and history included ... while all the fuss, truth and pun are set in that brutally honest but brilliant single phrase of the illegibly signed italian sender [the first part reads like Onegin, Pushkin's dandy, perhaps a code name], that even quiet today -
save its special appearance on eBay
- 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; and it is better that way as the crazy tendency to depreciate value of the oh-way-too-complicated-to-comprehend mainstays
is currently trending within the climate of simple minds as '"philately is not for hunks but for wasps and nitpicking nuts
!
'"
in that regard: you bet your b^^^^^ dollar as well as a^^, the entire country would hardly raise nine and a half bucks to buy this off of me and there are no excuses, asking price for this postal gospel is only 95 [ninety-five] thousand smackers, backed in US [fair and square] green, fair and square - i said it twice, not an error, both meanings make sense - tho hardly enough to organize and launch a pirate treasure seeking expedition .
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.
make a note: the guy in the image on the card - serbian king - was a fighter he fought with the french foreign legion in the franco-prussian war ... peter joined the french foreign legion under the pseudonym petar kara ... given the rank of lieutenant, peter served in the 5th legion battalion of the 1st foreign regiment. he participated in the second battle of orleans on the 3rd and 4th of december 1870 and the battle of villersexel on the 9th January 1871. peter I of serbia, then fighting under the pseudonym Peter Kara, distinguished himself as a fearsome fighter. In 1903, after a bloody military coup, he became the king of serbia, restoring the rule of his dynasty. in paris, an avenue near the champs-elysées is named after him, avenue pierre 1er de serbie. there is a modest monument dedicated to king peter I of serbia in orléans, france, for his service during the battle ...