REPUBLIC OF SRBSKA

It was formed in March 1992 by Serbs living in Bosnia as an answer to proclamation of Bosnian independence. Local Serbian leadership did not approve that act. They tended towards uniting all Serbs in one country and started a rebellion. A three-way civil war broke out, with the loosely allied Croat and Muslim factions, backed by Croatia and later NATO, fighting the Bosnian Serbs, supported by Yugoslavia, which was by now reduced to the core Serbian state. Republic of Srbska started issuing stamps in 1992:

In 1995 a peace agreement signed in Dayton divided the country between the Croat-Muslims and the Serbs and created a collective government. The Republic of Srbska forms about 49% of the area of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The capital of Srbska is Banja Luka, a city in the north. The Serb entity is situated in the north and the east of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Both parts are separated by the Brcko District, this is a corridor of about 10 km. Republic of Srbska has own parliament, the National Assembly and is still issuing stamps.