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In celebrating the 600th birth anniversary of Queen Katarina Kosača Kotromanić, Croatian Post Mostar issued a commemorative stamp. Queen Katarina was the daughter of the Duke Stjepan Vukčić Kosača and Jelena, the daughter of the ruler of the State of Zeta, Balša III. She was born in Blagaj in 1424.

Stjepan Tomaš ascended the Bosnian royal throne in 1443 and was proclaimed by Pope Eugene IV. the legitimate king of Bosnia on May 29, 1445. At that time, the king was looking for a wife and the choice fell on Katarina Kosača. The wedding took place according to the Catholic rite on May 26, 1446, in Milodraž near Fojnica and Katarina became the Bosnian queen.

The Franciscans took care of her religious upbringing. She built the Church of the Holy Trinity in Vrila and the Church of St. Catherine in Jajce. In early July 1461, King Stjepan Tomaš died under suspicious circumstances. Queen Katarina became a widow, and two of her children, Šimun and Katarina, were taken into slavery by the Ottomans. In 1463, her Odyssey begins, which ends with her arrival, life and death in Rome in 1478. In her last will, she expressed her wish to be buried in the Roman church of Ara Coeli, and that the Bosnian kingdom be handed over to the legitimate heirs if they return to their faith; should they not, she leaves the kingdom to the Holy See, which can decide on it “according to its discretion". A copy of her last will has been preserved to this day and is kept in the Vatican archives.

The stamp design’s author is Magdalena Džinić Hrkać with the first day of issue being May 26th 2024. This stamp issue, as well as previous issues may be purchased online at www.epostshop.ba .