Italy ceded most of those lands under Yugoslav administration to Yugoslavia following the Paris Peace Treaty in 1947. Free Territory of Trieste The 1947 Peace Treaty established Trieste and the surrounding area as the Free Territory of Trieste, also divided into zones A and B, under Allied military administration and Yugoslav military administration, respectively. In Zone B, stamps inscribed "STT VUJA" ("Free territory of Trieste, Military Administration of the Yugoslav Army") were issued. The Free Territory was divided between Italy and Yugoslavia in 1954, with Zone B joining Yugoslavia. See also Postage stamps and postal history of Bosnia and Herzegovina Postage stamps and postal history of Croatia Postage stamps and postal history of Macedonia Postage stamps and postal history of Montenegro Postage stamps and postal history of Serbia Postage stamps and postal history of Slovenia References and sources References Sources Scott catalogue Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. The Stamp Atlas. London: Macdonald, 1986, pp. 117-119. Further reading Fleck, Vladimir. Die Briefmarken von Jugoslawien. Frankfurt am Main: [Arbeitsgemeinschaft Neues Handbuch der Briefmarkenkunde], 1964 126p. Fleck, Vladimir. Priručnik maraka jugoslavenskih zemalja = Manuel de timbres-poste des pays yougoslaves. Zagreb: Hrvatski filatelistički savez, 1947-1954 External links Stamp Domain collection of links to Yugoslavian philately pages Yugoslavia Stamps on Banatul.com Philately of Croatia Philately of Yugoslavia