Slavonia in May and areas of Banovina, Kordun, Lika and Dalmatia in August. Both areas were reincorporated into the republic. Eastern Slavonia was placed under UN administration in November and called Sremsko Baranjska Oblast (Srem and Baranya Region). The administration lasted two years before Eastern Slavonia as a whole was reincorporated back into the Republic of Croatia on 15 January 1998. The Republic of Croatia began stamp issues after independence with the inscription REPUBLIKA HRVATSKA. Dates 1991 – Capital Zagreb Currency (1991) 100 paras = 1 dinar (1994) 100 lipa = 1 kuna Main Article Postage stamps and postal history of Croatia Includes Croatia (Provincial Issues); Croatia (Semi–Autonomous State); Croatia (Yugoslav Regional Issue); Sremsko Baranjska Oblast (Croatia); Srpska Krajina (Croatia) See also Yugoslavia Croatia (Provincial Issues) Provincial issues were in use during 1918–21 prior to Croatia joining the Kingdom of Serbs Croats & Slovenes, which became Yugoslavia in 1929. Dates 1918 – 1921 Currency (1918) 100 filler = 1 korona (1919) 100 heller = 1 krona Refer Croatia Croatia (Semi–Autonomous State) After the German conquest of Yugoslavia in 1941, Croatia was a semi-autonomous state with a puppet government set up by the Nazis. Croatia returned to Yugoslavia after WW2. Dates 1941 – 1945 Capital Zagreb Currency (April 1941) 100 paras = 1 dinar (Sept 1941) 100 banicas = 1 kuna Refer Croatia Croatia (Yugoslav Regional Issue) Croatia returned to Yugoslavia after WW2 but there was another regional issue in 1945 due to a shortage of Yugoslavia stamps at the time. Dates 1945 only Capital Zagreb Currency 100 banicas = 1 kuna Refer Croatia Croatian Posts (Bosnia) When the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was proclaimed from Sarajevo in March 1992, a civil war situation escalated with Bosnian Serbs attempting to seize control of the country. An immediate effect of the conflict was that the country split into three entities: Republika Srpska (Bosnian Serb Republic), based at Pale, which declared allegiance to Serb-dominated Yugoslavia; the Moslem-dominated "central government" based in Sarajevo; and a Croat administration based at Mostar. The Mostar regime issued stamps inscribed BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA for four years. Some issues referred to Croatia itself. When the Dayton Agreement was finalised in November 1995, the Mostar regime amalgamated with the Sarajevo government to form the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, while the Bosnian Serb Republic remained separate. Combined issues inscribed BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA have been issued since 1996. In 1997,