page_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Croatia
section_title: Dalmatia
hierarchical_section_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Croatia / Dalmatia
caption_attribution_description: English: Austrian KK 2 gulden stamp, bilingual cancelled ZADAR - ZARA in 1890 (Croatia)
context_page_description: This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Croatia.
context_section_description: Before World War I, the stamps of Austria were used in Dalmatia. Some parts of Dalmatia were occupied by Italy during World War I, and used Italian stamps. In 1919 Italy printed special stamps for these Dalmatian territories. In 1920, this occupation was confirmed by the Treaty of Rapallo, including the annexation of Zadar to Italy.  Following which Italian stamps were used. After the 1943 surrender of Italy to the Allies in World War II these former Italian parts of Dalmatia were occupied by German troops and Italian stamps were overprinted by German authorities for use. After troops under Marshal Tito took these areas, the stamps of Yugoslavia were used.
caption: Austrian stamp used in Zadar
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