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This colorful first day cover was prepared by the Philatelic Club of Dubrovnik.
The stamps were issued to commemorate the
international chess matches held in Dubrovnik on August 20-21.

There are four special Dubrovnik first day CDS which
include references to the Chess Olympiad and the Philatelic Exhibition.
The vertical red words are Stamp Exhibition.*
I still don't understand Podruznica F.S.H. 5.

The cover has a small photo of the Dubrovnik harbor as part of the cachet.

The complete set of multicolored stamps are Scott 300-304.

Dubrovnik is a on the Adriatic coast in what is now Croatia about 150 km south of Sarajevo.
Dubrovnik has been a tourist destination for years.

*Thanks to the Whitford-Starks for their help in the translation.

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