The 20 pf stamp represents a piece of a 5th-6th century mosaic portraying the poet Orpheus, found in the Podujeve area, where it had been extracted from the flooring of an ancient house.

The 30 pf stamp replicates the "Dardanian idol", a 3500 B.C.figurine held by the Museum of Kosovo, among some of the first evidence of human settlement in Kosovo.

The 50 pf stamp portrays a 4th century B.C. silver coin from the Illyrian town of Damastion in Dardania (today's Kosovo).

The 1 DM stamp illustrates a silver statue in Prizren of Mother Theresa, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, who was an Albanian.

The 2 DM stamp features a map of Kosovo with sites of destruction, reconstruction, industrial wealth, natural  beauty and cultural heritage.

Stamps design by Shyqri Nimani

La Poste of France, produced the stamps in sheets of 40. The stamps measure 30 mm horizontally by 40 mm vertically. Perforations are 27 by 20. There are no marginal inscriptions. The vertically running text on the left-hand side reads: "United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo" in three languages-English, Albanian and Serbian - while on the right are the words "Peace-Paqe-Mir".  Six first day covers were officially produced; five each with one stamp each and one with a full set affixed.

Note from 1.1.2002:  The German mark was legal tender in Kosovo until this date.  The Euro presumably would have to have replaced the German currency.  It is not known what effect the introduction of the Euro had on these mark denominated stamps.  Until January 1, 2002, the DM denominated set was the only issue of stamps in the territory.

Field (military) post offices operate in Kosovo for the use of members of the military forces comprising the administration.  These post offices utilize the stamps of the sending states.  A number of post offices in Serbian populated areas allegedly continue to use Yugoslavia stamps (as of Oct 2001).
 

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