Serbian Republic spends $8 million on a house in New York.

The Permanent Mission of Serbia to the United Nations now occupies the acquired ownership of an urban estate in the Murray Hill neighborhood. The Republic of Serbia has bought a new home for its Permanent Mission to the United Nations, an urban estate in the Murray Hill neighborhood designed by McKim, Mead & White, which was previously home to the Collectors Club, a stamp lover's paradise.

It's not quite "Lament of Lot 49"-no Thomas Pynchon-designed, postal-related mystery stamp collection and California conspiracies, but there's always intrigue when it comes to the European nation of Serbia.

The Serbs bought this turn-of-the-century, five-story house at 22 E. 35th St. for $7.9 million, according to city real estate records filed in''Tuesday, while the stamp club moved into a rented full-floor space at 58 W. 40th St., next to the New York Public Library.

The neo-Georgian building known as the Thomas and Fanny Clark House has been owned by the Collectors Club since 1937. (The organization was founded in 1896). The property has a room suitable for meetings - and it has a fireplace. A roomy library and reading area in the house.

The Serbian purchase follows the sale of a "golden age" era mansion tied to Yugoslavia for $50 million in cash in late September.

Tristan Harper of Douglas Elliman represented subsequent states in the deal. He also represented Serbia in the secret purchase at 35th Street. (Including closing costs and other matters, the deal totaled about $8.5 million, sources said.) Cushman & Wakefield represented Collectors Club. At the same time, Cushman & Wakefield's Lyon & Catalon arranged the 40th Street lease for the club. We hear that