Preview of Stamps Catalogue: VOLUME 1

SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN 1920 issue and miscellaneous

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1920 Issues

1920 Inscription "PLEBISCIT SLESVIG"

  2 1/2 p grey
  5 p green
  7 1/2 p brown
  10 p red
  15 p lilac
  20 p blue
  25 p orange
  35 p brown
  40 p lilac
  75 p blue

These stamps have perforation 14 x14 1/2

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
2 1/2 p	vc	vc
5 p	vc	vc
7 1/2 p	c	c
10 p	c	c
15 p	c	c
20 p	c	c
25 p	c	c
35 p	c	c
40 p	c	c
75 p	c	c

Larger size

  1 M brown
  2 M blue
  5 M green
  10 M red

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 M	c	c
2 M	c	c
5 M	c	c
10 M	*	*

Surcharged '1. ZONE' and value in 'ore' or 'Kr'

  1 o grey
  5 o green
  7 o brown
  10 o red
  15 o lilac
  20 o blue
  25 o orange
  35 o brown
  40 o violet
  75 o blue

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 o	c	c
5 0	c	c
7 o	c	c
10 o	c	c
15 o	*	*
20 o	*	*
25 o	*	*
35 o	*	*
40 o	*	*
75 o	*	*

Larger size

  1 K brown
  2 K blue
  5 K green
  10 K red

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 K	*	*
2 K	**	**
5 K	***	***
10 K	***	***

I have seen a postcard of 15 p lilac in the same design (no overprint).

CIS overprints:

The above unoverprinted stamps exists with 'CIS' overprint ('Commision Interalliee Schleswig'). They were issued to be used for officials. I have seen the whole set of 10 valued overprinted with 'CIS', they all had the same cancel 'FLENSBURG 22 1 20 7-2N' (cancelled to order, or forgeries?). Example:

These 'CIS' overprints have been forged. Shifted overprints are always forged.

(I've been told that this 2 M stamp is genuine)

MAK overprints:

A small amount of the remaining proofs (most of the proofs were destroyed), were overprinted with 'MAK.' (Makalatur). They exist perforated or imperforate. Even inverted and double overprints seem to exist. Any cancelled stamps must be forged (since they could not be used for postage).

(5 p imperforate stamp with overprint 'MAK.')

Cancels

Numeral cancel

An often found cancel is the numeral cancel consisting of three concentric circles with a number in the center (I've only seen it in black). The number is different for each town, some numbers with their corresponding towns:

21 Friedrichstadt
37 Korsør (Korsoer)
83 Garding
113 Altona
115 Eutin
116 Glückstadt
117 Heide
118 Heiligenhafen
119 Itzehoe
120 Kellinghusen
121 Kiel
122 Lütjenburg
123 Meldorf
125 Neustadt
126 Nortorf
127 Oldenburg
131 Preetz
133 Segeberg
134 Uetersen
137 Barmstedt
138 Bornhöved
139 Bramstedt
142 Horst
143 Lunden
148 Lauenburg
149 Mölln
156 Hanerau
158 Lensahn
168 - 170 Railway cancels of Holstein
172 Marne
179 Korsoer railway cancel
190 Steamship cancel nr 6
199 Sterup
206 Railway cancel Elmshorn-Itzehoe
214 Pellworm

1883 Railway stamps 'Schleswig Angler Eisenbahn'

'SCHLESWIG ANGLER EISENBAHN', images obtained thanks to Jim Leonard.

Exists in 10 pf red, 20 pf blue, 50 pf brown, 80 pf green, 1 mk blue, 3 Mk orange on blue and 5 Mk green on red and 10 Mk brown on blue. The value is indicated in 'PFENNIGE' or 'MARK'. These stamps were reported in 'Le Timbre Poste' No 335, page 111 (1890).

Proofs of these stamps in many values, printed in brown, imperforate, with "WATERLOW & SONS, LIMd"

I have also seen another smaller design (50 p only, but other values might exist):

Image obtained thanks to Jim Leonard.