Preview of Stamps Catalogue: VOLUME 1

WURTTEMBERG 1857-1865

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1857 Arms of Wurttemberg, inscription FREIMARKE

Imperforate (1857)

  1 Kreuzer brown
  3 Kreuzer orange
  6 Kreuzer green
  9 Kreuzer red
  18 Kreuzer blue
  70 Kreuzer lilac (1873)

The first stamps issued (in the value 1 k to 18 k) have orange silk threads and were printed quite close together (0.75 mm). In 1859 the stamps (1 k to 18 k) were re-issued without silk threads, the distance between two stamps is now larger (1 to 1.25 mm). The 70 k value was only issued in 1873, it has black separating lines around the stamp (first only one line, later two lines); it was printed in blocks of 6 stamps.

Stamps of the first issue with silk threads (clearly visible as the horizontal line in the 6 k stamp)

Two stamps of the second issue without silk threads; printed further apart

Certified genuine
Two 70 k stamps with one separating line

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
With orange silk threads
1 k	RR	***
3 k	RR	*
6 k	RR	***
9 k	RR	***
18 k	RR	RR
Without silk threads (1859)
1 k	RR	***
3 k	RR	*
6 k	RRR	***
9 k	RRR	***
18 k	RR	RR
70 k	RRR	RRR	1873

Perforated or rouletted (1859-1865)

Perforated

6 k blue 7 k blue 18 k orange
Rouletted

  1 Kreuzer brown
  1 Kreuzer green
  3 Kreuzer orange
  3 Kreuzer red
  6 Kreuzer blue
  6 Kreuzer green
  7 Kreuzer blue
  9 Kreuzer red
  9 Kreuzer brown
  18 Kreuzer blue
  18 Kreuzer orange

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
With perforation 13 1/2 (1860)
1 k brown	RR	***	On thick or thin paper
3 k orange	***	*	On thick or thin paper
6 k green	R	***	On thick or thin paper
9 k red	RR	***	On thick or thin paper
18 k blue	RR	RR
With perforation 10 (1862)
1 k brown	RR	R
1 k green	***	**	1863
3 k orange	R	**
3 k red	***	*	1863
6 k green	RR	***
6 k blue	RR	***	1863
9 k red	RR	RR
9 k brown	RR	***	Two shades exist; red-brown and dark brown
18 k orange	RR	RR	1863
Rouletted (1865)
1 k green	***	*
3 k red	***	*
6 k blue	RR	***
7 k blue	RR	R	Issued in 1868; An error exists with '7' as an inverted '2'
9 k brown	RR	***
18 k yellow	RR	RR

The 3 k red, 6 k blue and 9 k brown were issued in colors corrresponding to the German-Austrian Postal Union convention. Since the 18 k was printed in blue previously, its color was changed to orange.

An 18 Kr green with the corners chopped off is a cut from a parcel card from 1874.

Forgeries and reprints

Wurttemberg Forgeries of the 1857-1865 issues, part 1
Wurttemberg Forgeries of the 1857-1865 issues, part 2
Fournier Forgeries of Wurttemberg.

Cancels:

I have seen two different types of town-date-cancels, one with a single outer ring and another with a double outer ring, examples:

'Heilbronn', single outer ring and inner ring cancel; 'Besigheim', double outer ring, single inner ring; 'MERGENTHEIM single outer ring and red single outer ring cancel

(Certified genuine 70 kr stamp with blue fancancel or 'Fächerstempel' from Stuttgart and 'GMÜND STADT-POST' black fancancel)

Steigbügelstempel 'ALTSHAUSEN' and 'ELLWANGEN'

'Bahnstempel' or railway cancels for 'GR.SACHSENHEIM' and 'ESCHENAU' consisting of a halfcircle

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WURTTEMBERG 1857-1865

For the Wurttemberg 1851 issue, click here.

1857 Arms of Wurttemberg, inscription FREIMARKE

Forgeries and reprints

Cancels:

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