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ALBANIA 1913-1915

Shqipnija - Shqiperia - Albanien

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1913 Inscription 'Postat e Qeverries se Perkoheshme te Shqipenies', imperforated

  (1 Piaster) black

Envelopes in the same design exist.

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 Pi	RR	RR	Also exists with primitive perforation

With eagle overprint

  10 pa violet
  20 pa red and black
  1 G black
  2 G blue and violet
  5 G violet and blue
  10 G blue

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Forgeries of these stamps exist:

1913 Stamps of Turkey overprinted with a double headed eagle

  2 pa olive
  5 pa brown
  10 pa green
  20 pa red
  1 Pi blue
  1 Pi black on red
  2 Pi black
  2 1/2 Pi brown
  5 Pi lilac
  10 Pi red

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Surcharged with arabic text aswell (arabic 'B')

  10 pa green
  20 pa red
  1 Pi blue

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Surcharged with '10'

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  '10' on 20 pa red

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

I have seen a postcard of Turkey (20 pa red) with the same eagle overprint.

Forgeries:

(Forged overprint, reduced size)

Attention: many forged overprints exist (among them Fournier forgeries)! For more information on these forgeries see: http://www.tughranet.f2s.com/stamps/aps/albania.htm or http://www.tughranet.f2s.com/stamps/aps/dlbeagle.htm It seems that about 95% of all the double-eagle overprints are forgeries. According to the above mentioned website maybe even many hundreds of forgers have tried to forge these stamps! This is partly due to the fact that the original stamps can be obtained very cheaply, even today.

I've been told that this is a Sperati forgery

Another fantasy overpint on a stamp of Turkey:

1913 Double headed eagle

(Reduced size)

  10 pa green and black
  20 pa red and black
  30 pa violet and black
  1 G blue and black
  2 G black

These stamps have perforation 11 1/2. The frame, value and eagle seem to have been handstamped seperately.

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
All values	**	**

1913 Skanderbeg issue

  2 q brown and yellow
  5 q green
  10 q red
  20 q blue
  50 q violet and red
  1 F brown

These stamps have perforation 14 1/2 x 14. I have seen postcards in a similar design (5 q green and 10 q 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
2 q to 10 q	c	c
25 q to 1 F	*	*

Surcharged (1914) 

  5 p on 2 q brown and yellow
  10 p on 5 q green
  20 p on 10 q red
  1 G on 25 q blue
  2 G on 50 q violet and red
  5 G on 1 F brown

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Overprinted '7 Mars 1461 RROFTE MBRETI 1914'

  2 q brown and yellow
  5 q green (violet overprint)
  10 q red
  20 q blue (violet overprint)
  50 q violet and red
  1 F brown

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

These stamps overprinted with 'TAKSE' and 'T' are postage due stamps. Some of these stamps (2, 5 and 10 q unsurcharged and all the surcharged ones) were overprinted with an ellipse with an arabic text. They were used locally in 1915. The surcharge exists in red, blue or black.

(Local overprint for Scutari on a postage due stamp with 'T' overprint)

Another overprint exists for Scutari (see picture below), I've seen it on the values 5 p on 2 q brown and yellow, 10 p on 5 q green, 20 p on 10 q red, 1 G on 25 q blue and 2 G on 50 q violet and red. I've only seen this overprint in red.

(Other overprint for Scutari)

Albania 1916-1920

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