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LUXEMBOURG 1859-1881

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Luxembourg 1852 issue

 

1859 Arms of Luxembourg, perforated, rouletted or imperforate

2 c black, forgery?
Imperforate stamps

Badly printed, not sure if this stamp is genuine.... 4 c yellow
Rouletted with white separation lines


Rouletted with colored separation lines

5 c yellow
Perforated stamps; local Luxembourg print (narrow perforation, not so sharp print)


Perforated stamps; Haarlem print (1880 wide perforation, sharper print)

  1 c brown
  1 c orange
  2 c black
  4 c yellow
  4 c green
  5 c yellow

Different design:

Certified genuine 30 c lilac, imperforated 37 1/2 c green, imperforated 40 c orange
Imperforate stamps


Rouletted with colored separation line


Local Luxemburg print, perforation with narrow margins. Also the design is slightly blur.


Haarlem print (1880), perforation with large margins

  10 c blue
  10 c violet (or grey or lilac)
  12 1/2 c red
  20 c brown
  25 c brown
  25 c blue
  30 c lilac
  30 c red
  37 1/2 c green
  37 1/2 c brown
  40 c orange

Specialists distinguish between Frankfurt printing (1 October 1859), local Luxemburg printing (1874 onwards) and Haarlem printing (1880, the Netherlands, stamps with larger margins). The Frankfurt printing follows the types of the stamps of Thurn and Taxis (i.e. imperforate first, then colorless line rouletted and finally rouletted with colored lines).

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

Imperforate (1859)
(be careful with clipped perforations or bleached roulette lines of the next issues pretending to be the 1859 issue!)
1 c brown RR RR  
2 c RR RR  
4 c yellow RR RR Light yellow (1860) or yellow-ochre (1864)
4 c green R R 1874 (local Luxemburg print)
5 c RR - Actually a proof from the 1875 issue
10 c blue RR R  
10 c violet RRR RR Actually an imperforate Luxembourg print...
10 c yellow is a cut from an envelope
12 1/2 c RR RR  
25 c brown RRR RRR  
30 c lilac RRR RR A 30 c red with very large margins is a cut from postal stationary.
37 1/2 c green RR RR  
40 c RRR RR  
Rouletted with white separation lines (1865)
1 c brown RR RR  
2 c R ***  
4 c yellow RR RR  
4 c green R R 1871
Rouletted with coloured separation lines (1865)
1 c brown *** ***  
1 c orange R ***  
10 c violet R **  
12 1/2 c R ***  
20 c R ***  
25 c blue RR ***  
30 c lilac RR RR  
37 1/2 c brown RRR RRR This stamp was withdrawn in October 1872; the remaining stock (75,000 out of
100,000 stamps printed) was overprinted 'UN FRANC'.
Dangerous forgeries exist, by removing the 'UN FRANC' overprint of that issue.
With error 'centines': RRR
40 c RRR R  
Perforated
1875: perforation 13 or 1880 (local Luxembourg print): 13 1/2, 12 1/2 or 12 1/2 x 12 (Haarlem print)
1 c brown *** ***  
2 c *** ***  
4 c green ** **  
5 c R ***  
10 c violet *** *  
12 1/2 c R R  
20 c RR R  
25 c blue *** ***  
30 c red *** *** Also redbrown: RR
37 1/2 c brown *** - Prepared, but not issued. Also exists imperforate.
40 c ** ***   
Surcharged

Misprint 'Un Pranc', image obtained from http://www.sandafayre.com


37 1/2 c Luxemburg local print without overprint, prepared, but not issued (left perforated and right imperforate).

  'UN FRANC' on 37 1/2 c brown (1874)
  'Un Franc' on 37 1/2 c brown (1879)

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
'UN FRANC' on 37 1/2 c RR RR Rouletted with coloured perforation lines
'Un Franc' on 37 1/2 c *** *** Perforated;
Error: 'Un Pranc': RRR (apppeared twice in a sheet) 
Overprinted 'OFFICIEL' (Official stamps of 1875, 2 types of overprint exist)

Type 1 Type 2 

  1 c brown
  2 c black
  4 c green
  5 c yellow
  10 c violet
  12 1/2 c red
  20 c brown
  25 c blue
  30 c red
  40 c orange
  'UN FRANC' on 37 1/2 c brown
  'Un Franc' on 37 1/2 c brown

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

Type 1: 'OFFICIEL' fat letters 25 mm
1 c brown *** *** Rouletted with coloured perforation lines
1 c brown ** ** Perforated
1 c orange *** - Prepared, but not issued
2 c *** *** Rouletted with white separation lines
2 c *** *** Perforated
4 c green * ** Perforated
5 c yellow R R Perforated
10 c violet R R Rouletted with coloured perforation lines
10 c violet *** *** Perforated (on Haarlem issue: RRR?)
12 1/2 c R R Rouletted with coloured perforation lines
12 1/2 c *** R Perforated
20 c *** *** Rouletted with coloured perforation lines
25 c blue RR RR Rouletted with coloured perforation lines
25 c blue R R Imperforate
25 c blue *** *** Perforated (on Haarlem issue: **)
30 c lilac *** R Rouletted with coloured perforation lines
40 c *** *** Rouletted with coloured perforation lines
'UN FRANC' on 37 1/2 c brown RR RR Rouletted with coloured perforation lines
'Un Franc' on 37 1/2 c brown *** *** Perforated

Type 2: 'OFFICIEL' thin letters 24 mm
1 c brown *** *** Rouletted with coloured perforation lines
1 c brown *** *** Perforated
2 c *** *** Perforated
4 c green ** *** Perforated
5 c yellow RR RR Perforated (on Haarlem issue:RRR?)
10 c violet *** *** Perforated (on Haarlem issue: RRR?)
12 1/2 c *** *** Perforated
20 c *** *** Rouletted with coloured perforation lines
25 c blue R R Perforated (on Haarlem issue: RRR?)
30 c lilac RR RR Rouletted with coloured perforation lines
40 c *** *** Rouletted with coloured perforation lines
'UN FRANC' on 37 1/2 c brown RR RR Rouletted with coloured perforation lines 
Overpinted 'S.P.' ('Service Public', official stamps of 1882; two types of overprint


Type 1 of the 'S.P.' overprint


Type 2 of the 'S.P.' overprint (fatter)

  1 c brown
  2 c black
  4 c green
  5 c yellow
  10 c grey
  12 1/2 c red
  20 c brown
  25 c blue
  30 c red
  40 c orange
  'Un Franc' on 37 1/2 c brown

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

Type 1: 'S.P.' skinny
1 c brown ** ** On local print or Haarlem print
Haarlem print exists in pairs with one unsurcharged stamp.
2 c ** *** On Haarlem print only
4 c green *** *** On local print only
5 c yellow RR RR Local print
5 c yellow *** *** Haarlem print
10 c violet *** *** Haarlem print
12 1/2 c R R Haarlem print
20 c *** *** Haarlem print
25 c blue *** *** Haarlem print
30 c *** *** Haarlem print
40 c *** *** Rouletted with coloured perforation lines
'Un Franc' on 37 1/2 c *** *** Local print

Type 2: 'S.P.' fat; prepared but not issued(?)
1 c brown *** ? On Haarlem print only
2 c *** ? On Haarlem print only
4 c green *** ? On local print only
5 c yellow *** ? Haarlem print
10 c violet *** ? Haarlem print
12 1/2 c R ? Local and Haarlem print
20 c *** ? Haarlem print
30 c *** ? Haarlem print
40 c R ? Rouletted with coloured perforation lines
'Un Franc' on 37 1/2 c R ? Local print

Postal stationary


6 c violet cut from a postcard (reduced size).

Postal stationary in this design exists in the values: 5 c violet, 5 c red, 6 c violet, 6 c red, 10 c yellow, 12 1/2 c blue, 12 1/2 c red and 30 c red. The 6 c values exists overprinted with the text 'DEBITE A 5 CENTIMES pour le service interieur.':

 

Click here for Luxembourg, cancels on the first issues.

 

Proofs


Imperforate proof of the 5 c yellow stamp on thick paper. Next to it, two of such proofs with a forged cancel.


A proof of the 30 c value? With watermark "W"!

Forgeries

For Luxembourg 1859-1881, forgeries, click here for part 1, here for part 2 or here for Luxembourg 1859-1881, forgeries made by Fournier and Sperati.

 

Luxembourg 1882-1920 and miscellaneous

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