Preview of Stamps Catalogue: VOLUME 2

UPPER AND EASTERN SILESIA

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UPPER SILESIA

1922 As stamps of Poland (eagle issue) but colours changed

  5 f blue
  10 f violet
  20 f red
  40 f brown
  50 f orange
  75 f green

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	vc	vc

1922 Labourer, inscription 'POCZTA POLSKA'

  1 M black
  1.25 M green
  2 M red
  3 M green
  4 M blue
  5 M brown
  6 M orange
  10 M brown
  20 M violet
  50 M olive
  80 M red
  100 M violet
  200 M yellow
  300 M 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
All values from 1 M to 80 M	c	c
100 M	c	*
200 M	c	c
300 M	c	*

Other stamps for Upper Silesia (German part) can be found in Cd 1.

Non issued stamps

1921 Non issued stamps, inscription 'GORNY SLASK':

60 f
(Reduced size)

The stamps exists in 10 f red, 20 f lilac, 30 f orange, 40 f green, 50 f green, 60 f blue and 1 M brown, perforated and imperforate.

Other issues with 'POCZTA POLOWA GORNY SLASK POWSTANCZA' exist (2 types of 10 M each)

EASTERN SILESIA

1920 Stamps of Poland, overprinted 'S.O. 1920.' (Silesie Orientale)

  5 f green
  10 f brown
  15 f red
  25 f olive
  50 f green
  1 K green
  1 K 50 brown
  2 K blue
  2 K 50 violet
  5 K 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
All values	c	c

1920 Same overprint 'SO 1920' on stamps of Czechoslovakia

Imperforate
  1 h brown
  3 h lilac
  20 h blue
  25 h lilac
  30 h yellow (red overprint)
  40 h orange
  50 h lilac
  50 h blue
  60 h red (blue overprint)
  75 h green (red overprint)
  80 h green (red overprint)
  100 h brown
  120 h black (red overprint)
  200 h blue (red overprint)
  300 h green (red overprint)
  400 h violet (red overprint)
  500 h brown (blue or black overprint)
  1000 h lilac (blue overprint)

Perforated
  1 h brown
  5 h green
  10 h green
  15 h red
  20 h red
  25 h lilac
  30 h lilac (blue overprint)
  60 h red (blue overprint)
  200 h blue (red overprint)

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
1 h	c	*
3 h	c	*
20 h	c	**
25 h	*	*
30 h	c	*
40 h	c	*
50 h lilac	*	*
50 h blue	*	*
60 h	*	*
75 h	*	*
80 h	*	*
100 h	*	*
120 h	*	*
200 h	**	**
300 h	**	**
400 h	***	**
500 h	***	***
1000 h	***	***	Blue or black overprint
Perforated
1 h	c	c
5 h	c	c
10 h	c	c
15 h	c	*
20 h	c	*
25 h	c	*
30 h	*	*
60 h	*	*
200 h	**	**

An example of a forged overprint (the 25 h blue stamp was never overprinted):

Another highly dubious overprint

1920 Same overprint 'SO 1920' on stamps of Czechoslovakia of 1920 (man in ellipse)

  500 h grey on blue (red overprint)
  1000 h brown on grey (violet overprint)

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
500 h	RR	RR
1000 h	RR	RR

1920 'SO 1920' on newspaper stamps of Czechoslovakia (dove)

(Sorry, no picture available yet)

  2 h green
  6 h red
  10 h lilac
  20 h blue
  30 h 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
2 h	c	c
6 h	c	*
10 h	c	*
20 h	c	*
30 h	c	*

1920 'SO 1920' on postage due stamps of Czechoslovakia (doplatit)

  5 h olive
  10 h olive
  15 h olive
  20 h olive
  25 h olive
  30 h olive
  40 h olive
  50 h olive
  100 h brown
  500 h green
  1000 h violet

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
5 h	c	c
10 h	c	c
15 h	c	c
20 h	c	*
25 h	c	*
30 h	c	*
40 h	c	*
50 h	*	*
100 h	*	*
500 h	**	***
1000 h	***	***

Non-issued stamps for Teschen and Olsa

1920 Prepared, but not issued (rare), various designs, inscription 'SLASK CIESZYNSKI PLEBISCYT POCZTA POLSKA', instead the above mentioned 'S.O.1920' stamps were issued

  2 brown 
  5 green
  10 brown and red
  20 olive-brown
  15 dark brown
  25 blue
  50 light brown
  100 black
  200 black
  500 red

Postage due stamps

  2 blue
  4 blue

Newspaper stamps

  3 red
  10 red