1941 MEĐIMURJE, intentional error

Provisional issue is an issue for temporary use to meet postal demands until the regular issue can be obtained. However, in a wartime, with rapid changes of occupation and liberation periods, the postal demands are not the only one, patriotism and enthusiasm have a strong influence, too. And, if philatelists are involved in the preparation, the result will be the issue with a vast variety of "specialities". 1941 Međimurje and 1944 Senta are typical representatives of such issues.

I know some of you will not agree on the importance of such issues, but who we are to judge this! Especially, if there is still high demand, even after more than 70 years from the releases.

1941 Međimurje, unofficial local provisional issue, "Hrvatska / država" instead of  "Država / Hrvatska", intentional error. Certificate Zrinjšćak.

1941 MEĐIMURJE, overprint types

Međimurje issue was overprinted in several runs. First, by clichés with type A only, and later by clichés with type A and type B pairs.

1941 Međimurje, unofficial local provisional issue, overprint clichés with type A and B pairs in block of four.

Type A differs from type B by larger and stronger coat of arms. Additional, both types comes with two subtypes, depending on the row in the block.

1 undercuts of the left leg of "M"
2 dotted line
3 open coat of arms
4 additional thin line
5 damaged "e" (does not occur always - probably due to the later damage of the cliché)

1941 MEĐIMURJE, set in pairs with both types

In the whirlwind of events at the beginning of World War II, a group of patriots and philatelists from Čakovec decided to produce a provisional issue. They collected all available stamps from local newsstand and overprinted them just before Međimurje was connected to Hungary.

1941 Međimurje, unofficial local provisional issue, complete set in vertical pairs, all from position 3 and 4. Only ten complete sets in pairs with both types are known. Certificate Zrinjšćak.

1945 ZAGREB, overprint on the back

You can find examples of overprint penetrated on the back practically on all values of this issue. Those with red overprints are pretty common, while those with black overprint are much rarer.

1945 Zagreb provisional issue, 40 kn / 1 kn, overprint on the back.

1945 Zagreb provisional issue, 40 kn / 3.50 kn, strong overprint on the back.

1945 Zagreb provisional issue, 160 kn / 0.50 kn, overprint on the back.

1945 Zagreb provisional issue, 200 kn / 12.50 kn, overprint on the back.

1945 Zagreb provisional issue, 400 kn / 0.25 kn, overprint on the back.

1945 ZAGREB, base stamp errors

Due to the large quantities and relatively inexpensive items in this issue, you can easily find a lot of interesting base stamp errors.

1945 Zagreb local provisional issue, 20 kn / 5 kn, white spot, position 81.

1945 Zagreb local provisional issue, 40 kn / 1 kn, colored spots as shown, positions 71, 72, 81, 82.

1945 Zagreb local provisional issue, 60 kn / 3.5 kn, large moon, position 17 on the left. Broken frame and white spot in 0, position 88 on the right.

1945 Zagreb local provisional issue, 160 kn / 0.5 kn, white spot, position ?.

1945 Zagreb local provisional issue, 200 kn / 12.50 kn, colored spot, positions 45, 46.

1945 ZAGREB, overprint shift

I found two examples of Zagreb provisional issue with unusually large overprint shifts. One in vertical and one in horizontal direction.

1945 Zagreb local provisional issue, 40 kn / 1 kn with large vertical overprint shift.

1945 Zagreb local provisional issue, 80 kn / 2 kn with large horizontal overprint shift.

1945 ZAGREB, type II postcard

Three overprint types exist. Type II is the scarcest.

1945 Zagreb local provisional issue, postcard with type II overprint and unusually large vertical shift.

Type can be determined by measuring length of first and second overprint line.

	Type I	Type II	Type III
First line	43.5 mm	38.0 mm	34.5 mm
Second line	43.5 mm	44.0 mm	37.0 mm
Third line	31.0 mm	31.0 mm	31.0 mm
Fourth line	31.0 mm	31.0 mm	31.0 mm