Wednesday, July 8, 2020

1945 MOSTAR, Flaws on rare paper

The three most famous typical flaws of this issue are:
  • Demokrntska instead of Demokratska (field 49)
  • Jngoslavija instead of Jugoslavija (field 70)
  • Jugosiavija instead of Jugoslavija (field 85)

In general, stamps with these flaws are not rare. However, if you take into account also a rarity of some types of papers, you can get extremely rare or even unique stamps. For example, only two sheets of No. 2 10/0.5 Kn on intaglio paper were overprinted. Initially, both sheets exist in the tête-bêche format. Before overprint one was separated down the middle and rejoined in normal position while the second inadvertently remained in the tête-bêche format. Therefore the overprinting of these two sheets resulted in 150 stamps with normal and 50 stamps with inverted overprint.

Position of three typical flaws on rejoined and tête-bêche sheet.

Consequently, the quantities of the three typical flaws are:
  • Demokrntska normal overprint - unique
  • Demokrntska inverted overprint - unique
  • Jngoslavija normal overprint - unique
  • Jngoslavija inverted overprint - unique
  • Jugosiavija normal overprint - 2 pieces (possibly one of them in tête-bêche pair)

1945 Mostar provisional issue, No. 2, 10/0.5 Kn, a set of three on intaglio paper, each with a typical flaw: Demokrntska (unique), Jngoslavija (unique) and Jugosiavija (one of two possible). Ex Tiberio.