Tuesday, July 30, 2024

1945 SPLIT, St.1 stationery

There are three main types of overprinted stationery. The most common is the "King Petar" stationery, which comes in four variants. The other two types are extremely rare. The first is the "Young Petar" stationery, with five used and a few unused examples known. The second is the overprinted NDH stationery, with about twenty unused and only a few used examples known.

1945 Split local provisional issue, registered stationery of type St.1, franked with 80 kn and sent from Šibenik (22.VI.45) to Zagreb (28.VI.45). Very rare usage of stationery of type St.1Certificate Vilfan.

Saturday, July 27, 2024

1945 ZAGREB, imperforated vertically

In 2010, 65 years after their issuance, an important discovery was made: a single sheet of Zagreb 80kn / 2kn was found imperforate vertically between the second and third columns. This is one of the greatest rarities of this issue.

1945 Zagreb local provisional issue, 80 kn / 2 kn, block of four, imperforated vertically. 
Max 10 pairs or 5 blocks of four exist. Certificate Vilfan.

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

1943 IMOTSKI - Official letter

For a short period in 1943, the Imotski post office used a temporary provisional postmark "POŠTA - IMOTSKI" and a handwritten dispatch date... 

Registered official letter, sent from Imotski (11.6.43) to Mostar (22.VI.43) franked with 16kn (7kn for the second weight letter and 9kn for the registration), cancelled with a temporary provisional rubber postmark "POŠTA - IMOTSKI".

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

1945 MOSTAR - Unique combination

Two sheets measuring 10x10 of No. 2 10/0.5 Kn on intaglio paper were overprinted. Initially, both sheets were in the tête-bêche format. Before the overprinting, one sheet was cut down the middle and reassembled in the normal orientation, while the other sheet remained in the tête-bêche format by mistake. As a result, the overprinting process produced 150 stamps with a regular overprint and 50 stamps with an inverted overprint.

The quantities of the three common flaws on the No. 2 intaglio paper 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 a tête-bêche pair)

1945 Mostar provisional issue, No. 2, 10/0.5 Kn on intaglio paper with inverted overprint and a typical flaw Demokrntska, overprint position 49. Unique. Ex Tiberio.