1943 SPLIT, Overprint flaws 4/4

This is a last part of a post about the 1943 Split issue overprint flaws. For the first post in a series, click here.

  

Positions 50, 60 and 61.

50 - Second letter A is damaged. Vertical stroke of K in left Kn is broken.

60 - Incision in lower part of U. Spot to the right of U. Letter N without of serif tu upper right.

61 - Irregular spot to left (the size depends on strength of the overprint and color saturation).

  

Positions 64, 68 and 86.

64 - Vertical down stroke of letter N is broken. 

68 - Lower part of letter S is damaged.

86 - Vertical down stroke of letter N is broken.

 

Positions 91 and 94.

91 - Small second dot between figures 3 and 5 (3:5).

94 - Horizontal stroke of letter H is missing.

For a complete article order:

ACTA PHILATELICA NOVA 2015

Croatian philatelic almanac

Independent State of Croatia
1943 Unreleased Local Issue for Dalmatia

Chapters:

Introduction

Catalogue Listing

Overprint

Overprint Errors

Constant and Part-Constant Overprint Flaws

Varieties of Underlying Stamps

Interesting Examples

Forgeries

Valuation

Conclusion

Literature

To order please contact me at alesmarinsek67@gmail.com

Philatelists convention in Ljubljana

Today, I was positively surprised by the crowd at the philatelist convention in Ljubljana. In addition to regular weekly meetings, these conventions are organized four times a year...

Crowd at the convention.

1943 SPLIT, Overprint flaws 3/4

This is a continuation of a post about the 1943 Split issue overprint flaws. For the first post in a series, click here.

  

Positions 35, 37 and 38.

35 - Incision to lower part of zero.

37 - Letter N without serif to upper right. Lower part of figure 5 is damaged.

38 - Letter K is truncated to upper right.

  

Positions 41, 44 and 45.

41 - Upper stroke of K in left Kn is broken.

44 - Shortened horizontal stroke of figure 3.

45 - First letter A is damaged.

  

Positions 46, 47 and 48.

46 - Stroke of figure 3 truncated at an acute angle.

47 - Letter N in N.D. broken to upper right. Lower part of letter S is damaged.

48 - Spot on second letter A. Lower stroke of letter R twisted upwards. Letter K is broken.

For a part 4/4 click here.

1943 SPLIT, Overprint flaws 2/4

This is a continuation of a post about the 1943 Split issue overprint flaws. For the first post in a series, click here.

    

Positions 10,11 and 12

10 - Broken letter N.

11 - Letter N without serif to upper right. Incision to base of figure 5.

12 - Incision to upper arc of figure 5.

    

Positions 13, 22 and 26.

13 - Dot after D is small or missing.

22 - Dash above letter K.

26 - Letter S is broken.

    

Positions 29, 30 and 31.

29 - Letter S is broken. Letter N without serif to upper right.

30 - Incision to lower part of letter K.

31 - Letter S is broken.

For a part 3/4 click here.

1944 SENTA, Amateurish forgeries

WTF is this...

Senta fakes on eBay.

I have never seen such amateurish forgeries.

1943 SPLIT, Overprint flaws 1/4

The majority of flaws are minor and relatively insignificant, but there are a few major and more attractive examples, e.g. missing upper right stroke of K (position 38), colored spot on the second A (position 48) or indented U (position 60) etc. Altogether 32 constant and part-constant flaws have been noted which most collectors should be able to identify without major effort.

Positions showing constant and part-constant flaws.

    

Positions 1,3 and 4

1 - Dot after D is small or missing. Upper stroke of K is broken.

3 - Dot after D is small or missing.

4 - Letter R is broken.

    

Positions 6,7 and 8

6 - Letter N without serif to upper right.

7 - Letter N without serif to upper right.

8 - Broken letter N. Figure 3 with straight edge to left.

For a part 2/4 click here.
For a part 3/4 click here.
For a part 4/4 click here.

For a complete article order:

ACTA PHILATELICA NOVA 2015

Croatian philatelic almanac

Independent State of Croatia
1943 Unreleased Local Issue for Dalmatia

Chapters:

Introduction

Catalogue Listing

Overprint

Overprint Errors

Constant and Part-Constant Overprint Flaws

Varieties of Underlying Stamps

Interesting Examples

Forgeries

Valuation

Conclusion

Literature

To order please contact me at alesmarinsek67@gmail.com

Paper thickness gauge

In some cases, a type of paper is very important. Stamp No. 9 (50/7 kn Slavonija) from the 1945 DFJ Mostar issue is a good example. This stamp exists on intaglio paper and has a price of a few tens of euros. However, there are also 50 pieces on offset paper valued at 700 euros or even more. Therefore, it is very important that we know how to determine the type of the paper. One of the methods is paper thickness measurement.

I got a new, super-accurate paper thickness gauge a few days ago. Its accuracy is one-thousandth of a millimetre.

My new paper thickness gauge.

I checked some of my old measurements and here are the results for the Croatian Landscapes issue:

• Offset paper: 0.085 - 0.095 mm
• Intaglio paper: 0.071 - 0.080 mm
• Porous paper: 0.078 - 0.091 mm
• Pelure paper: 0.050 - 0.057 mm

Celje, cancellers used in 1945

After the liberation and until the beginning of 1946, different adapted and new postal cancellers were used in Celje. So far, I have found three of them...

Letter sent from Celje (4.IX.45) to Sisak. Canceled with "CELJE C / 1" adapted canceller. 

"CELJE C / 1" adapted canceller.
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Registered letter sent from Celje (12.X.45) to Sisak. Canceled with "CELJE a" adapted canceller.

"CELJE a" adapted canceller.

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Letter sent from Celje (1.XII.45) to Sisak. Canceled with new "CELJE 4" canceller.

New "CELJE 4" canceller.

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1943 Letter from/to the concentration camp

Despite the fact that I do not collect concentration camps (yet?), I was attracted by a very interesting letter sent from the concentration camp Arbe to the concentration camp Asolo. I do not know whether this is rare or not, but I have not seen anything like this until now...

 

1943 WWII Civilian internees, letter sent from the concentration camp Arbe, Fiume (21.9.43) to the concentration camp Asolo, Treviso (29.9.43), censored by Italian and German censors. 

This is a very interesting letter also from the perspective of the period since it was sent after the capitulation of Italy. Concentration camp Arbe was disbanded on 11.9.1943, but it is known that all internees were not freed at that time. In particular, the Jews who were later deported by German forces to the Auschwitz. In addition, I do not know if the date "21 SET 1943" was stamped when the letter was sent or when it was somewhere in the transit. I have to check this...

1943/44 ŠIBENIK, An extraordinary letter

Collectors of the first and second Šibenik issue highly appreciate Novak's correspondence. These are purely non philatelic items of which the vast majority are stationery. Letters are very rare, so you can imagine how happy I was when I found this great Novak's letter...

 

1943/44 Šibenik local provisional issue, second weight registered letter, franked with 17,5 kn (0,50 kn underfranked as the tariff was: 7 kn for the second weight letter, 9 kn for registration and 2 kn for war tax), sent from Šibenik (11.IV.44) to Slavonska Požega (9.V.44), via Drniš (17.IV.44). From the Novak's correspondence.

1941 MEĐIMURJE, Dr. Wolf's letter

It is always nice to find another rare item...

1941 Međimurje, unofficial local provisional issue, Dr. Wolf 's letter, sent from Varaždin (15.IV.41) to Zagreb. 0,50 din stamp with a large vertical shift of the overprint. Only a few of these letters were preserved.

1941 MEĐIMURJE, Rotated overprint

Rotated overprints with angles of 30 degrees or more are very rare...

1941 Međimurje, unofficial local provisional issue, 0.25 din se-tenant pair with both types of coat-of-arms, positions 1 and 2 from the second printing. Strongly rotated overprint. Certificate Zrinjšćak.

100th anniversary

Today is the 100th anniversary of the issue of the first Slovenian stamp...

The chain breaker, issued on January 3, 1919.

1943 IMOTSKI, Unique letter for abroad

In February 1943, the Partisans occupied the town of Imotski. After their withdrawal, the post office remained without a canceller, so it was forced to use a temporary provisional rubber postmark "POŠTA —IMOTSKI" for a couple of months.

 

1943 Imotski, registered letter sent from Imotski (handwritten 31.3.43) to Roma (13.4.43), correctly franked with 13kn (4kn for mail to Italy and 9kn for the registration), porto used as franko, cancelled with a temporary provisional rubber postmark "POŠTA - IMOTSKI". This is the earliest known date and one of two known letters sent abroad.