Czechoslovakia – Varieties of Postage Stamps 1918-1939

June 1920. Definitive issue: Economy and Science.

TYPES
400 haléřů
Czechoslovakia 1920 Science and economy postage stamp type 1 Czechoslovakia 1920 Science and economy postage stamp type 2 Type I:

  • thick zeroes in denomination.

Type II:

  • zeroes thin.
Type I Type II

January/February 1923. Definitive issue: Economy and Science. Printed in letterpress in three types.

TYPES
Type I: 100 and 300 haléřů
Type I:

  • dot on letter P in POŠTA,
  • leaf below letter O on POŠTA with straight line,
  • allegory’s arm not visible between branches.
Type II: 100, 200 and 300 haléřů
Type II:

  • dot on letter P in POŠTA,
  • leaf below letter O on POŠTA in form of a hook,
  • allegory’s arm visible between branches (triangle).
Type III: 100, 200 and 300 haléřů
Type III:

  • without a dot on letter P in POŠTA,
  • leaf below letter O on POŠTA having short line,
  • allegory’s arm visible between branches.

March/September 1920. Definitive issue: president Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. Letterpress, perforation 13¾.

TYPES
125 haléřů
Czechoslovakia 1920 Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk postage 125 halerou stamp type Type I:

  • denomination value 125 thick.

Type II:

  • denomination 125 thin.
UNLISTED VARIETIES
125 haléřů
1 White spot on wheat near the right corner.
500 haléřů
1 Big spot below Masaryk’s right eye.

1923/1927. Definitive issue: president Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk.

TYPES
50 haléřů
Type I (1925):

  • photogravure,
  • top frame scalloped,
  • background behind inscriptions is flat.
 Type II (1927):

  • line engraving,
  • top frame straight line,
  • beard on the left wavy.
 Type III (1927):

  • line engraving,
  • top frame straight line,
  • beard on the left short.
60 haléřů
Type I (1925):

  • printed in photogravure,
  • top frame scalloped,
  • background behind inscriptions is flat.
 Type II (1927):

  • line engraving,
  • top frame straight line,
  • beard on the left wavy.
 Type III (1927):

  • line engraving,
  • top frame straight line,
  • beard on the left short.
1 koruna
Type I (1925):

  • large format,
  • watermark horizontally or vertically oriented,
  • collar lined (or slightly checkered),
  • right shoulder checkered.
 Type II (1925):

  • small format,
  • collar checkered.
 Type III (1925):

  • collar checkered,
  • shoulder lined,
  • background of letters V and A in ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ is flat.
 Type IV (1926):

  • word POŠTA short (6 mm),
  • background behind inscriptions checkered,
  • beard wavy on the left,
  • portrait frame with thin borderline on the bottom.
Type V (1927):

  • same as Type V, portrait frame with thick borderline on the bottom.
 Type VI (1927):

  • same as Type VI, left beard short.
 Type VII (1927):

  • laurel leaves pointing outwards.
2 koruny
Type I:

  • large format,
  • watermark horizontally or vertically oriented,
  • collar lined (or slightly checkered),
 Type II:

  • small format,
  • collar lined
3 koruny
Type I (1925):

  • large format,
  • watermark horizontally or vertically oriented,
  • collar lined (or slightly checkered),
  • right shoulder checkered.
 Type II (1925):

  • small format,
  • collar checkered.
 Type IV (1926):

  • word POŠTA short (6 mm),
  • background behind inscriptions checkered,
  • beard wavy on the left,
  • portrait frame with thin borderline on the bottom.

1926/1927. Definitive issue: Landscapes.

TYPES
3 koruny
Czechoslovakia 1926 Praha Prague 3 koruny postage stamp types
Types I and II		 Type I:

  • clouds lightly shaded.

Type II:

  • clouds heavily shaded.

1929/1937. Coat of arms.

TYPES
40 haléřů
Czechoslovakia coat of arms postage stamp types
Types I and II		 Type I (plates 1-1A):

  • vertical shading lines over inscription HALÉŘŮ,
  • red-brown color.

Type II (plates 2-2A):

  • area behind HALÉŘŮ dark shaded, lines not visible,
  • brown or red-brown color.

2 January 1930. Definitive issue: president Masaryk. Line engraving, perforation 9¾.

TYPES
50 haléřů
Czechoslovakia 1930 Masaryk postage stamp types Type I:

  • without the frame below the portrait.

Type II:

  • portrait with a frame at the bottom.

2 January 1932. Definitive issue: Landscapes. Line engraving, perforation 9¾.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
5 korun Field number
I Czechoslovakia 1932 Český Krumlov postage stamp error Double print of inscription Č.KRUMLOV. 32, plate 1A

26 April 1937. Definitive issue: president Eduard Beneš. Line engraving, perforation line 12½.

TYPES
50 haléřů
Czechoslovakia 1937 Eduard Beneš postage stamp types Type I (plates 1-1A):

  • white oval at the top of the earlobe.

Type II (plates 2-2A):

  • oval at the top of earlobe shaded.

24 October 1937. Philatelic exhibition in Bratislava. Line engraving, perforation comb 12½.

TYPES
50 h + 1 kč (souvenir sheet)
Type 1:

Emblem of the city of Bratislava:

  • window on central tower not split in the middle
  • top line of castle wall complete on left

Stamp 1kč, Bradlo:

  • there’s no dot on right frame.
 Type 2:

Emblem of the city of Bratislava:

  • window on central tower horizontally split in the middle
  • top line of castle wall incomplete on left

Stamp 1kč, Bradlo:

  • red dot on right frame in height of the mound.
 Type 3:

Emblem of the city of Bratislava:

  • window on central tower not split in the middle
  • top line of castle wall complete on left
  • only one vertical line next to window of first tower

Stamp 1kč, Bradlo:

  • red dot on right frame placed a bit higher than the mound.

18 January 1939. Opening of Slovak parliament in Bratislava. Line engraving, perforation line 12½.

OVERPRINT TYPES
300 haléřů on 10 koruny
Czechoslovakia Slovakia 1939 parliament postage stamp overprint type Type I:

  • residue at top of letters o and n in Otvorenle, o in slov and n in snemu.

Type II:

  • outlines of letters precise.

 

References

Bibliography

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