Definitive issue of 1919 – 5 krone stamp, letterpress


The 5 krona stamp was printed four times in letterpress technique by Jugoslovanska tiskarna in Ljubljana and A. Reisser from Vienna. Stamps were printed and sold in panes of 100 (10 x 10). Details are displayed in the table below:

Date Circulation Paper types Colors Perforation
22 April 1919 (Ljubljana) 1.002.900 Thin white smooth paper
  • brown red
  • red
  • 11½, perforation holes filled with gum
10 December 1919 (Vienna) 500.000 Smooth white or yellowish paper
  • red
  • brown red
  • brick red
  • 11½ and 11
11 January 1920 (Vienna) 330.000 Grayish paper with pattern (small holes)
  • carmine in many shades
  • 11½
March 1920 (Vienna) 1.000.000 Smooth white or yellowish
  • dark red in many shades
  • 11½

Constant varieties

CONSTANT VARIETIES
I Colored spot right from forehead.
Field №: 4 Pane: Fields 1-50
Other nomenclatures:
Notes:
Value €: 6,50
II Colored spot in lower part of left K.
Field №: 6 Pane: Fields 1-50
Other nomenclatures:
Notes:
Value €: 6,50
III Horizontal stroke of right 5 pointing upwards.
Field №: 23 Pane: Fields 1-50
Other nomenclatures:
Notes:
Value €: 6,50
IV Long thin line over King’s forehead (above left eye).
Field №: 31 Pane: Fields 1-50
Other nomenclatures: Fleck, Tome 5, p.205
Notes: not to be confused with flaw on field 81.
Value €: 8,50
V Colored dot in second top left leaf.
Field №: 33 Pane: Fields 1-50
Other nomenclatures:
Notes:
Value €: 6,50
VI Colored dot after right K, dot and line on forehead connected.
Field №: 38 Pane: Fields 1-50
Other nomenclatures:
Notes:
Value €: 6,50
VII Large colored spot above left mustache, long white line over right denomination tablet (from top left to bottom right corner).
Field №: 39 Pane: Fields 1-50
Other nomenclatures:
Notes:
Value €: 6,50
VIII Thin vertical line on forehead (above left eye).
Field №: 47 Pane: Fields 1-50
Other nomenclatures: Fleck, Tome 5, p.205
Notes:
Value €: 8,50
IX Kraljevina SHS 5k stamp plate flaw Colored dot between left 5 and K, thin line over forehead.
Field №: 51 Pane: Fields 51-100
Other nomenclatures: Fleck, Tome 5, p.205
Notes:
Value €: 8,50
X Drop-shaped spot on top of right K.
Field №: 56 Pane: Fields 51-100
Other nomenclatures:
Notes:
Value €: 6,50
XI Additional thin line on King’s forehead.
Field №: 58 Pane: Fields 51-100
Other nomenclatures:
Notes:
Value €: 6,50
XII Large spot on left ear (earring flaw).
Field №: 67 Pane: Fields 51-100
Other nomenclatures: Fleck, Tome 5, p.205
Notes:
Value €: 10
XIII Colored spots over 5 and K in lower part of left denomination tablet.
Field №: 74 Pane: Fields 51-100
Other nomenclatures:
Notes:
Value €: 6,50
XIV SHS Slovenia 5k stamp plate flaw Top part of left ear missing.
Field №: 78 Pane: Fields 51-100
Other nomenclatures: Fleck, Tome 5, p.205
Notes:
Value €: 15
XV Long thin line over King’s forehead (above left eye).
Field №: 81 Pane: Fields 51-100
Other nomenclatures:
Notes: not to be confused with flaw on field 31.
Value €: 6,50
XVI Colored dot over horizontal stroke of right 5.
Field №: 85 Pane: Fields 51-100
Other nomenclatures:
Notes:
Value €: 6,50
XVII SHS Slovenija verigarji 5 kron tipična napaka Dyed hair.
Field №: 88 Pane: Fields 51-100
Other nomenclatures: Fleck, Tome 5, p.205
Notes:
Value €: 10
XVIII Bottom right frame indented and deformed.
Field №: 90 Pane: Fields 51-100
Other nomenclatures: Fleck, Tome 5, p.205
Notes: not to be confused with flaw on field 100.
Value €: 8,50
XIX Long thin line over King’s forehead (above left eye), right side of botom frame bent inwards.
Field №: 91 Pane: Fields 51-100
Other nomenclatures: Fleck, Tome 5, p.205
Notes:
Value €: 8,50
XX Large colored spot above King’s right shoulder.
Field №: 94 Pane: Fields 51-100
Other nomenclatures: Fleck, Tome 5, p.205
Notes:
Value €: 8,50
XXI Kraljevina SHS 5 kruna poštanska marka tipična greška Long curved line over left part of King’s face.
Field №: 97 Pane: Fields 51-100
Other nomenclatures:
Notes:
Value €: 6,50
XXII Left spot on inner frame, left from ВИНА СХС.
Field №: 98 Pane: Fields 51-100
Other nomenclatures: Fleck, Tome 5, p.205
Notes:
Value €: 8,50
XXIII Bottom right frame indented and deformed.
Field №: 100 Pane: Fields 51-100
Other nomenclatures: Fleck, Tome 5, p.205
Notes: not to be confused with flaw on field 90.
Value €: 10

 

Bibliography


    1. Fleck, Vladimir (1940): Priručnik Maraka Hrvatskih Zemalja, Book 1, Tome 4, Hrvatski Filatelistički Savez, Zagreb
    2. Fleck, Vladimir (1946): Priručnik Maraka Jugoslavenskih Zemalja, Book 1, Tome 5, Hrvatski Filatelistički Savez, Zagreb