Free City of Danzig: Varieties of Postage Stamps


20 August 1920. Provisional issue.

TYPES
1 ¼ M., 2 M., 3 M., 5 M., 10 M.,

Type I

Type II
Type I:

  • lines of underprint, stretching over the whole of the design pointing upwards.

Type II:

    • lines pointing downwards.
UNLISTED VARIETIES
1 M.
1 Without the underprint.
2 Letter K in the right inscription MARK broken.

3 June 1921. Definitive issue.

UNLISTED VARIETIES
25 pf.
1 Colored triangle in the bottom right corner.
COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
25 pf.
1 First e in Freie filled in, color spot and lines in 2nd e and eie deformed. Color lines on top left 2 and top right 5 deformed.
40 pf.
1 Red printing phase shifted.

1922/23. Definitive issue.

UNLISTED VARIETIES
5 M.
1 Colored dot in the bottom right denomination value.
150 M.
1 Portion of lower part of crown missing.

January 1923. Airmail stamps.

UNLISTED VARIETIES
1 M.
1 Big red dot in the center of the right frame.
COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
1 Smeared printing.

May – August 1923. Definitive issue.

COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
250 M.
1 Offset impression.
500 M.
1 Underinking? (Background field consists of horizontal lines as if from a crude engraved plate.)

September-October 1923. Provisional issue.

UNLISTED VARIETIES
40 Tausend on 200 M.
1 Letter n in Tausend deformed.
1 Million on 10.000 M.
1 Broken M and l and dot connected to i in Million.

October – November 1923. Provisional issue.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
Multiple denominations: all gulden values
I The “u” in “Gulden” with no base connection.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 189II, 190II, 191II, 192II
Notes: 1 Gulden, 2 Gulden
UNLISTED VARIETIES
20 Pf. on 100 M.
1 Letter g in Pfennige damaged at bottom.

 

Official stamps


July – December 1922. Official stamps.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
6 pf. Field number
I Letter M divided by a 1,4 mm gap. ?
COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
1 Offset impression of the overprint.

 

References


Bibliography

  1. Michel Deutschland-Spezial 2007, Band 1: 1849 bis April 1945. Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH, ISBN 978-3-87858-151-2