German Occupation of Serbia: Varieties of Postage Stamps

5 June 1941. Provisional issue, newly printed definitive set King Peter II, with colored network and diagonal overprint SERBIEN from upper left to lower right. Printed in letterpress by State printing works in Belgrade. Perforation comb 12½. Printed in panes of 100. Valid until 28 February 1943.

COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES OF OVERPRINTS
A Network partially missing on the left side. Network partially missing on the left side.
B Network missing.
(Registered on values 0.50 din, 1 din,1.50 din, 2 din, 4 din, 12 din and 16 din.)
C Overprint SERBIEN missing.
(Registered on values 0.50 din, 1 din, 2 din, 6 din, 8 din, 12 din.)
OTHER VARIETIES OF OVERPRINTS
1 Overprint SERBIEN missaligned relative to the overprints on neighbouring stamps.
The overprint on the third stamp is standing lower relative to the overprint on other stamps.
CONSTANT VARIETIES OF BASIC STAMPS
0.50 din Field number
I White spot in the top curve of the letter S in JUGOSLAVIJA. ?
2 din Field number
I Colored dot on King’s ear.
Note: exists also on the original issue of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.		 ?

1 September 1941. Provisional issue, newly printed definitive set King Peter II, with colored network and diagonal overprint SERBIEN from lower left to upper right. Printed in letterpress by State printing works in Belgrade. Perforation comb 12½. Printed in panes of 100. Valid until 28 February 1943.

CONSTANT VARIETIES OF BASIC STAMPS
2 din, deep magenta Field number
I Plate error on original stamp: Earring Earring.
Note: exists also on the original issue of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.		 ?

22 September 1941. For refugees and reconstruction of Smederevo. Designed by S. Grujić, printed in offset by State printing works in Belgrade. Perforation 11½ : 12½. Printed in panes of 100. 102.000 complete sets were printed.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
1 + 2 din, dark green Field number
I
47II		 German occupation of Serbia plate flaw 47II refugees Letter Г in designers mark missing. 100
2 + 4 din, dark blue Field number
I
49I		 Postage stamp of Serbia, 1941, plate flaw 49I Smederevo fortress Additional door on the tower in the center. 83
CONSTANT VARIETIES ON SOUVENIR SHEETS
1 + 49 din and 2 + 48 din Souvenir sheet
I Plate error: Red dot on numeral 4 in 1941 (on label) Red dot on numeral 4 in 1941 (on label). Souvenir sheet with variety I

5 December 1941. For prisoners of war. Designed by LJ. Čučaković after the fresco from Monastery of St. Panteleimon near Nerez. Printed in offset by State printing works in Belgrade. Perforation comb 11½. Printing sheet consisted of 50 stamps which were later split in two panes. Valid until 5 April 1942.

TYPES
There are 4 basic types of stamps, each being further divided into subtypes.
German occupation of Serbia Christ and Mary stamp types
Type I

  • stamps with network
  • spikes of the network can point upwards (Type IA) or downwards (Type IB)
 Type III

  • stamps with letter C oriented to the left
  • spikes of the network can point upwards (Type IIIA) or downwards (Type IIIB)
 Type II

 Type IV

  • stamps with letter C oriented to the right
  • spikes of the network can point upwards (Type IVA) or downwards (Type IVB)
 Type I

  • stamps with network
  • spikes of the network can point upwards (Type IA) or downwards (Type IB)

Spikes in network pointing upwards (subtype A) and downwards (subtype B).
Designer’s marks subtypes A, B, C and D.
Spikes in network pointing upwards (subtype A) and downwards (subtype B).
PANES
0.50 + 0.50 din, brown 1 + 3 din, dark green 2 + 6 din, red 4 + 12 din, dark blue
COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
1 Out of register.

1 January 1942. Anti-Masonic Exposition. Designed by S. Grujić, printed in offset by State printing works in Belgrade. Perforation comb 11½. Issued in panes of 25. In total 507.000 sets were printed, unsold stamps, numbering 200.000, were destroyed. Valid until 31 March 1942.

TYPES – DESIGNER’S MARKS
Field number
German occupation of Serbia Anti-Masonry exhibition Letter C on the right side of denomination box. 13
German occupation of Serbia Anti-masonic postage stamp types Letter C on the right side of denomination box. 13
German occupation of Serbia, designer's mark: Letters CГ in the upper left corner Letters CГ in the upper left corner. 13
German occupation of Serbia, designer's mark: Letters CГ above denomination Letters CГ above denomination. 13
PANES
0.50 + 0.50 din, yellow brown
1 + 1 din, dark green
2 + 2 din, rose carmine
4 + 4 din, indigo

13 September 1942. For the poor. Designed by S. Grujić and V. Guljević, printed in offset by State printing works in Belgrade. Perforation comb 11½. Issued in panes of 16 (4 complete sets in each pane), 52.000 complete sets were printed. Valid until 12 November 1942.

TYPES
Designer’s marks
In one part of the circulation designer’s marks С.Г. or В.Г. can be found hidden in the design.
С.Г. on mother’s knee В.Г. on mother’s knee В.Г. on mother’s knee С.Г. above denomination
PANES
A pane without the marks.

16 May 1943. For wounded soldiers fund. Designed by S. Grujić, printed in offset by State printing works in Belgrade. Perforation comb 11½. 20.000 of each souvenir sheet were printed. Valid until 16 September 1943.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
3 + 47 din
I Constant variety, plate error: Red dot on soldier's uniform Red dot on soldier’s uniform. Souvenir sheet 2 with variety I
4 + 46 din
I Constant variety, plate error: Dot on letter T in PATHE Dot on letter T in PATHE. Souvenir sheet 1 with variety I

15 October 1943. Centenary of postal service in Serbia. Designed by S. Grujić, printed in offset by State printing works in Belgrade. Perforation 12½. Issued in panes of 24 (20 stamps and 4 labels). 250.000 complete sets were printed. Valid until 31 December 1943.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
8 din Field number
I
95I		 Serbien plattenfehler 95I Larger tree top above the horses. 8
(not on every pane)
II
95II		 Additional cloud above the coach. 4
(not on every pane)
30 din Field number
I
Another example		 Colored spots below the emblem in the top right corner, indentation in the left sided numeral 3. ?
(not on every pane)
50 din Field number
I
98I		 German occupation of Serbia 1943 centenary of Post plate flaw 98I Blue dot on numeral 5 in denomination and at the bottom of numeral 1 in 1943 in the second date. 24
(not on every pane)
II
98II		 Serbia 1943 postage stamp plate flaw A spot below the second and the third window of the airplane. 20
(not on every pane)
PANES
A pane without apparent varieties
A pane containing both 8 dinar varieties (I and II)
A pane containing both 50 dinar varieties (I and II)
A pane containing both 50 dinar varieties (I and II) (First Day)
UNLISTED VARIETIES
3 din
1 A loop on the post horn interrupted.
(Field 6)

Official stamps

1 January 1943. State emblem. Designed by S. Grujić, printed in letterpress by State printing works in Belgrade. Perforation 12½. 12.000.000 stamps were printed.

COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
3 din, red lilac
A Major printing error. Serbia, coincidental variety: Major printing error.
B Color spills.

 

References

Bibliography

  1. Katalog poštanskih maraka jugoslovenskih zemalja (1991), Jugomarka (Belgrade). YU ISSN 0351-4447
  2. Michel Deutschland-Spezial 2005, Band 1: 1849 bis April 1945. Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH, ISBN 3-87858-144-0

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