Federal Republic of Germany: definitive issues Palaces and Castles
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| 10 pf., Schloss Glücksburg | Sheet | Roll | Booklet | ||||||
| Field | Cover | Inner cover | Sheet | ||||||
| Ia |  |
Horizontal pair with 10 pf. | Additional line on the tree top below letters D and E in BUNDESPOST. | – | – | 1 |  |
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| Ib |  |
Horizontal pair with 30 pf. | – | – | 1 |  |
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| II |  |
Second and third horizontal lines right to the first tower from the left joined by a vertical line. | – | – | 1 |  |
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| III |  |
Horizontal pair with 30 pf. | Indentation on frame above numeral 10. | – | – | ? | |||
| IV |  |
Horizontal pair with 30 pf. | Indentation on the lower right frame. | – | – | ? | |||
| V |  |
Dot above ground floor window. | – | – | ? | ||||
| VI |  |
Connected triangle flaw. | – | – | 3 |  |
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| VII |  |
Double wave flaw. | – | – | 3 | ||||
| VIII |  |
Dot above basement window. | – | – | ? | ||||
| 30 pf., Burg Ludwigstein, Werratal | Sheet | Roll | Booklet | ||||||
| Field | Cover | Inner cover | Sheet | ||||||
| I |  |
Horizontal pair with 10 pf to the left and to the right. | Outline of the bush to the right from the window damaged. | – | – | 2 or 6 | |||
| II |  |
Line in the bush above letter W in LUDWIGSTEIN broken. | ? | ? | ? | ||||
| III |  |
Bush below barred window broken, bars on window shorter. | ? | ? | ? | ||||
| IV |  |
Gutter on the right side of tower’s roof broken. | ? | ? | ? | ||||
| 50 pf., Wasserschloss Inzlingen | Sheet | Roll | Booklet | ||||||
| Field | Cover | Inner cover | Sheet | ||||||
| I |  |
Horizontal pair with 10 pf to the left. | Colored dot on the left frame next to the numeral 5. | – | – | 4 |  |
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| II |  |
Left frame thicker in the middle. | – | – | 8 | ||||
| III |  |
Bottom frame below the second letter N in INZLINGEN broken. | – | – | 8 | ||||
| 80 pf., Schloss Wilhelmstahl | Sheet | Roll | Booklet | ||||||
| Field | Cover | Inner cover | Sheet | ||||||
| Ia |  |
Horizontal pair with 50 pf to the left. | Dots above widows on the first floor to the right missing, top horizontal line of the staircase below the windows to the right broken. | – | – | 4 or 8 |  |
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| Ib |  |
Dots above the first and the fourth widow on the first floor to the right missing, as well as the dot above the fourth window to the left. | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Ic |  |
Dots above the first and the fourth widow on the first floor to the right missing. | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| II |  |
Horizontal pair with 50 pf to the left. | The lowest horizontal line to the left from the first round window shorter. | – | – | 8 |  |
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| III |  |
Dot between the third and the fourth horizontal line to the left from the first round window. | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | |
| IV |  |
Bottom right vertical line at the top of the central building slightly shorter. | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | |
| POSSIBLE CONSTANT OR COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES (not mentioned in literature) | ||
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| 10 pf., Schloss Glücksburg | ||
| 1 | Letter B in GLÜCKSBURG broken in the middle. |  |
| 2 | Second attic window connected to the frame, 9th wave at the far right broken (top stamp). |  |
| 3 | White spot on bottom frame, below letter R in GLÜCKSBURG (bottom stamp). | |
| 4 | Second vertical glass of the second window on central building broken. |  |
| 5 | Ninth wave on far right of the design broken. |  |
| 6 | Colored circle at the end of the horizontal stroke of letter T in BUNDESPOST. |  |
| 7 | Middle and bottom horizontal strokes of first letter E in DEUTSCHE broken. |  |
| 8 | Inscription SCHLOSS GLÜCKSBURG thick. |  |
| 9 | Letters EUT in DEUTSCHE connected. |  |
| 10 | Colored dot on left frame, close to numeral 1 of denomination value. |  |
| 11 | Tree branch right from central tower connected to tree top (bottom stamp). Another example |
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| 12 | Letter B in GLÜCKSBURG broken at the bottom. |  |
| 13 | Vertical line in central tower broken. |  |
| 14 | Triangular form on second roof broken at the bottom. |  |
| 15 | Roof slates of the second tower cracked. |  |
| 16 | Spike on the second roof not split in the middle. |  |
| 17 | White spot at the top of the central roof hip (the first tower). |  |
| 18 | Broken window frame on top of the central building. |  |
| 19 | Small indentation on the right vertical line of the central tower. |  |
| 20 | Thin vertical line on the bottom vertical line on the left side of the roof. |  |
| 21 | White circle on the second vertical line on the left side of the roof. |  |
| 40 pf., Schloss Wolfsburg | ||
| 1 | Horizontal line on bell-shaped tower thinner to the right from the window. |  |
| 2 | Window of the top dormer connected with the frame. |  |
| 50 pf., Wasserschloss Inzlingen | ||
| 1 | Fuzzy inscription WASSERSCHLOSS INZLINGEN. |  |
| 2 | The third brick from the top to the right side of the building broken. |  |
| 3 | Right wall below the second brick from the top broken. |  |
| 4 | Bushes between the right frame and the building overinked. |  |
| 5 | Letters B and U in BUNDESPOST connected by a dot. |  |
| 6 | Vertical stroke of the letter E in BUNDESPOST broken in the middle. |  |
| 7 | Overinking: inscription WASSERSCHLOSS INZLINGEN thick on top. |  |
| 8 | Letter B in BUNDESPOST broken in the middle, vertical stroke of letter T thinner on top. |  |
| 9 | Top frame below letters SCH in DEUTSCHE thicker. |  |
| 10 | Horizontal white line in top left corner of the building missing. |  |
| 60 pf., Schloss Rheydt | ||
| 1 | Horizontal line of keystone above the first top window broken. |  |
| 70 pf., Wasserschloss Mespelbrunn | ||
| 1 | Tree top above the first tower next to the left frame broken. |  |
| 2 | Second letter S in BUNDESPOST broken. |  |
| 80 pf., Schloss Wilhelmsthal | ||
| 1 | The bottom step to the left of the entrance broken. |  |
| 2 | White line over top right reflection in the lake. |  |
| 3 | Stairs distorted and damaged on both sides. |  |
| 4 | Two dots at the top of the first window connected to frame. |  |
| 6 | Frame of the bottom right window broken, right frame of the design broken. |  |
| 7 | Vertical and middle horizontal strokes of first letter E in DEUTSCHE broken, hole in roof above last top window, thickening in thin horizontal lines on the first floor, waves in lake broken. |  |
| 8 | Horizontal stroke of letter T in BUNDESPOST thicker at the end, the first window on the second floor of the right side of the building uneven at the bottom. |  |
| 9 | The first two sloping lines of the roof to the left connected by a colored spot. |  |
| 10 | Circle-shaped line on left shutter of the first window on the second floor. |  |
| 11 | The penultimate window on the first floor covered with color. |  |
| 12 | Thin line at the beginning of the first stair to the left. |  |
| 13 | White spot on thin lines next to the right frame in height of the second floor. |  |
| 14 | Bottom right window not connected to right frame. |  |
| 15 | Colored spot on the first dormer window. |  |
| 16 | Vertical stroke of letter T in BUNDESPOST tiner at the bottom. |  |
| 120 pf., Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin | ||
| 1 | Vertical fugue above second and third entrance broken. |  |
| 280 pf., Schloss Ahrensburg | ||
| 1 | White line separating rectangular-shaped ornament on central building, second line from the bottom, next to the right frame, broken. |  |
| 2 | Vertical line splitting the base of the roof of the third tower. |  |
Bibliography
- Michel Deutschland-Spezial 2005, Band 2: Ab Mai 1945 (Alliierte Besetzung bis BRD), Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH, ISBN 3-87858-145-9
