Zone B, Istria and Slovene Littoral: the First Zagreb Printing

February-March 1946. Definitive issue, printed by Tipografija d.d. in Zagreb in photogravure. Perforation line 12.

CONSTANT VARIETIES		Field number
0.25 lira, grapes		1st Cylinder	2nd Cylinder
I	Angled line in the center of the lower frame connecting the frame and the grape to the right of numeral 5.	57	57
II	Thin line connecting the lower frame and the lowest grape (the left stamp).	95	95
III	Thin angled line crossing the lower frame below zero in denomination (the right stamp).	96	96
IV	Letter V in SLOVENO deformed.	2	–
V	Letters R and A in LITTORALE connected by a white spot.	4	–
VI	Frame in the upper right corner damaged.	11	–
VII	Letter R in ISTRIA distorted.	18	–
VIII	White spot touching right frame next to the letter A in ISTRIA and a white spot on letter L in SLOVENO.	52	–
IX	Lower left corner damaged (I).	53	–
X	Lower left corner damaged (II).	54	–
XI	White spot between letters L and E in LITTORALE.	59	–
XII	Lower left corner damaged (III).	98	–
XIII	Big color smudge touching the right frame of the 3rd stamp in a pane.	–	3-4
XIV	Apostrophe after letter A in ISTRA.	–	14
XV	Colored smudge above the upper right corner.	–	18
XVI	White spot on letter L in LITTORALE (the CITTORALE flaw).	–	20
XVII	Colored spot connecting numerals 2 and 5 in denomination.	–	36
XVIII	White dot between letters T and R in ISTRA.	–	38
XIX	Colored shades below the lower frame under denomination.	–	46
XX	Letter L in place of the second I in ISTRIA (the ISTRLA flaw).	–	52
XXI	Letter T in ISTRIA distorted.	–	65
XXII	Dark smudge on the right leaf (the left stamp).	–	87
XXIII	Big white spot touching left frame and connecting letters T and R in ISTRA.	–	88
XXIV	Thick vertical colored spot between stamps on 92nd and 93rd position in a pane.	–	92-93
XXV	A colon instead of a dot between words LITTORALE SLOVENO.	–	94
XXVI	Additional grape below numeral 5 in denomination.	–	98
0.50 lira, donkey		1st Cylinder	2nd Cylinder
I	Two spots in the water in height of letters VE in SLOVENO.	9	9
II	Brown dot above donkey’s right ear touching the upper frame.	77	77
III	Brown dot on the lower frame.	81	81
IV	Brown spot in the water in height of the letter L in SLOVENO.	–	10
V	Upper right corner damaged.	–	60
VI	Big white spot on the second letter L in LITTORALE.	–	75
VII	White spot in the upper right corner in line with the first letter L in LITTORALE.	–	90
1 lira, reconstruction		1st Cylinder	2nd Cylinder
I	Angled thin line over right side of the design.	43	43
II	Big colored spot on the left side of the design partially covering also letters O and V of SLOVENSKO.	44	44
III	Two big colored dots in the upper left side of the design, left from the second chimney and close to the second letter R in PRIMORJE.	49	49
IV	White circle at the base of the column of the building.	53	53
V	Multiple small colored dots around denomination number and a short vertical line to the left from the showel’s handle.	59	59
VI	Big colored spot left from the worker’s left hand.	64	64
VII	Green dot below denomination number, green dot above the first chimney close to the upper frame, small dots next to the letter M in PRIMORJE.	66	66
VIII	Colored spot left to the letter A in LITTORALE.	69	69
IX	Small colored dots at the base of the first chimney and a white spot at the base of the second I in ISTRIA.	85	85
X	Small dots around worker’s head (mosquitoes).	86	86
XI	Multiple colored dots over the center of the inscription ISTRIA – LITTORALE SLOVENO.	90	90
XII	Colored dot below the lower frame, central to the design.	2	–
XIII	Damaged left frame in height of the letters O and V in SLOVENSKO.	18	–
XIV	Green dot in the field in height of the letter E in LITTORALE.	25	–
XV	Two green dots in the field in height of the letter L in LITTORALE.	35	–
XVI	Colon sign in front of the numeral 1 in denomination.	51	–
XVII	Colored spot to the left from the first chimney (the left stamp).	71	–
XVIII	Colored spot next to the letter I in PRIMORJE, colored spot between the two chimneys, two colored spots above the second chimney.	72	–
XIX	Big colored smudge above worker’s head and the base of the second chimney.	74	–
XX	Big colored dot in the field left from letters RA in LITTORALE.	75	–
XXI	Big colored spot right from the letters NS in SLOVENSKO.	91	–
XXII	Multiple colored dots stretching over the upper part of the design.	93	–
1.50 lira, olive branch		1st Cylinder	2nd Cylinder
I	Additional leaf in the upper left part of the design.	13	13
II	Angled colored line in the upper right corner of the design, left from the letters LI in LITTORALE.	31	31
III	Colored line on the olive standing above the branch and a colored dot on the leaf above the olive.	84	84
IV	Letter O in LITTORALE with accent grave.	96	96
V	A whitening below the lowest leaf.	12	–
VI	White spots on the upper part of the branch.	25	–
VII	White circle in the lower right part of the design in height of letters E and N in SLOVENO.	28	–
VIII	Lower left corner damaged.	41	–
IX	White spot at the bottom of the second letter I in ISTRIA.	53	–
X	Whitening in the design left from the letters R and A in LITTORALE.	72	–
XI	Whitening next to the fourth upper leaf.	76	–
XII	White spot next to the numeral 1 in denomination and a white spot above the lower part of the branch.	88	–
XIII	Large incision in the right frame.	93	–
XIV	White spot below decimal dot in denomination.	–	1
XV	Dark dot at the and of the longest leaf above denomination and a small dot inside numeral 5 in denomination.	–	14
XVI	Additional olive left to the lowest olive.	–	24
XVII	Lower left corner damaged, white spot on the upper frame next to the upper left corner, brown spot left to the top leaf. Note also flaw II, common to both cylinders.	–	31
XVIII	Whitening on letters S and T in ISTRIA.	–	50
XIX	Additional olive between the lowest two olives.	–	64
XX	Letter T in ISTRIA distorted on top.	–	87
2 lira, Duino Castle		1st Cylinder	2nd Cylinder
I	Apostrophe after letter A in ISTRA.	26	26
II	Colored smudge above numeral 2 in denomination.	46	46
III	Colored spot in the sea left from the cliff.	71	71
IV	Multiple spots in the sky above the buildings.	19	–
V	Three small dots above the horizon.	20	–
VI	Multiple colored spots in the upper right part of the design.	28	–
VII	Big smudge touching the upper frame in the center.	38	–
VIII	Big white spot above letters SL in SLOVENSKO and a black dot on letter I in ISTRA.	41	–
IX	Letters O and R in LITTORALE connected by a white spot.	42	–
X	Big colored smudge above the inscription in Slovene on the 53rd stamp spreading to 52nd stamp.	52-53	–
XI	Multiple thin lines in the lower part of the design, partially covering the inscription in Italian.	69	–
XII	Big colored disturbance in the sky above the sea.	77	–
XIII	White circle on the plant next to denomination number.	84	–
XIV	Multiple big colored spots in the sky above the building and above the sea.	99	–
XV	Horizontally aligned colored spots in height of the letter R in LITTORALE.	–	6
XVI	Big colored spot outside the design on the lower left side.	–	11
XVII	White dot on the first letter O in SLOVENO.	–	53
XVIII	Color disturbance over letters SL in SLOVENSKO.	–	56
XIX	Airplane in the sky on the left side.	–	92
XX	Colored spot in the sky above the central building.	–	93
4 lira, fishing boat it the Pula harbour		1st Cylinder	2nd Cylinder
I	Multiple colored spots in the sea between denomination number and the ship.	3	3
II	Colored spot in the sea in height of the letters N and O in SLOVENO.	34	34
III	Angled thin line in the lower left part of the design, in height of the letter S in SLOVENSKO.	41	41
IV	Colored spot in the sea. Note: there’s an additional plate flaw on the same position on the first cylinder pane.	43	43
V	White circle above the arena.	47	47
VI	Colored spots spreading over the area between denomination number and the sip.	64	64
VII	White spot next to the letter O in SLOVENO.	82	82
VIII	Colored spot in the sea in height of the letters V and E in SLOVENO.	84	84
IX	Vertical thin line touching the lower frame below denomination number.	85	85
X	Prominent color disturbance in the upper right part of the design.	99	99
XI	White circle touching the star on the sail.	5	–
XII	Multiple colored spots on the sail of the second ship.	19	–
XIII	Colored spot on the sail above the third crew member’s head.	20	–
XIV	White spot next to the first letter S in SLOVENSKO.	24	–
XV	Big colored smudge covering letters T and R in ISTRA.	39	–
XVI	Colored spots covering the upper part of the design.	43	–
XVII	Three white spots on top of the mast. Note: similar but not identical flaw on the same position on the second cylinder pane.	52	–
XVIII	Giant colored smudge to the left from the inscription ISTRA, color smear on the right side, spreading to the 70th position.	69	–
XIX	Colored smear from position 69 spreading over the left side of the design, colored spot below the arena, white spot in the shade of the sail.	70	–
XX	Multiple colored dots above the sail, thick curved horizontal line over the sail.	75	–
XXI	Multiple spots above the arena.	94	–
XXII	Colored spots between stamps on the 11th and 12th field.	–	11-12
XXIII	Small white circle close to the star on the sail.	–	20
XXIV	Big colored smudge above the head of the second crew member.	–	21
XXV	White spot between the sail and the arena.	–	23
XXVI	Lower right corner damaged.	–	42
XXVII	White spot in the lower right part of the design, touching the lower frame.	–	46
XXVIII	White spots on top of the mast. Note: the same flaw appears on the same position in the first cylinder pane but the both are not identical.	–	52
XXIX	Slight indentation of the upper frame to the right, next to the letter E in PRIMORJE.	–	68
XXX	White spot connecting letters T and O in LITTORALE.	–	79
XXXI	White circle in the sea between denomination number and the ship.	–	100
5 lira, birthplace of Vladimir Gortan in Beram		1st Cylinder	2nd Cylinder
I	Thin lines running over the center of the design and over inscription PRIMORJE.	5	5
II	Dark spot above the roof of the central building.	35	35
III	Thick horizontal line touching the door to the right.	79	79
IV	Thin sloping line in the upper left part of the design.	26	–
V	White spot on the wall of the building to the left, in height of the second letter O in SLOVENSKO.	33	–
VI	Multiple colored spots above the roof and below the denomination number.	37	–
VII	Whitening in over letters ENO in SLOVENO.	48	–
VIII	White dot on the letter A in ISTRIA.	95	–
IX	Horizontal whitening just above the roof of the central building.	–	41
X	Two whitenings in the sky, just below the upper frame.	–	42
XI	Thick horizontal line touching the door to the right, the door distorted on top.	–	79
XII	Big round dark area in the upper left part of the design.	–	96
10 lira, Istrian ploughman		1st Cylinder	2nd Cylinder
I	Colored spot above the worker in height of the letter M in PRIMORJE.	1	1
II	Colored smudge close to the left border of the design, in height of the letters MOR in PRIMORJE.	23	23
III	Curved thin line in the field below oxens head.	30	30
IV	Dark dot on the second letter R in PRIMORJE.	62	62
V	Dark dot on letter T in ISTRA.	94	94
VI	White spot on first oxen’s hoof.	23	–
VII	Three dark dots on the first oxen’s body, designers name M. ORAŽEM underlined.	63	–
VIII	Letters P and R in PRIMORJE connected by a white spot.	86	–
IX	Apostrophe between letters S and L in SLOVENO.	–	20
X	A bird in the sky.	–	28
20 lira, shoal of fish		1st Cylinder	2nd Cylinder
I	Long thin line between the three lowest fish.	1	1
II	Colored dot behind the tail of the fourth fish.	10	10
III	Long belly fin on the fifth fish.	16	16
IV	Colored spot above the fifth fish.	28	28
V	Horizontal colored line behind the tail of the second fish.	47	47
VI	Colored smudge below the tail of the second fish.	68	68
VII	Colored spot below the tail of the first fish.	86	86
VIII	Colored spots around the head of the second fish, white spot in zero in denomination.	98	98
IX	Whitening on the body of the second fish (the left stamp).	2	–
X	Whitening on the body of the second fish, lower left corner damaged.	3	–
XI	Colored smudge above the fifth fish, colored dot below the tail of the fourth fish.	13	–
XII	Upper left corner damaged.	20	–
XIII	Two white dots next to the letter M in PRIMORJE.	51	–
XIV	Vertical thin line over the tail of the sixth fish.	61	–
XV	Lower left corner damaged (II).	63	–
XVI	Lower left corner damaged (I).	65	–
XVII	White spot on the tail of the first fish.	73	–
XVIII	Indentation in the right frame next to the letters IST in ISTRIA.	76	–
XIX	Two thin vertical lines crossing head of the second fish.	–	14
XX	White scratch above letter V in SLOVENO.	–	24
XXI	White dot on the second letter O in SLOVENO.	–	77
XXII	Dot below the tail of the second fish.	–	38
30 lira, railway bridge at Solkan		1st Cylinder	2nd Cylinder
I	Two colored dots in the water next to the letters S and O in SLOVENSKO.	24	24
II	White dot below letter T in ISTRIA.	76	76
III	Colored dot above zero in denomination.	89	89
IV	Colored dot and a whitening next to letters N and O in SLOVENO.	18	–
V	One colored and two white spots on the bridge.	22	–
VI	Colored spots in the sky and white spots below bridge,s arc.	25	–
VII	White spot on letter N in SLOVENO.	30	–
VIII	White dot left from the letters N and O in SLOVENO (the left stamp).	47	–
IX	Colored spots on top of the bridge.	48	–

PANES
Cylinder	0.25 l	0.50 l	1 l	1.50 l	2 l	4 l	5 l	10 l	20 l	30 l
1st Cylinder	Link	Missing	Link	Link	Link	Link	Link	Link	Columns 1-5 Columns 6-10	Columns 1-5 Columns 6-10
2nd Cylinder	Link	Link	Missing	Link	Link	Link	Link	Link	Columns 1-5 Columns 6-10	Missing

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Novaković, Damir (2009): Stamps and Postal History of Trieste, Pola, Fiume, Istria and Slovene Littoral under Yugoslav Military Administration 1945 – 1947. ISBN 978-0-9563535-0-4