Philately: Plebiscite Area Upper Silesia – Varieties of Postage Stamps

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A. Postage stamps

March – May 1920. Stamps of the 1920 issue (20 pf. and 5 m.) surcharged with new value.

TYPES OF OVERPRINTS
5 pf. on 20 pf.
Type I: numeral thin loop of P in Pf. symmetrical	Type II: numeral thick, ends in small ball loop of P in Pf. symmetrical	Type IIIa: numeral thick, ends in a big ball loop of P in Pf. symmetrical	Type IIIb: numeral thick, ends in a big ball loop of P in Pf. asymmetrical	Type IIIA: same as Type IIIa only horizontal stroke of 5 shorter	Type IV: similar to Type II only numeral thinner
10 pf. on 20 pf.
Type Ia: numeral 1 flat on top, base  thin, flag short pointing upwards loop of P in Pf. symmetrical	Type IIa: numeral 1 pointed at top, flag longer pointing downwards loop of P in Pf. symmetrical	Type Ib: same as Type I loop of P in Pf. asymmetrical	Type IIb: same as Type II loop of P in Pf. asymmetrical	Type III: zero large	Type IV: numeral thick, base of 1 short

COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
1	Double overprint.
2	Double overprint, one inverted.
3	Shifted overprint.
4	Offset.

B. Official issues

1920/1922. Official stamps of Germany of 1920 issues (both with and without numeral 21 in corners) surcharged C. G. H. S. in letterpress in black color.

TYPES OF OVERPRINT LAYOUTS
All values
Type I: single inscription vertical from top to bottom	Type II: single inscription vertical from bottom to top	Type III: single inscription horizontal	Type IV: single inscription horizontal, inverted double inscription both inscriptions horizontal	Type V: double inscription both inscriptions vertical from top to bottom
Type VI: double inscription both inscriptions vertical from bottom to top	Type VII: double inscription left inscription vertical from top to bottom, right inscription vertical from bottom to top	Type VIII: double inscription left inscription vertical from bottom to top, right inscription vertical top to bottom	Type IX double inscription both inscriptions horizontal	Type X: double inscription both inscriptions horizontal, inverted
Type XI: double inscription both inscriptions horizontal top inscription normal, bottom inverted	Type XII: double inscription both inscriptions horizontal top inscription inverted, bottom normal	Type XIII: double inscription horizontal from left to right vertical from top to bottom	Type XIV: double inscription horizontal inverted vertical from top to bottom	Type XV: double inscription horizontal from left to right vertical from bottom to top
Type XVI: double inscription horizontal inverted vertical from bottom to top	Type XVII: single diagonal inscription from top left to bottom right	Type XVIII: single diagonal inscription from bottom right to top left	Type XIX: single diagonal inscription from bottom left to top right.	Type XX: single diagonal inscription from top right to bottom left

COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
1	Offsets.
2	Shifted overprints.