Varieties of Polish postage stamps 1918-1939

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27 January 1919. Definitive issue: coat of arms.

TYPES
15 f.
Poland 1919 15 f postage stamp type I
Type I		 Poland 1919 15 f postage stamp type II
Type II		 Poland 1919 15 f postage stamp type III
Type III		 Below top right denomination:
Type I (Fi. 88 T.I):

  • the first top line short, the second interrupted.

Type II (Fi. 88 T.II):

  • both lines short.

Type III (Fi. 88 T.III):

  • the first top line short, the second long, not interrupted.

1920/22. Arms of Poland.

TYPES
1 mk., red (28 October 1920)
Poland 1920 1 mark arms postage stamp types Type I: Short serif on top of letter A in POLSKA.

Type II: Long serif on top of the letter A.
2 mk., green (25 January 1921)
Poland arms postage stamp types Type I: Short serif on top of letter A in POLSKA.

Type II: Long serif on top of the letter A.
4 mk., red (25 January 1921)
Type I: Left side of the letter M of the left MK without serifs.

Type II: The letter M with serifs on both sides.
8 mk., brown
Poland 1920 8 marks arms postage stamp types Type I: Serifs of letters K and A in POLSKA connected at bottom.

Type II: The letters separated.
UNLISTED VARIETIES
2 mk., green (25 January 1921)
1 Colored dot inside right-sided numeral 2.

1921/22. Definitive issue: the sower.

TYPES
20 mk.
Poland Sower postage stamp type 1 Poland Sower postage stamp type 2 Type I, the first issue (11 August 1921), Fi.127I:

  • larger format, 28 x 22 mm,
  • numeral 2 thinner and curved.

Type II, the second issue (11 August 1921), Fi.127II:

  • larger format, 25,5 x 22 mm,
  • numeral 2 thicker.
UNLISTED VARIETIES
10 mk.
1, 2 Probably types:

  • 1 – the second rainbow arch above the sword handle broken.
  • 2 – the rainbow arch complete.

Note: when examining larger units of multiple stamps only one example with both types was found. Both possible types were found both on stamps in larger (28 x 22 mm) and smaller (27,2 x 21,5 mm) format.

25 January 1921. Provisional issue.

TYPES
3 mk on 40 f.
Poland 3 mk overprinted stamp types distance
Types I and II		 By the distance between 3 and Mk:

Type I (Fi.120a): wider distance between 3 and Mk (3,5 mm).

Type II (Fi.120b): shorter distance between 3 and Mk (3 mm).
Poland 3 mk overprinted stamp types dot after Mk
Types I and II		 By a dot after Mk:

Type I (Fi.120): dot square.

Type II (Fi.120t): dot round.
(Fields: 17, 24, 34, 38, 45, 50, 62, 71, 84, 91, 99.)
CONSTANT VARIETIES
3 Mk on 40 f. Field number
I Poland 3 mk overprinted stamp constant flaw
Another example		 Letter k in Mk broken in the middle, dot vertically halved. ?
COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
3 Mk on 40 f.
1 Vertically shifted overprint.
UNLISTED VARIETIES
3 Mk on 40 f.
1 Numeral 3 flat on bottom, the 3rd and the 5th horizontal lines broken.

2 May 1921. Constitution of 17.3.1921.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
50 mk Field number
I
Fi.134v		 Poland 1921 50 mk constitution postage stamp plate flaw Without dots after III and 1921. ?

1921/22. Arms of Poland.

UNLISTED
25 m., violet and buff (10 June 1921)
1 Letters SKA in POLSKA damaged, partially missing.
100 m., brown and orange (28 September 1922)
1 Left frame broken.
COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
100 m., brown and orange (28 September 1922)
1 Perforation hole missing.

1923. Definitive issue, stamps overprinted with new denominations.

UNLISTED VARIETIES OF OVERPRINTS
100.000 mk. on 5 mk.
1 Additional curved line on the right-handed K of MK.
COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
Double overprint.
1 Double overprint. Poland postage stamp error double overprint
Gone through paper print.
1 Gone through paper print.
Shifted overprint.
1 Shifted overprint. Poland postage stamp shifted overprint error

January – April 1924. Arms of Poland.

UNLISTED VARIETIES
2.000.000 mk
1 Two dots on the second zero.

1925/27. Buildings and monuments. Letterpress. Perforations 10½:11½, 11½:12½ and comb 11½:11¾, 12½:12¾.

TYPES
3 gr., blue (7 May 1925)
Type I (Fi.207I): lines representing clouds touch numeral 3.

Type II (Fi.207II): numeral 3 outlined.
5 gr., yellow green (5 May 1925)
Type I (Fi.208I): lines representing clouds touch numerals in denomination.

Type II (Fi.208II): numerals in denomination have outlines.
10 gr., violet (5 May 1925)
Poland 10 gr postage stamp types Type I (Fi.209I): lines representing clouds touch numerals in denomination.

Type II (Fi.209II): numerals in denomination have outlines.
15 gr., rose red (5 May 1925)
Type I (Fi.210I): lines representing clouds touch numerals in denomination.

Type II (Fi.210II): numerals in denomination have outlines.
20 gr., dull red (29 April 1925)
Poland ship postage stamp types Type I (Fi.211I): The ornament in the upper right corner ends in two dots.

Type II (Fi.211II): line in the ornament is continuous.
30 gr., dark blue (25 May 1925)
Type I (Fi.213I): lines representing clouds strike through letters GR in denomination.

Type II (Fi.213II): letters GR in denomination have outlines.
40 gr., light blue (27 October 1926)
Type I (Fi.214I): spike on church and zero in denomination wider apart.

Type II (Fi.214II): the spike on the church almost touching the zero.

1 October 1934. Provisional issue.

TYPES OF OVERPRINTS
25 gr. on 80 gr.
Poland 1934 25 gr. postage stamp type 1 overprint
Type I		 Poland 1934 25 gr. postage stamp type 1 overprint
Type II		 Type I (Fi.270 I & II): right letter g of gr. bottom aligned with 25.
(This type was printed both in offset and in letterpress.)
Type II  (Fi.270 III): the letter g stands lower than 25.
1 zl. on 1.2 zl.
Poland 1934 1 zl. postage stamp type 1 overprint
Type I		 Poland 1934 1 zl. postage stamp type 2 overprint
Type II		 Type I  (Fi.272I): overprint thicker, numeral 1 larger than l in zl.

Type II  (Fi.272II): overprint thinner, numeral 1 equally large as l in zl.

16 May 1935. Death of Józef Klemens Piłsudski.

TYPES
25 gr., black
Poland 1935 Józef Klemens Piłsudski postage stamp types Type I  (Fi.275I):

  • background lines touching nose,
  • perforation comb 11,
  • letterpress printing.

Type II  (Fi.275II):

  • nose outlined,
  • perforation line 10½-13,
  • offset printing.

June – August 1937. Marshal Edward Rydz-Śmigły. Line engraving. Perforation comb 12½:12¾.

TYPES
25 gr., slate green
Poland 1937 postage stamp Edward Rydz-Śmigły types Type I  (Fi.298I): shading between left frame and marshal’s arm consists of horizontal lines.

Type II  (Fi.298II): the shading made of horizontal and sloping lines.

 

References

Bibliography

  1. Fischer Katalog Polskih Znakóv Pocztowych, Tome 1. Firma Handlowo-Usługowa “Fischer”. ISBN 83-88352-35-0
  2. Michel Osteuropa 2005/2005. Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH, ISBN 3-87858-684-1

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