The four vinar newspaper tax stamp of the Ljubljana print

Press Tiskarna Blaznikovi nasledniki in Ljubljana printed the 4 vinar newspaper tax stamps thrice. In the first print, the sheet consisted of 10 stamps in a layout of 10 x 1. The sheet consisted of 20 stamps in 10 x 2 layout in the second print. In the third print, there were 3 sheets of 4 vinar stamps, having 100 stamps in 10 x 10 layout each. Estimated circulation:

  • 27 May 1919: 165.000 stamps (on thin rough paper),
  • September-December 1919: 94.500 stamps (on thin rough paper),
  • January-December 1920: 3.547.200 stamps (on porous paper).

Print plates

The four vinar stamps were printed with two different print plates and together with other denominations.

SHS Slovenia Newspaper stamps Ljubljana print Schematic drawing, a reconstruction of the first print plate SHS Slovenia Newspaper stamps Ljubljana print Schematic drawing, a reconstruction of the second print plate SHS Slovenia Newspaper stamps Ljubljana print Schematic drawing, a reconstruction of the third print plate
Reconstruction of the 1st print plate Reconstruction of the 2nd print plate Reconstruction of the 3rd print plate
A complete sheet

Types and varieties

TYPES Field number
I SHS Slovenia newspaper stamps 4 vinar type indented top frame The top frame above the letter S in SHS is indented. 6, 16

 

CONSTANT VARIETIES Field number
I SHS Slovenia Newspaper Tax stamp 4 vinar plate flaw The horizontal line in numeral 4 bent downwards at the end 19

 

POSSIBLE CONSTANT VARIETIES (not mentioned in literature)
1 The ornament below the numeral 4 is broken. SHS Slovenia 4 vinar newspaper tax stamp error

 

Bibliography

  1. Fleck, Vladimir (1947): Priručnik Maraka Jugoslavenskih Zemalja, Book 1, Tome 6, Hrvatski Filatelistički Savez, Zagreb