The four vinar newspaper tax stamp of the Ljubljana print

Press Tiskarna Blaznikovi nasledniki in Ljubljana printed the 4 vinar newspaper tax stamps three times. In the first print, the sheet consisted of 10 stamps in layout of 10 x 1. In the second print the sheet consisted of 20 stamps in 10 x 2 layout. 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 in two different print plates 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 letter S in SHS indented. 6, 16

 

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

 

POSSIBLE CONSTANT VARIETIES (not mentioned in literature)
1 Ornament below numeral 4 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