Democratic Federal Yugoslavia: Provisional Issue for Cetinje
7 March 1945. Italian occupational stamps for Montenegro depicting scenes from the poem “The Mountain Wreath” (Gorski vijenac), written by Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, overprinted with inscription “Demokratska Federativna Jugoslavija” in Cyrillic, a star and a new value. The stamps were valid until 11 May 1945.
| FRANCO STAMPS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denomination | Color | New value | Overprint color | Circulation |
| 10 cent (ћент) | olive green | 1 lire (лире) | red | 10.000 |
| 25 cent (ћент) | green | 2 lire (лире) | red | 20.000 |
| 50 cent (ћент) | rose pink | 3 lire (лире) | blue | 20.000 |
| 1.25 lire (лире) | blue | 5 lire (лире) | red | 25.000 |
| 15 cent (ћент) | brown | 10 lire (лире) | red | 10.000 |
| 20 cent (ћент) | orange | 15 lire (лире) | red | 10.000 |
| 2 lire (лире) | blue green | 20 lire (лире) | red | 10.000 |
| AIRMAIL STAMPS | ||||
| 50 cent (ћент) | brown | 3 lire (лире) | red | 7.000 |
| 1 lire (лире) | blue | 6 lire (лире) | red | 7.000 |
| 2 lire (лире) | rose pink | 10 lire (лире) | blue | 7.000 |
| 5 lire (лире) | green | 20 lire (лире) | red | 7.000 |
Varieties
| CONSTANT VARIETIES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| All values | |||
| I |  |
Cyrillic letter д instead of the letter a at the end of the word Демократска (Демократскд). | |
| Field №: 2 | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: – | |||
| Notes: Appears on all values. Another example. | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| II |  |
“Лир” instead of “Лирa.” | |
| Field №: 15 | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: – | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| III |  |
Wilde spacing in the word “Демокр а тскa.” | |
| Field №: 13 | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: – | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| IV |  |
The top bar at the right shifted to the right. | |
| Field №: 15 | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: – | |||
| Notes: appears two times in a pane. | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| V |  |
The left “0” lowered. | |
| Field №: 10 | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: – | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| VI |  |
The left decimal dash is elevated. | |
| Field №: 3 | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: – | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| VII |  |
The left decimal point is inline with a decimal dash. | |
| Field №: 7 | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: – | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| VIII |  |
The right “1” is smaller, and the right second digit is elevated. | |
| Field №: 4 (10L, 15L, 10L Postage due) | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: – | |||
| Notes: appears two times in a pane. | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perforation error: partially missing. |  |
| 2 | Perforation error: shifted perforation. |  |
| 3 | Shifted overprint. |  |
| 4 | Printer’s block. |  |
References
Bibliography
- Specijalni katalog maraka F.N.R. Jugoslavije, II Izdanje, 1948: Filatelistički savez Hrvatske, 1947.
- Katalog poštanskih maraka jugoslovenskih zemalja (1991), Jugomarka (Belgrade), YU ISSN 0351-4447.
