Liechtenstein 1912/20: Varieties of Postage Stamps


A. Definitive issues

May – June 1920. Definitive issue: coat of arms and the Castle of Vaduz.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
5 heller Field number
I
25II
Liechtenstein 1920 postage stamp plate flaw 25II Letters M in FUERSTENTUM and IN in LIECHTENSTEIN retouched. ?
15 heller Field number
I
27III
Liechtenstein 1920 postage stamp plate flaw 27III Letter H and coat of arms damaged. ?
25 heller Field number
I
29II
Numeral 5 broken. ?
40 heller Field number
I
31I
Letter H broken in the middle. 60
50 heller Field number
I
32I
Liechtenstein 1920 postage stamp plate flaw 32II Colored spot on the foot of the left angel. 92
II
32II
Line over numeral 5. ?
UNLISTED VARIETIES
5 heller
1 Big colored spot on top of the crown.
60 heller
1 Curved line in numeral 6.
1 krone
1 A cloud in the sky above the castle.
COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
1 Paper folds.

B. Postage dues

June 1920. Numerals in oval frame.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
5 heller Field number
I
Another image
Colored dot below the first letter E in LIECHTENSTEIN. ?
30 heller Field number
I
6II
Colored smudge on the left side of numeral 3. 84
40 heller Field number
I
7II
Liechtenstein postage due stamp plate flaw Thick line on top of zero, a circle below the last letter I in LIECHTENSTEIN. 91
UNLISTED VARIETIES
5 heller
1 Colored dot below letter C in LIECHTENSTEIN.
10 heller
1 Long colored line on the bottom left side of the design.
15 heller
1 Colored dot below the first letter E in LIECHTENSTEIN.
30 heller
1 Colored dot between 3 and 0, at top.
2 Thin vertical colored line on the left side of the design.
40 heller
1 Colored dot between zero and letter T in LIECHTENSTEIN.
2 Colored dot below letter E in LIECHTEINSTEIN.
50 heller
1 Letter R in HELLER damaged.
2 Colored spot above the second letter E in HELLER.

 

Bibliography


  1. Michel Schweiz/Liechtenstein-Spezial 2003/2004, Schwaneberger Verlag, GMBH, München. ISBN 3-87858-365-6