Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes: The Provisional Issue of 1922/24

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The overprinting of the 1921 Charity stamps with new values was carried out by the State Printing Works in Belgrade using the letterpress technique. The stamps remained in use until 31 December 1928. Unsold stamps were made available to collectors between 15 November 1933 and 14 December 1934, and the remaining stock was destroyed in May 1935. The basic stamps were printed in sheets of 100 by the American Bank Note Co.

There were several print runs in the period between 1 July 1922 and 1 May 1922:

Print runs and colors of overprint
Denomination	Run	Circulation	Color of overprint	Destroyed in May 1935
1 din on 10+10 para, carmine	October 1922	1.400.000	dark red	1.842
	January 1924	12.100.000	black
1 din on 15+15 para, brown	1 May 1924	2.700.000	black	1.231
1 din on 25+25 para, light blue	1 July 1922	1.800.000	black (with or without metallic shine)	1.765
	January 1924	13.400.000
3 din on 15+15 para, brown	5 November 1923	1.850.000	dark green	1.813
	15 November 1923		black green
	February 1924	7.850.000	blue green
8 din on 15+15 para, brown	1 July 1922	1.480.000	dark green	6.575
20 din on 15+15 para, brown	1 July 1922	1.197.000	dark green	10.009
30 din on 15+15 para, brown	1 July 1922	702.300	dark blue	140.066

CONSTANT VARIETIES OF OVERPRINTS APPEARING ON MULTIPLE VALUES
Description	1 d. 10+10	1 d. 15+15	1 d. 25+25	3 d. 15+15	8 d. 15+15	20 d. 15+15	30 d. 15+15
ДЧН. instead of ДИН.			Broken Д
The dot after din is missing.
The dot after ДИН is missing.
The dot on the letter “i” in din is missing.
dln. instead of din.
The lower left stroke of the letter “Д” is missing.
Dot on the letter “i” in din halved.

 

CONSTANT VARIETIES OF OVERPRINTS
1 din on 10+10 para, carmine
I		The letter “d” in din is deformed.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: another example.
		Value €: –
II		Horizontally deformed overprint ДИН. 1 din.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: another example.
		Value €: –
III		Flower-like hole in the left canceling block.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: another example.
		Value €: –
1 din on 15+15 para, violet brown
I		Letter “Д” in ДИН is horizontally cracked.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: another example.
		Value €: –
II		Dot after ДИН missing, dot after din minuscule.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: another example.
		Value €: –
IIIa		“ain.” instead of “din.”
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
IIIb		“ain.” instead of “din.”; the dot on the “i” is halved.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
3 din on 15+15 para, violet brown
Ia		Misplaced dot after din, dot standing higher.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
Ib		Misplaced dot after din, dot standing higher, dot after ДИН deformed.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: another example.
		Value €: –
Ic		Misplaced dot after din, dot standing higher, letter Д in ДИН damaged at the bottom left.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
IIa		Number 3 is deformed at the top.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: another example.
		Value €: –
IIb		Number 3 is deformed at the top, residue inside the letter d in din, and the letter n in din is open on top.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: another example.
		Value €: –
IIIa		A large incision is visible on the left side of the left canceling block.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: another example.
		Value €: –
IIIb		Large incision to the left side of the left canceling block, two dots after the letter “Н” in ДИН.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
IV		A large incision is visible at the bottom of the left canceling block; the upper left corner of the right canceling block is chipped.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: another example.
		Value €: –
V		The letter “d” in din is broken and bent inwards.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: another example.
		Value €: –
VIa		The second vertical line of “Н” in ДИН. short.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: another example.
		Value €: –
VIb		The second vertical line of Н in ДИН. is short and the dot above the letter i in din. is missing.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: another example.
		Value €: –
VII		Deformed letters ИН in ДИН.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: another example.
		Value €: –
VIII		The first vertical line of Н in ДИН is short; numeral 3 is deformed at the bottom, the top and bottom corners of the right canceling block are missing; the left canceling block is wide.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: another example.
		Value €: –
IX		Loop of letter d in din. open on top.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: another example.
		Value €: –
8 din on 15+15 para, violet brown
I		Overprint error: 9 instead of 8 din.
		Field №: 11	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
20 din on 15+15 para, violet brown
I		Number 2 in 20 with a flat base.
		Field №: 8, 66, 75	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: another example in pair with a stamp with the normal overprint
		Value €: –
30 din on 15+15 para, violet brown
I		Open numeral 3 in denomination (Cyrillic letter Z).
		Field №: 5, 19, 77, 92	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
II		The dot above the letter “i” in din is missing; the zero in the denomination is interrupted at the bottom.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: another example.
		Value €: –

 

POSSIBLE CONSTANT OR COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES (not mentioned in the literature)
1 din on 10+10 para, carmine
1	Deformed letter “n” in din.
2	The letter “Д” in ДИН. is damaged in the upper left part and appears to be tilted.
1 din on 25+25 para, light blue
1	Partially missing letter “Н” in ДИН.
2	Partially missing letter “Д” in ДИН.
3	A comma instead of “a” dot after din.
4	The letters “i” and “n” in din are damaged.
5	The letter “И” in ДИН is split in the middle.
3 din on 15+15 para, brown
4	Letters “И” and “Н” in ДИН. are damaged.
5	The letter “Д” in ДИН. is damaged at the top and appears to be tilted; the letter “n” in din. is open at the top.
6	The letter “Д” in ДИН. is damaged at the top.
7	Letter “n” in din. damaged at the bottom left.
8	The letter “И” in ДИН is broken.
20 din on 15+15 para, brown
1	The letter “Д” in ДИН is broken on the left.
30 din on 15+15 para, brown
1	Incision to the left side of the numeral 0.
2	Loop of letter d in din. open on top. (Note: on stamp with open numeral 3.)
3	Letter d in din is inverted (pin).

COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES: PRINTER’S BLOCKS
1	After ДИН.
2a	The printer’s block after ДИН in the form of an exclamation mark (several phases).
2b	Printer’s block after ДИН in the form of an exclamation mark, dot missing after ДИН.
3	After ДИН. and after 3.
4	Two printer blocks after ДИН., one after 3, and one after din.
5	In front of ДИН.
6	In front of ДИН. and after 3.
7	Printer’s block under ДИН.
8	After 3.
9	After 3; the dot is missing on the letter i in din.
10	After din.
11	In front of 8.
12	In front of ДИН. and after din.
OTHER COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
1	Perforation errors: partially imperforate.
2	Horizontally shifted overprint: one black box (from the border of the pane) two black boxes
3	Smudged overprint.
4	Large dot after din.
5	Large dot after ДИН.
6	Gone through paper print.

CONTEMPORARY FORGERIES
20 din
1

 

References

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Bibliography

1. Katalog poštanskih maraka jugoslovenskih zemalja (1991), Jugomarka (Belgrade), YU ISSN 0351-4447
2. Novak, Dragan: Priručnik maraka jugoslovenskih zemalja (1948), Tome 8, Filatelistički savez Hrvatske (Zagreb)

Contributors
Some of the images on this page were contributed by mag. Boštjan Petauer FRPSL.