Definitive issue of 1919/20 – 20 vinar stamp, letterpress

The 20 vinar stamp in letterpress was printed three times in Jugoslovanska tiskarna (JT) in Ljubljana and A. Reisser (RE) Printing House in Vienna. Details are displayed in the table below:

Date Circulation Paper types Colors Perforation
8 July 1919 (JT) 3.980.000 Smooth white or yellowish paper
  • brown
  • dark brown
  • sepia
  • black brown
  • reddish brown
 saw tooth roulette;

roulette in lines
1 October 1919 (JT) 5.273.700 Smooth, thick, or thin, white or yellowish paper
  • brown (nuances)
 11½
15 November 1919 (RE) 2.000.000 Smooth white or yellowish paper
  • pale to dark brown
 11½
11 January 1920 (RE) 1.000.000 Grayish and porous paper
  • brown (nuances)
 11½
1 February 1920 (RE) 4.000.000 Thick white paper
  • brown
  • yellowish brown
 11½
11 February 1920 2.095.500 Smooth white or yellowish paper
  • brown
  • yellowish brown
 11½

Print plates

Stamps were printed in press sheets of 200 stamps in a layout of 20 × 10 stamps.

Constant varieties

Field Sheets
I A long white line from “R” to the right knee. 99
II A long white scratch from the left frame to the freedman’s chest. 100
III White horizontal line across “C. X. C.” 11
IV 2 with a double flag. 112
V White dot on the first “S” in “S. H. S.” 46
VI White dot on the first “C” in “C. X. C.” 95

 

Bibliography

    1. Fleck, Vladimir (1940): Priručnik Maraka Hrvatskih Zemalja, Book 1, Tome 4, Hrvatski Filatelistički Savez, Zagreb
    2. Fleck, Vladimir (1946): Priručnik Maraka Jugoslavenskih Zemalja, Book 1, Tome 5, Hrvatski Filatelistički Savez, Zagreb

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