Varieties of Postage Stamps of Italian-Occupied Slovenia

3 May 1941. Provisional issue. Yugoslav stamps overprinted with Co. Ci. in black color. Overprint in letterpress. Printed in panes of 100.

OVERPRINT TYPES
All denominations

Handstamp. Applied to stamps presented by individuals at postal counters.	Mechanical overprint. Applied to the existing stock in the Postal Depot and post offices.

Complete hand-stamped set on a philatelically inspired envelope.	Stamps with the mechanical overprint on a philatelically inspired envelope.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
All denominations of definitive issues and postage dues.
I	A hole at the bottom left on the letter “C” in “Co.”
	Field №: 53	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 0,25 din, 3 din, 8 din
	Value €: –
II	The letter “o” in “Co.” interrupted on the right (looks like “Cc.”).
	Field №: 90	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 16 din, 2 din, postage due
	Value €: –
III	A hole on the left side of the letter “o” in “Co.”
	Field №: 91	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: another example
	Value €: –
IVa	Indentation in letter “C” in “Co.”
	Field №: 92 (stage 1)	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: another example
	Value €: –
IVb	Two indentations in the letter “C” in “Co.”
	Field №: 92 (stage 2)	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 4 din
	Value €: –
V	The letter “C” in “Co.” is broken at the bottom.
	Field №: 93	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: another example
	Value €: –
VI	Larger hole on the left side of the letter “o” in “Co.”
	Field №: 94	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: another example
	Notes: (similar to III, field 91)
	Value €: –
VII	The letter “C” in “Co.” is indented in the middle.
	Field №: 98	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: another example
	Value €: –
VIII	The letter “o” in “Co.” is chipped at the bottom right.
	Field №: 100	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 16 din, 2 din, postage due
	Value €: –
IX	The letter “o” in “Co.” is chipped on the right.
	Field №: 52	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 3 din
	Value €: –
X	The letter “C” in “Ci.” is broken at top.
	Field №: 9	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: –
	Value €: –
XI	The letter “o” in “Co.” is damaged at top left.
	Field №: 16	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: –
	Value €: –
XII	A large hole in letter “C” in “Ci.”
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 5 din
	Value €: –
XIII	The letter “C” in “Ci.” is indented on the left.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 1 din
	Value €: –
XIV	A large hole at the bottom of the letter “i” in “Ci.”
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: –
	Value €: –

ACCIDENTAL VARIETIES
All denominations
1	Offsets.
2	Shifted overprint.
3	Inverted overprint.

Inverted overprints on the philatelically inspired envelope.		Smudged handstamp overprint on a traveled letter.

3 May 1941. Provisional issue. Yugoslav stamps overprinted in black color R. Commissariato Civile Territori Sloveni Occupati Lubiana. Overprint in letterpress in black color, with four rows of rhomboids over the country name. Printed in panes of 100.

TYPES
0,25 din, 10 din, 15 din

Type I: 24 rhomboids	Type II: 25 rhomboids	Type III: 26 rhomboids

CONSTANT VARIETIES
All denominations
I	The letter “R” before “Commissariato” is vertically split and looks like “I” (“I. Commissariato”).
	Field №: 1	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 1,50 din, 0,50 on 1,50 din, 1 din postage due
	Value €: –
II	The letter “o” in “Commissariato” is open at the top.
	Field №: 39	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 30 din
	Value €: –
III	The first “i” in “Commissariato” without the dot.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: –
	Value €: –
IV	The letter “C” in “Civile” is damaged at the top.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: –
	Value €: –

UNLISTED VARIETIES OF OVERPRINTS
1	Traces of an additional rhombus on the left.

COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
1	Shifted overprint: vertically and horizontally.
2	Shadow overprint “Co Ci”, the second overprint over it.
3	Inverted overprint.
4	Double overprint.
5	Offsets.

10 May 1941. Provisional issue. Yugoslav stamps overprinted in black color R. Commissariato Civile Territori Sloveni Occupati Lubiana. Overprint in letterpress in black color, this time with two horizontal lines over the country name. Printed in panes of 100.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
1.50 din

All varieties that are present on the 3rd of May issue can also be found on this value. Above is the letter with the “I. Commissariato” flaw on the first stamp.

10 May 1941. Provisional issue. Yugoslav airmail stamps (regular and with a surcharge for Anti-Tuberculosis Lague) overprinted “R. Commissariato Civile Territori Sloveni Occupati Lubiana” in black color. Overprint in letterpress. Printed in panes of 100.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
Portrait
I	The letter “i” in “Sloveni” is missing.
	Field №: 2	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 1 + 1 Anti-Tuberculosis Leagu e
	Value €: –
II	The letter “C” in “Civile” is damaged at the top.
	Field №: 8	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: –
	Value €: –
III	The dot on the second letter “i” in “Commissariato” missing.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: –
	Value €: –
IV	The letter “R” before “Commissariato” is vertically split and looks like “I” (“I. Commissariato”).
	Field №: 77	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: –
	Value €: –
Landscape
I	The letter “i” in “Sloveni” is missing.
	Field №: 9	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: –
	Value €: –
II	The letter “C” in “Civile” is damaged at the top.
	Field №: 31	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: –
	Value €: –
III	The dot on the second letter “i” in “Commissariato” missing.
	Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
	Other nomenclatures: –
	Notes: 2 + 2 Anti-Tuberculosis League
	Value €: –

UNLISTED VARIETIES
All denominations
1	Offsets.
2	Inverted overprint.

26 June 1941. Complementary issue. Yugoslav stamps overprinted in black color R. Commissariato Civile Territori Sloveni occupati Lubiana additionally surcharged with a new value. Overprint in letterpress. Printed in panes of 100.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
Both values

All varieties that are present on the 3rd of May issue can also be found on both values of the complementary issue. Above is a stamp with the “I. Commissariato” flaw with a shifted second overprint.

COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
1	Gone through paper print.
2	The second overprint shifted.
3	The first overprint is shifted.
4	The second overprint is inverted.
5	Double impression of the first overprint.

VARIETIES ON BASIC STAMPS
Check also the varieties on the basic stamps of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia: The “Small Peter” issue of 1935/38 The “Large Peter” issue of 1939/40 On the letter on the right, there’s a 5.50 din stamp with the “Jugoelavija flaw.”

VARIETIES ON BASIC STAMPS

Check also the varieties on the basic stamps of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia:

On the letter on the right, there’s a 5.50 din stamp with the “Jugoelavija flaw.”

References

Bibliography

Katalog poštanskih maraka jugoslovenskih zemalja (1991), Jugomarka (Belgrade). YU ISSN 0351-4447

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