Definitive issue of 1919 – 5 krone stamp, letterpress

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The 5 krona stamp was printed four times in letterpress technique by Jugoslovanska tiskarna in Ljubljana and A. Reisser from Vienna. Stamps were printed and sold in panes of 100 (10 x 10). Details are displayed in the table below:

Date	Circulation	Paper types	Colors	Perforation
22 April 1919 (Ljubljana)	1.002.900	Thin white smooth paper	brown red red	11½, perforation holes filled with gum
10 December 1919 (Vienna)	500.000	Smooth white or yellowish paper	red brown red brick red	11½ and 11
11 January 1920 (Vienna)	330.000	Grayish paper with pattern (small holes)	carmine in many shades	11½
March 1920 (Vienna)	1.000.000	Smooth white or yellowish	dark red in many shades	11½

Constant varieties

CONSTANT VARIETIES
I		Colored spot right from forehead.
		Field №: 4	Pane: Fields 1-50
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –
		Value €: 6,50
II		Colored spot in lower part of left K.
		Field №: 6	Pane: Fields 1-50
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –
		Value €: 6,50
III		Horizontal stroke of right 5 pointing upwards.
		Field №: 23	Pane: Fields 1-50
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –
		Value €: 6,50
IV		Long thin line over King’s forehead (above left eye).
		Field №: 31	Pane: Fields 1-50
		Other nomenclatures: Fleck, Tome 5, p.205
		Notes: not to be confused with flaw on field 81.
		Value €: 8,50
V		Colored dot in second top left leaf.
		Field №: 33	Pane: Fields 1-50
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –
		Value €: 6,50
VI		Colored dot after right K, dot and line on forehead connected.
		Field №: 38	Pane: Fields 1-50
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –
		Value €: 6,50
VII		Large colored spot above left mustache, long white line over right denomination tablet (from top left to bottom right corner).
		Field №: 39	Pane: Fields 1-50
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –
		Value €: 6,50
VIII		Thin vertical line on forehead (above left eye).
		Field №: 47	Pane: Fields 1-50
		Other nomenclatures: Fleck, Tome 5, p.205
		Notes: –
		Value €: 8,50
IX		Colored dot between left 5 and K, thin line over forehead.
		Field №: 51	Pane: Fields 51-100
		Other nomenclatures: Fleck, Tome 5, p.205
		Notes: –
		Value €: 8,50
X		Drop-shaped spot on top of right K.
		Field №: 56	Pane: Fields 51-100
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –
		Value €: 6,50
XI		Additional thin line on King’s forehead.
		Field №: 58	Pane: Fields 51-100
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –
		Value €: 6,50
XII		Large spot on left ear (earring flaw).
		Field №: 67	Pane: Fields 51-100
		Other nomenclatures: Fleck, Tome 5, p.205
		Notes: –
		Value €: 10
XIII		Colored spots over 5 and K in lower part of left denomination tablet.
		Field №: 74	Pane: Fields 51-100
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –
		Value €: 6,50
XIV		Top part of left ear missing.
		Field №: 78	Pane: Fields 51-100
		Other nomenclatures: Fleck, Tome 5, p.205
		Notes: –
		Value €: 15
XV		Long thin line over King’s forehead (above left eye).
		Field №: 81	Pane: Fields 51-100
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: not to be confused with flaw on field 31.
		Value €: 6,50
XVI		Colored dot over horizontal stroke of right 5.
		Field №: 85	Pane: Fields 51-100
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –
		Value €: 6,50
XVII		Dyed hair.
		Field №: 88	Pane: Fields 51-100
		Other nomenclatures: Fleck, Tome 5, p.205
		Notes: –
		Value €: 10
XVIII		Bottom right frame indented and deformed.
		Field №: 90	Pane: Fields 51-100
		Other nomenclatures: Fleck, Tome 5, p.205
		Notes: not to be confused with flaw on field 100.
		Value €: 8,50
XIX		Long thin line over King’s forehead (above left eye), right side of botom frame bent inwards.
		Field №: 91	Pane: Fields 51-100
		Other nomenclatures: Fleck, Tome 5, p.205
		Notes: –
		Value €: 8,50
XX		Large colored spot above King’s right shoulder.
		Field №: 94	Pane: Fields 51-100
		Other nomenclatures: Fleck, Tome 5, p.205
		Notes: –
		Value €: 8,50
XXI		Long curved line over left part of King’s face.
		Field №: 97	Pane: Fields 51-100
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –
		Value €: 6,50
XXII		Left spot on inner frame, left from ВИНА СХС.
		Field №: 98	Pane: Fields 51-100
		Other nomenclatures: Fleck, Tome 5, p.205
		Notes: –
		Value €: 8,50
XXIII		Bottom right frame indented and deformed.
		Field №: 100	Pane: Fields 51-100
		Other nomenclatures: Fleck, Tome 5, p.205
		Notes: not to be confused with flaw on field 90.
		Value €: 10

 

Bibliography

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• 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