Issues for Memel / Klaipėda


A. French Mandate

CONSTANT VARIETIES
1922
3 Mark on 60 centimes Field number
I Memel postage stamp overprint flaw Letter M in Mark damaged on top right. 37
6 Mark on 15 centimes, Field number
I French Mandate Memel postage stamp overprint variety
Variety I and regular stamp
Numeral 6 below letters E and M of MEMEL and above a in Mark. 37
10 Mark on 45 centimes, 20 Mark on 40 centimes, 30 Mark on 60 centimes, 40 Mark on 1 fr., 80 Mark on 2 fr., 100 Mark on 5 fr. Field number
I Germany Lithuania Memel postage stamp overprint Distance between numeral and Mark 3.6 mm instead of 3.2 mm. 6, 52
II Distance between numeral and Mark 2.7 mm instead of 3.2 mm. 4, 9, 11, 12, 20, 22, 26-28, 32, 38, 40, 42, 44, 45, 49, 50, 57, 58, 70
III Distance between numeral and Mark 2.3 mm instead of 3.2 mm 29

 

COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
1921
1 Offset.

 

B. Lithuanian Occupation

CONSTANT VARIETIES
1923
50 Marks Field number
I Memel Klaipėda postage stamp constant flaw Letter I in Klaipėda damaged. F91, plate I

 

POSSIBLE CONSTANT VARIETIES (not mentioned in literature)
1923
500 Markiu on 1 Litas
1 The bottom horizontal canceling bar interrupted.

 

Bibliography


  1. Michel Deutschland-Spezial 2005, Band 1: 1849 bis April 1945. Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH, ISBN 3-87858-144-0