The thirty vinar newspaper tax stamp of the Ljubljana print

Press Tiskarna Blaznikovi nasledniki in Ljubljana printed 30 vinar newspaper tax stamps twice, in both instances on thin rough paper:

  • 27 May 1919 in circulation of 220.000 stamps,
  • September-December 1919 in circulation of 96.680 stamps.

Print plates

Thirty vinar stamps were printed in two different press sheets together with other denominations. In both cases a sheet consists of 20 stamps in layout of 10 x 2.

SHS Slovenia Newspaper stamps Schematic drawing, a reconstruction of the first print plate SHS Slovenia Newspaper stamps Schematic drawing, a reconstruction of the second print plate
Reconstruction of the 1st print plate Reconstruction of the 2nd print plate
Complete sheet Complete sheet, example 1
Complete sheet, example 2
Complete sheet, example 3

Types and varieties

Varieties and types on both print plates Field number
I Gray dot next to Mercury’s right wing Gray dot next to Mercury’s right wing 1
II Broken frame above denomination Broken frame above denomination 7
III Colored dot outside stamp frame in the lower right area Colored dot outside stamp frame in the lower right area 10
IV Frame above numeral 30 in form of a thick line Frame above numeral 30 in form of a thick line 13
V Zero in denomination damaged at the bottom Zero in denomination damaged at the bottom 20
Varieties and types on the first print plate only Field number
VI Colored dot inside zero in denomination Colored dot inside zero in denomination 17

 

Bibliography

    1. Fleck, Vladimir (1947): Priručnik Maraka Jugoslavenskih Zemalja, Book 1, Tome 6, Hrvatski Filatelistički Savez, Zagreb