Varieties of Postage Stamps: Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia

15 July 1939. Provisional issue. Czechoslovak stamps then in circulation overprinted BÖHMEN u. MAHREN / ČECHY a MORAVA in photogravure. Printed in sheets of 100.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 haléřů
I Dot missing after the letter u in BÖHMEN u. MAHREN.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.2I
Notes: This error appears also on 5 h., 10 h., 1 Kč. (red lilac), 1.20 K., 2.50 K. stamps. Some overprint forgeries are made in letterpress.
40 h
I 8ÖHMEN instead of BÖHMEN.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: Also on 30 h., 1Kč. (red lilac), 1.60 K., 2 K. and 3 K. stamps.
3 Kč
I Dot missing after the letter u in BÖHMEN u. MAHREN.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.16I
Notes: This error appears also on 5 h., 10 h., 1 Kč. (red lilac), 1.20 K., 2.50 K. stamps. Some overprint forgeries are made in letterpress.
UNLISTED VARIETIES
30 haléřů
1 Umlaut on letter O in BÖHMEN missing.

1939/1942 Definitive issue: fruits and scenery. Stamps depicting fruits printed in photogravure, perforation comb 14. Stamps depicting scenery printed in line engraving, perforation 12½.

TYPES
10 h
Type I:

  • small head of numeral 1.


Type II:

  • wide head of numeral 1.
Type I Type II
25 h
Type I:

  • horizontal stroke of numeral 2 straight at end.


Type II:

  • end of the horizontal stroke is curved.
Type I Type II
4 k
Image frame in the top left corner touching the frame, hatching in the top left corner intact. Image frame in the top left corner is not touching the frame, hatching in the top left corner damaged. Image frame in the top left corner is missing, hatching in the top left corner damaged.

10 January 1943. The stamp day.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
60 h
I Colored dot on saddle blanket.
Field №: all stamps in the 3rd row Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.113III
Notes: –
II Dot on the left side of date scroll.
Field №: 80 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.113V
Notes: –
III Colored dot on I ( January) on the scroll.
Field №: 8 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.113IV
Notes: –
UNLISTED VARIETIES
60 h
1 Colored dot on horse’s front leg.

28 May 1943. Death of the Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich. Printed in photogravure, perforation 13½ : 13¾.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
60 + 440 h.
I 1842 instead of 1942.
Field №: 11 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.131II
Notes: –
II White bump on top of the head.
Field №: 9, 19, 29, 39, 49 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.131I
Notes: –

 

References

Bibliography

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