Yugoslavia, Solidarity Week Surcharge Stamps

A. Surcharge stamps

DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN ISSUES
Solidarity Week surcharge stamps had always the same motive – the symbol of the earthquake in Skopje: damaged train station with a clock stopped at the start of the earthquake. It is therefore difficult to differentiate between some issues.
0,30 din
Yugoslavia 1977 solidarity week postage stamp
Types I and II		 Jugoslavija 1979 tjedan solidarnosti doplatna marka
Type III		 Type I (1975):

  • date 26. VII – 1. VIII,
  • glossy gum.

Type II (1977):

  • date 26. VII – 1. VIII,
  • tropical gum.

Type III (1979):

  • date 1.-7. VI.
1 din

Type I
Type II		 Type I (1980):

  • blue printing phase positioned lower.

Type II (1982):

  • blue printing phase positioned higher.

1 June 1979. Solidarity Week. Printed in offset in panes of 50 stamps, perforation 13¼.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
0.30 din Field number
I Scratch at top of letter G in JUGOSLAVIJA. 25
II Shading lines below the clock interrupted. 13 (partially)
III Zero in denomination broken. 7 (partially)
IV White line over the center of the design. 2, 3, 4, 5 (partially)

1 June 1980. Solidarity Week. Printed in offset, perforation 13¼.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 din, multicolored Field number
I Yugoslavia 1980 Solidarity Week postage stamp error Colored dot below letter S in JUGOSLAVIJA ?
II White scratch connecting numeral 1 with letter V in JUGOSLAVIJA. ?

1 June 1986. Solidarity Week. Printed in offset, perforations line 10, line 11 and imperforate. In obligatory use until 7 June 1986.

Note: The 10 din red and pink stamp was issued on both regular and chalky paper. Stamps on the chalky paper have glossy surface and have a bit darker tone.

TYPES
10 din Field number
I Letter И in ЈУГОСЛАВИЈА prolonged at bottom. 7, 16, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 40, 42, 46, 58, 61, 62, 63
II Narrow stamp. ?
UNLISTED VARIETIES
10 din
1 Thick line touching letter С in СОЛИДАРНОСТА.
2 Big colored dot on letter Л in НЕДЕЛА.
3 Colored dot below letter C in СОЛИДАРНОСТА.
COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
10 din, blue gray, red
1 Partially imperforate Yugoslavia 1986 Solidarity Week postage stamp

Yugoslavia 1986 Solidarity Week postage stamp for Macedonia

1 June 1987. Solidarity week. Printed in offset in panes of 70 stamps. Paper smooth, gum tinted, perforation line 10.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
30 din Field number
I Red dot below letter g in Jugoslavija. 49
II Red dot below letter u in Jugoslavija. 66
III Yugoslavia 1987 Solidarity week surcharge stamp Numeral 3 in denomination broken at bottom. 21
UNLISTED VARIETIES
30 din
1 Denomination printed in lighter color.

B. Cinderellas

Two cinderellas with country name in Latin script on top and in Cyrillic script at the bottom were issued for collecting voluntary contributions for victims of earthquake.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
1 din Field number
I Yugoslavia Solidarity cinderella White are below letter И in ЈУГОСЛАВИЈА. ?

References

Bibliography

  1. Katalog poštanskih maraka jugoslovenskih zemalja (1991), Jugomarka (Belgrade), YU ISSN 0351-4447
  2. Michel Südeuropa 2005/2006, Band 2 (2005), Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH, ISBN 3-87858-682-5

External links

  1. Katalog doplatnih maraka M & M, Jugoslavija 1933-1999, Srbija i Crna Gora 1992-2007: SCRIBD