GERMAN OCCUPATION STAMPS
KURLAND
(1945)

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19-Mar-2023 07:13

MICHEL 3
GERMAN REICH DEFINITIVE STAMP
(Apr 1945)

BACKGROUND: On 20th Apr 1945 three existing Hitler Head definitive stamps were overprinted for use in the KURLAND pocket.

The overprints were applied by the 'Kurzemes vards' (The Word of Kurland) newspaper.

VALIDITY: Apr 1945 until May 1945
VALUE: 6 on 20Rpf
COLOUR: dark cobalt
WATERMARK: None
PERF:
AVAILABILITY:
QUANTITY PRINTED: 125,000

SPECIAL CANCELLATION: NONE

VARIATIONS

ABOVE LEFT: Mi 3 vz - pale gum
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 3 wz - dark gum.

PLATE FLAWS

There are no major plate flaws.

OVERPRINT VARIETIES

There are two major overprint varieties.



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 3 DD - double overprint
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 3 K - inverted overprint

OVERPRINT ERRORS

There are five major overprint errors on this stamp.



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 3 II - thinner '6' (multiple positions on sheet)
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Mi 3 III - upper arc of '6' flattened
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Mi 3 IV - right side of bottom part of '6' flattened
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 3 V - lower left serif of 'D' in 'KURLAND' missing.



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 3 VI - holes in both overprint squares.

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

All stamps shown from here until the end of the page are from my collection.

POSTALLY UNUSED - MINT

ABOVE: Mi 3 vz from my collection with BPP certificate