POSTAGE STAMPS - ALBANIA
(1943)

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ALBANIAN DEFINITIVE STAMPS WITH OVERPRINTS
MICHEL 1
(Sep 1943)

The first of 13 Albanian definitive stamps, with '14 | Shtator | 1943' overprint.

VALIDITY: Sep 1943 until 29th Nov 1944
VALUE: 1 Q on 3 Q
COLOUR: blackish yellow brown
WATERMARK:
PERF:
AVAILABILITY:
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown



NOTE: BEWARE of FORGERIES of OVERPRINTS and CANCELLATIONS

VARIATIONS

There are no major variations

VARIETIES

ABOVE: Mi 1 K: inverted overprint

OVERPRINT ERRORS

Mi 1-III: "1944" instead of "1943"
Mi 1-VI: shorter "1" in "1943"
Mi 1-VII: "9" of "1943" open at the top
Mi 1-X: "or" of "Shtator" and "3" of "1943" raised at least 0.8mm
Mi 1-XI: "h" of "Shtator" broken midway on theleft
Mi 1-XII: "1" in "1943" longer

In addition there are many more variations caused by wear on the printing letters
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MAJOR OVERPRINT SHIFTS

Mi 1-XX - change in sequence of over print
Mi 1-XXI - missing lines in the overprint (e.g only 2 of 3 lines printed)

PLATE FLAWS

There are no major plate flaws

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

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

POSTALLY UNUSED - MINT