POSTAGE STAMPS - ALBANIA
(1943)

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ALBANIAN DEFINITIVE STAMPS WITH OVERPRINTS
MICHEL 12
(Sep 1943)

The 12th of 13 Albanian definitive stamps, with '14 | Shtator | 1943' overprint.

VALIDITY: Sep 1943 until 29th Nov 1944
VALUE: 2 Frank
COLOUR: dark brownish carmine
WATERMARK:
PERF:
AVAILABILITY:
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown



NOTE: BEWARE of FORGERIES of OVERPRINTS and CANCELLATIONS

VARIATIONS

There are no major variations

VARIETIES

ABOVE LEFT: Mi 12 DD: double overprint
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 12 K: inverted overprint

OVERPRINT ERRORS

Mi 12-III: "1944" instead of "1943"
Mi 12-IV: "4" of "1943" inverted
Mi 12-VI: shorter "1" in "1943"
Mi 12-IX: upper curve of "S" in "Shtator" broken
Mi 12-XII: "1" in "1943" longer
Mi 12-XIV: "1" of "1943" longer.

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

MAJOR OVERPRINT SHIFTS

Mi 12-XX - change in sequence of over print
Mi 12-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