POSTAGE STAMPS - ALBANIA
(1943)

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ALBANIAN DEFINITIVE STAMPS WITH OVERPRINTS
MICHEL 5
(Sep 1943)

The 5th of 13 Albanian definitive stamps, with '14 | Shtator | 1943' overprint.

VALIDITY: Sep 1943 until 29th Nov 1944
VALUE: 10 Q
COLOUR: blackish orange brown
WATERMARK:
PERF:
AVAILABILITY:
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown



NOTE: BEWARE of FORGERIES of OVERPRINTS and CANCELLATIONS

VARIATIONS

There are no major variations

VARIETIES

ABOVE LEFT: Mi 5 DD: double overprint
ABOVE CENTRE: Mi 5 K: inverted overprint
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 5 DK: double overprint, one inverted

OVERPRINT ERRORS

Mi 5-I: "1948" instead of "1943
Mi 5-II: "1643" instead of "1943"
Mi 5-IV: "4" of "1943" inverted
Mi 5-VI: shorter "1" in "1943"
Mi 5-VII: "9" of "1943" open at the top
Mi 5-VIII: second "t" in "Shtator" shorter on top (like an "I")
Mi 5-IX: upper curve of "S" in "Shtator" broken
Mi 5-XIII: lower curve of "S" in "Shtator" broken
Mi 5-XIV: "1" of "1943" longer.

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

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