Complete Series of five stamps of the issue 1933


The Printing block for these stamps had now 12 separate clichés, bound together to make one printing plate. After a certain number of printings, the clichés were filled with old ink, so the printing plate have been separated the clichés cleaned and again bound together to make one printing late. But since the separate clichés have been carved by hand, they were slightly different form each other and several different Settings could be identified, numbered with Arabic numbers from 1 to 4.

With the time, the strings tiding the 12 separate clichés together got loose and sometimes a cliché got crocked. These States as we call them are identified with figures A-E.

The stamps have been printed by demand and therefor also from this issue exists a large number of different shades.

Perforated stamps exist from this issue but only the very first printing are perforated officially, however, privately perforated stamps exists also from the later issues.

Nomination
Printed in the years from
Setting
State
Shades
1/2 Trangka
1933 - 1936
1
4
1936 - 1941
2
A-B
5
1941 - 1950
3
7
1950 - 1960
4
5
2/3 Trangka
1933 - 1934
1
4
1935 - 1041
2
2
1942 - 1950
3
3
1950 - 1960
4
A-D
8
1 Trangka
1933 - 1940
1
9
1941 - 1948
2
4
1948 - 1953
3
A-B
8
1953 - 1960
4
9
2 Trangka
1933 - 1950
1
A-B
16
1950 - 1960
2
A-B
18
4 Trangka
1933 - 1951
1
A-E
18
1951 - 1960
2
22

Shortly, images of complete sheets of this issue will be available her.


Copyright by: Rainer Fuchs, Am Burkardstuhl 31, 97267 Himmelstadt, Germany
E-Mail to: r.fuchs@euromail.com

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