CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Regular issues

Currency 100 Heller = 1 Krone ----- Capital Prague

Ceskoslovenska - Tchéco-Slovaquie - Czechoslowakei

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1918 View of Prague, designs slightly different, perforated or imperforated

  1 h brown
  3 h lilac
  5 h green
  5 h blue
  10 h red
  10 h green
  15 h red
  20 h blue
  20 h red
  25 h blue
  25 h lilac
  30 h lilac
  30 h yellow
  40 h orange
  50 h lilac
  50 h blue
  60 h red
  75 h green
  80 h green
  100 h brown
  120 h black
  200 h blue
  300 h green
  400 h violet
  500 h brown
  1000 h lilac

There are four types of these stamps, most values were only issued in one type.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
Imperforate
1 h	c	c
3 h	c	c
5 h	c	c	Two types
10 h	c	c
15 h	c	c
20 h	c	vc
25 h blue	c	vc
25 h lilac	c	vc
30 h yellow	c	vc
40 h	c	vc
50 h lilac	c	vc
50 h blue	c	vc
60 h	c	c
75 h	*	c
80 h	*	vc
100 h	*	vc
120 h	*	c
200 h	*	vc
300 h	*	c
400 h	**	vc
500 h	**	c
1000 h	***	c
Perforated
1 h	c	vc
5 h	vc	vc	Two types
10 h red	c	c
10 h green	c	vc
15 h	c	c
20 h blue	c	c
20 h red	c	c
25 h blue	*	c
25 h lilac	c	vc
30 h yellow	*	*
30 h lilac	c	c
60 h	c	c
120 h	*	*
200 h	*	*

Airmail stamps, overprinted with an aeroplane (1920)

  14 k on 200 h blue
  24 k on 500 h brown
  28 k on 1000 h lilac

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
14 k on 200 h	***	***	Perforated or imperforate
24 k on 500 h	***	***	Perforated or imperforate
28 k on 1000 h	***	R	Perforated or imperforate

Red Cross issue (1920), overprinted in red with red cross and value

  20 h on 40 h brown
  20 h on 60 h green

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
20 h on 40 h	*	*	Perforated
20 h on 60 h	*	*	Perforated

These stamps with overprint 'SO 1920' were issued for Eastern Silesia.

Stamp with 'VZOREC' (=specimen) overprint

Some of the imperforate stamps exist with private perforation, examples:

(Private perforations)

I have my doubts about the following bisected stamps (one surcharged with '5' and another overprinted 'FRANCO'):

(Bisected stamps, reduced sizes)

1918 Newspaper stamps, dove with spreaded wings

(Reduced size)

  2 h green
  5 h green
  6 h red
  10 h lilac
  20 h blue
  30 h brown
  50 h orange
  100 h brown

Surcharged (1925)
  '* 5 *' on 2 h green
  '* 5 *' on 6 h red

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
2 h	c	c
5 h	vc	vc
6 h	c	c
10 h	c	vc
20 h	c	c
30 h	c	c
50 h	c	c
100 h	*	c
5 on 2 h	*	*
5 on 6 h	c	c

These stamps with overprint 'SO 1920' were issued for Eastern Silesia. I have seen the 10 h value with a 'O.T.' overprint, I have no idea what this was used for. Privately perforated stamps seem to exist; I have seen the value 5 h.

1918 Express stamps

  2 h lilac
  5 h green
  10 h brown

Overprinted 'NOVINY' (1925)

  5 h green
  10 h brown
  '5' on 2 h lilac

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
2 h	c	c
5 h	vc	vc
10 h	c	c
'NOVINY'
2 h	c	c
5 h	*	*
10 h	c	c

These stamps with overprint 'SO 1920' were issued for Eastern Silesia.

1919 Lion in chains

(Reduced size)

  15 h green
  25 h brown
  50 h blue

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
All values	*	*

1919 Mother with child

  75 h grey
  100 h brown
  120 h violet

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
All values	*	*

1920 Man in ellipse

  125 h blue
  500 h grey on blue
  1000 h brown on grey
  '+ 25 +' (red) on 125 h blue (red cross issue)

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
125 h	*	c
500 h	***	*
1000 h	***	*
25 h on 125 h	*	*	Red Cross issue (1920)

1920 Various designs

Dove

Tete-beche of the 5 h violet value with space in between, I've also seen a tete-beche of this value without this space.

  5 h blue
  5 h violet
  10 h green
  10 h brown
  15 h brown
  20 h orange
  25 h green
  30 h lilac

Woman with arms spreading to the sky

Tete-beche of the 40 c value

  20 h red
  25 h brown
  30 h lilac
  40 h brown
  50 h red
  50 h green
  60 h blue
  100 h brown
  150 h red
  185 h orange
  250 h green

Man with beaker
  80 h violet
  90 h brown

Woman sitting (larger sized stamp)
  100 h green
  100 h red on yellow
  200 h lilac
  200 h blue on yellow
  300 h red
  300 h lilac on yellow
  400 h brown
  500 h green
  600 h lilac

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
Dove
5 h blue	vc	vc
5 h violet	vc	vc	Tete-beche: **
10 h green	vc	vc
10 h brown	vc	vc	Tete-beche: **
15 h	c	vc
20 h	c	vc	Tete-beche: ***
25 h green	c	vc
30 h	c	vc
Woman (small size)
20 h	c	vc
25 h brown	c	vc	Lined background
30 h	c	vc
40 h	c	vc	Tete-beche: ** I've seen an imperforate stamp
50 h red	c	vc
50 h green	c	vc	Tete-beche: R
60 h	c	vc	Tete-beche: ***
100 h brown	*	vc	I've seen an imperforate stamp
150 h	*	*
185 h	*	c
250 h	*	c
Man with beaker
80 h	*	c
90 h	*	*
Woman (larger size)
100 h green	*	vc
100 h red on yellow	*	vc	1922
200 h lilac	*	vc
200 h blue on yellow	*	vc	1922
300 h red	*	vc
300 h lilac on yellow	*	vc	1922
400 h	**	c
500 h	**	c
600 h	**	vc

Overprinted with aeroplane and surcharged (1922)

  50 on 100 h green 
  100 on 200 h lilac
  250 (violet overprint) on 400 h brown

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
50 on 100 h	c	c
100 on 200 h	*	*
250 on 400 h	*	*

Later issues, example:

Stamp of 1923 overprinted 'VIII SLET VSESOKOLSKY PRAHA 1926'

Postage Due stamps

1919 Inscription 'DOPLATIT'

  5 h olive
  10 h olive
  15 h olive
  20 h olive
  25 h olive
  30 h olive
  40 h olive
  50 h olive
  100 h brown
  250 h orange
  400 h red
  500 h green
  1000 h violet
  2000 h blue

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
5 h	vc	vc
10 h	c	c
15 h	c	c
20 h	*	c
25 h	c	c
30 h	c	c
40 h	*	c
50 h	*	c
100 h	*	c
250 h	*	*
400 h	**	*
500 h	**	c
1000 h	***	c
2000 h	***	c

Surcharged (1924-25)
  '10' on 5 h olive
  '20' on 5 h olive
  '30' on 15 h olive
  '40' on 15 h olive
  '50' on 250 h orange
  '50' on 400 h red
  '60' on 250 h orange
  '60' on 400 h red
  '100' on 250 h orange
  '100' on 400 h red

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
10 on 5 h	c	c
20 on 5 h	c	c
30 on 15 h	*	*
40 on 15 h	*	c
50 on 250 h	**	c
50 on 400 h	**	c
60 on 250 h	**	*
60 on 400 h	***	**
100 on 250 h	**	c
100 on 400 h	**	c

An unlisted 'FRANCO' overprint on the 5 h value:

'FRANCO' overprint

Czech legion in Siberia (Russia)

1919 Embossed lion in an ellipse, inscription 'POSTA CESKOSLOVENSKE ARMADY SIBIRSKE'

(reduced size)

  (-) blue and red
  '1920' on blue and red
  '2'(green) on '1920' on blue and red
  '3'(green) on '1920' on blue and red
  '5'(green) on '1920' on blue and red
  '10'(green) on '1920' on blue and red
  '15'(green) on '1920' on blue and red
  '25'(green) on '1920' on blue and red
  '35'(green) on '1920' on blue and red
  '50'(green) on '1920' on blue and red
  1 R (green) on '1920' on blue and red

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
blue and red	*	**
'1920'	**	***
All other surcharges	***	R

1919 Other designs inscription 'VOJENSKA POSTA CESKOSLOVENSKE VOJSKO NA RUSI'

  25 k red
  50 k green
  1 R brown

These stamps should have perforation 14 (above stamps are imperforate???)

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
25 k	**	***
50 k	**	***
1 R	**	***

Fiscal Stamps

1919 Inscription 'KOLEK CESKOSLOVENSKA REPUBLIKA 1919'

In this design I have seen: 2 h blue, 10 h blue, 20 h blue, 50 h blue, 1 K red, 2 K red, 3 K red, 4 K red, 5 K red.

Slovakia

During world war II, Slovakia issued briefly its own stamps (inscription 'SLOVENSKO'), examples of this period:

Bohemia and Moravia

The German Protectorate of "Böhmen-Mähren" issued stamps from 15 March 1939 to 8 Mai 1945.

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