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Certified genuine
4 stamps were issued for Bialystock in 1916.
Images obtained thanks to Krzysztof Ciesiul, reduced sizes, with
typical cancels
(Reduced sizes)
3 k blue 3 k red with green bar 10 k brown 10 k blue with red bar
The stamps without bar were issued on 18th February 1916. They are cancelled with a date (see images above), which was applied before the stamps were pasted on the letters. All stamps were printed in sheets of 50. A postcard in a similar design exists: 5 k brown (also with black bar on the word 'Postkarte').
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| All values | *** | *** | |
Sosnowice large triangle, inscription 'STADT MIASTO SOSNOWICE'
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| (-) red | ** | ** | |
Two local postcards were also issued in Sosnowice
An Austrian field post office existed in Przedborz during world war I. A local post was set up by the military authorities to bring civilian mail to Konsk. Mail was franked with Austrian field post stamps, and the local stamps were applied as proof of payment for the local delivery.
2 g red 4 g blue
Value of the stamps |
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| All values | * | * | |
Forgeries exist, examples:
Forgery 1: accent on 'O' of right 'PRZEDBORZ' too large
Forgery 2: dot instead of accent on right 'PRZEDBORZ'
Various designs, townhall, bridge, marketplace and town arms
Value in groszy 2 g green and light green 2 g green 4 g violet and red 4 g red 6 g blue and green 6 g violet 10 g red and lilac 10 g blue
Value of the stamps |
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| All values | * | * | |
Value in halerzy
5 h red 10 h green 15 h blue 20 h violet
Value of the stamps |
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| All values | * | * | |
I have seen a forgery of the 5 h value, with the 'J' of 'MIESJKA' more curved at the bottom.
Inscription 'POCZTA MIEJSKA M CHECINY HAL'
(Reduced size)
Other values exists, in total 8 different stamps were issued, for example: 2 h brown and yellow, 3 h red and yellow, 4 h green and yellow, 5 h black and yellow, 5 h orange and grey.
3 h blue 5 h red 6 h lilac 10 h green 12 h olive 24 h orange Surcharged (always on two stamps at the same time)
(Reduced size)
'6 halerzy' on 3 h blue '10 halerzy' on 5 h red (see picture of 5 h) '24 halerzy' on 12 h olive
Value of the stamps |
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| All values | ** | ** | |
Warning: Many forgeries exist! It seems that only 5000 of these stamps were issued (most of the above stamps are probably forgeries!). In the genuine stamps the 'r' and the 'k' in 'Zarkach' should not touch each other. The genuine stamps should be perforated 11 1/2. The genuine stamps don't exist imperforated! If I'm well informed, of the three persons standing halfway the church, the most left person is shorter in the forgeries (and resembles a bear).
Left: zoom-in of forgery; Right: zoom-in of genuine stamp.
Forgeries.
5 p green 10 p red 20 p grey 25 p blue 50 p green
These stamps were prepared, but were never used. Cancelled stamps exist, but they were cancelled to order. Usually the stamps are perforated, but imperforate stamps exist (unfinished stamps). Stamps in other colours are proofs. 'Misprints' with inverted values, were intentionally made.
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| All values | * | - | |
These stamps were printed in blocks of 11, with 10 normal stamps, 1 stamp with inverted numerals and 1 empty space.
'Misprints' with inverted values.
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10 p grey and green (landscape with rising sun) 20 p grey and brown (School building)
Value of the stamps |
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vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon |
*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare |
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| Value | Unused | Used | Remarks |
| 10 p | R | R | |
| 20 p | RR | RR | |
There seems to be 3 varieties of both these stamps. In between stamps the word 'Zawierce' is printed in violet fancy letters. I've seen a cancel consisting of a violet 'ZAWIERCE' in a straight line with no containing box.
The following stamp does not have the violet 'Zawierce' overprint between two stamps, it could be a forgery:
