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Overprinted 'Poczta Polska' and 'Gen Gouv Warschau'
3 p brown 5 p green 10 p red 15 p violet (white background) 20 p blue 30 p orange and black on yellow 40 p red and black 60 p lilac
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 |
3 p | ** | ** | |
5 p | c | c | |
10 p | c | c | |
15 p | c | c | |
20 p | c | c | |
30 p | c | c | |
40 p | c | c | |
60 p | c | c |
Further surcharged
5 on 2 1/2 p grey 5 on 3 p brown 25 an 7 1/2 p orange
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 |
5 on 2 1/2 p | c | c | |
5 on 3 p | * | * | |
25 on 7 1/2 p | c | c |
Overprinted 'Poczta Polska' only (Poznan issue)
5 on 2 p grey 5 on 7 1/2 p orange 5 on 20 p blue 10 on 25 p orange and black on yellow 10 on 40 p red and black
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 |
5 on 2 p | ** | ** | |
5 on 7 1/2 p | c | c | |
5 on 20 p | c | c | |
10 on 25 p | * | * | |
10 on 40 p | * | * |
Surcharged only (no 'poczta polska' overprint, Gniezno issue)
'5' (red) on 2 p grey '10' (green) on 7 1/2 p orange
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 |
5 on 2 p | *** | *** | I've seen inverted surcharges |
10 on 7 1/2 p | *** | *** |
'POLSKA POCZTA' on 'k.u.k. FELDPOST KARLFONDS' and eagle in black circle, POCZTA at the bottom (Lublin issue)
10 h green 20 h red 45 h 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 |
10 h | * | * | |
20 h | * | * | |
45 h | * | * |
'POLSKA POCZTA' on 'K.u.K. FELDPOST' and eagle in black circle
'3 Hal' on 2 h olive '3 Hal' on 15 h red '10 HAL' on 30 h grey (overprint black or violet) '25 HAL' on 40 h olive '45 HAL' on 60 h red '45 HAL' on 80 h blue '50 HAL' on 60 h red 50 h green 90 h lilac
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 |
3 h on 2 h | *** | *** | |
3 h on 15 h | * | * | |
10 h on 30 h | ** | * | |
25 h on 40 h | ** | ** | |
45 h on 60 h | * | * | |
45 h on 80 h | * | * | |
50 h on 60 h | ** | ** | |
50 h | *** | *** | |
90 h | * | * |
'POCZTA POLSKA' or 'POLSKA POCZTA' (25 on 60) without eagle (Krakow or Cracow issue)
(Reduced sizes)
3 h violet 5 h green 6 h orange 10 h red 12 h blue 15 h red 20 h green 25 on 80 h brown (inscription 'POLSKA POCZTA') 25 h blue 30 h violet 40 h olive 50 h green 60 h blue 80 h brown 90 h lilac 1 K red on yellow 2 K blue 3 K red 4 K green 10 K 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 |
3 h | *** | *** | Nbr of stamps issued: 2350 |
5 h | *** | *** | Nbr of stamps issued: 2050 |
6 h | * | * | Nbr of stamps issued: 28800 Inverted overprints exist. |
10 h | *** | *** | Nbr of stamps issued: 2250 |
12 h | ** | ** | Nbr of stamps issued: 15640 |
15 h | ** | ** | Nbr of stamps issued: 62750 |
20 h | *** | *** | Nbr of stamps issued: 5340 |
25 h | R | R | Nbr of stamps issued: 1300 |
25 h on 80 h | * | * | Nbr of stamps issued: 100000 |
30 h | *** | *** | Nbr of stamps issued: 3740 |
40 h | ** | ** | Nbr of stamps issued: 22390 Inverted and double overprints exist. |
50 h | ** | ** | Nbr of stamps issued: 58230 Inverted overprints exist. |
60 h | * | * | Nbr of stamps issued: 67020 Inverted overprints exist. |
80 h | * | * | Nbr of stamps issued: 74190 Inverted and double overprints exist. |
90 h | RR | RR | Nbr of stamps issued: 1300 |
1 K | * | * | Nbr of stamps issued: 50860 |
2 K | * | * | Nbr of stamps issued: 90275 |
3 K | R | R | Nbr of stamps issued: 8005 |
4 K | RR | RR | Nbr of stamps issued: 5508 |
10 K | RRR | RRR | Nbr of stamps issued: 550 |
'POCZTA POLSKA' on newspaper stamps
2 h brown 4 h green 6 h blue 10 h orange 30 h red
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 |
2 h | ** | ** | Nbr of stamps issued: 23150 |
4 h | * | * | Nbr of stamps issued: 56350 |
6 h | * | * | Nbr of stamps issued: 71950 |
10 h | ** | ** | Nbr of stamps issued: 11350 |
30 h | * | * | Nbr of stamps issued: 34950 |
More info on these overprints can be found at: http://www.polonus.org/krakow/index.html. For various other overprints click here.
Forged overprints exist (for example for the Krakow issue, in 1927 already 60 % of the common and 90 % of the rare stamps were forgeries, source: the above mentioned website).
Example of a forgery:
(Left genuine, right forged overprint)
Other examples of forged overprints:
The above forged inverted overprint can easily be identified by the cancel which is struck in 1917, while Poland was only created in 1918!
A forged Fournier cancel as taken from 'A Fournier Album of
Philatelic Forgeries'
More information on forgeries can be found at http://www.polonus.org/krakow/index.html.
Example:
(Reduced sizes)
(Reduced sizes)
On postage stamps of Austria 3 h violet 5 h green 6 h orange 10 h red 12 h blue 15 h red 20 h green 25 h blue 30 h violet 40 h olive 50 h green 60 h blue 80 h brown 90 h lilac 1 K red on yellow 2 K blue 3 K red 4 K green 10 K 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 |
3 h | * | ** | |
5 h | * | ** | |
6 h | * | ** | |
10 h | ** | ** | |
12 h | ** | ** | |
15 h | ** | ** | |
20 h | ** | ** | |
25 h | ** | ** | |
30 h | ** | ** | |
40 h | ** | ** | |
50 h | ** | ** | |
60 h | ** | ** | |
90 h | ** | ** | |
1 K | ** | ** | |
2 K | *** | *** | |
3 K | *** | *** | |
4 K | *** | *** | |
10 K | R | R |
On newspaper stamps
(Reduced sizes)
2 h brown 4 h green 6 h blue 10 h orange 30 h red
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 | *** | *** |
On Postage Due stamp
(Reduced size)
1 K 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 |
1 K | R | R |
Local overprint for Olkusz? inscription 'Polska Poczta Olkusz'