UPPER AND EASTERN SILESIA

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UPPER SILESIA

1922 As stamps of Poland (eagle issue) but colours changed

5 f blue 20 f red 40 f brown

  5 f blue
  10 f violet
  20 f red
  40 f brown
  50 f orange
  75 f 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
All values vc vc  

 

1922 Labourer, inscription 'POCZTA POLSKA'

5 M brown

  1 M black
  1.25 M green
  2 M red
  3 M green
  4 M blue
  5 M brown
  6 M orange
  10 M brown
  20 M violet
  50 M olive
  80 M red
  100 M violet
  200 M yellow
  300 M 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 from 1 M to 80 M c c  
100 M c *  
200 M c c  
300 M c *  

 

Other stamps for Upper Silesia (German part) can be found in Cd 1.


Non issued stamps

1921 Non issued stamps, inscription 'GORNY SLASK':

60 f
(Reduced size)

The stamps exists in 10 f red, 20 f lilac, 30 f orange, 40 f green, 50 f green, 60 f blue and 1 M brown, perforated and imperforate.

Other issues with 'POCZTA POLOWA GORNY SLASK POWSTANCZA' exist (2 types of 10 M each)


EASTERN SILESIA

1920 Stamps of Poland, overprinted 'S.O. 1920.' (Silesie Orientale)

2 K 50 brown 5 K blue 2 K blue

  5 f green
  10 f brown
  15 f red
  25 f olive
  50 f green
  1 K green
  1 K 50 brown
  2 K blue
  2 K 50 violet
  5 K 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 c c  

 

1920 Same overprint 'SO 1920' on stamps of Czechoslovakia

Imperforate
  1 h brown
  3 h lilac
  20 h blue
  25 h lilac
  30 h yellow (red overprint)
  40 h orange
  50 h lilac
  50 h blue
  60 h red (blue overprint)
  75 h green (red overprint)
  80 h green (red overprint)
  100 h brown
  120 h black (red overprint)
  200 h blue (red overprint)
  300 h green (red overprint)
  400 h violet (red overprint)
  500 h brown (blue or black overprint)
  1000 h lilac (blue overprint)

Perforated
  1 h brown
  5 h green
  10 h green
  15 h red
  20 h red
  25 h lilac
  30 h lilac (blue overprint)
  60 h red (blue overprint)
  200 h blue (red overprint)

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 *  
3 h c *  
20 h c **  
25 h * *  
30 h c *  
40 h c *  
50 h lilac * *  
50 h blue * *  
60 h * *  
75 h * *  
80 h * *  
100 h * *  
120 h * *  
200 h ** **  
300 h ** **  
400 h *** **  
500 h *** ***  
1000 h *** *** Blue or black overprint
Perforated
1 h c c  
5 h c c  
10 h c c  
15 h c *  
20 h c *  
25 h c *  
30 h * *  
60 h * *  
200 h ** **  

An example of a forged overprint (the 25 h blue stamp was never overprinted):


Another highly dubious overprint

 

1920 Same overprint 'SO 1920' on stamps of Czechoslovakia of 1920 (man in ellipse)

  500 h grey on blue (red overprint)
  1000 h brown on grey (violet overprint)

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
500 h RR RR  
1000 h RR RR  

 

1920 'SO 1920' on newspaper stamps of Czechoslovakia (dove)

(Sorry, no picture available yet)

  2 h green
  6 h red
  10 h lilac
  20 h blue
  30 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
2 h c c  
6 h c *  
10 h c *  
20 h c *  
30 h c *  

 

1920 'SO 1920' on postage due stamps of Czechoslovakia (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
  500 h green
  1000 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
5 h c c  
10 h c c  
15 h c c  
20 h c *  
25 h c *  
30 h c *  
40 h c *  
50 h * *  
100 h * *  
500 h ** ***  
1000 h *** ***  

 

Non-issued stamps for Teschen and Olsa

1920 Prepared, but not issued (rare), various designs, inscription 'SLASK CIESZYNSKI PLEBISCYT POCZTA POLSKA', instead the above mentioned 'S.O.1920' stamps were issued

  2 brown 
  5 green
  10 brown and red
  20 olive-brown
  15 dark brown
  25 blue
  50 light brown
  100 black
  200 black
  500 red

Postage due stamps

  2 blue
  4 blue

Newspaper stamps

  3 red
  10 red

 


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