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Design: O. Antonini, Perforation L 11
Stamps are printed in sheets of 25 stamps.
Stamps were printed in quantity of 250.000 but only about half of that quantity was sold. The rest was officially destroyed.
| Mi 83 | 3 + 1 Kn | dark carmine-brown | 139,565 issued |
| Mi84 | 4 + 2 Kn | dark brown-black | 137,036 issued |
| Mi85 | 5 + 5 Kn | dark blue-green | 136,413 issued |
Sheets
Graver’s marks
Graver’s marks exist on all three values but can’t be found on all issued sheets.
| Stamp | Mark | Position in the sheet |
|---|---|---|
| Mi 83 | Triangle on the trausers | 13 |
| Mi 84 | Cross in a white circle above “D” | 11 |
| Mi 85 | Letter “A” on the sleeve | 7 |
Perforations
In this issue exist: imperforated stamps, vertically or horizontally imperforated, double perforations and moved perforations.
Color proofs
Mi 83 – dark brown and lilac brown
Mi 84 – red and rose
Mi 85 – red and blue
Print errors
Mi 85 where red color is printed on blue.
Mi 84 exist on a carton paper with a double and both side print.
FDC
FDC was issued and exists with a machine cancel and a very rare hand cancel.
Minister albums
15 Minister albums were issued.
Graver’s pictures in big format
