03.X.1943 – Mi 118-127 – Croatian Red Cross Charity issue

Design: I. Režek  Perforation: L 11

This was an issue for the Red Cross week, and these stamps had to be used to frank all private domestic mail. Only the base value, without the surcharge, was counted as the postage value. The surcharge was intended for the Croatian Red Cross.

118	1 Kn + 0.50	dark green-blue	220,913 issued
119	2 Kn + 1	carmine red	244,060 issued
120	3.50 Kn + 1.50	blue	383,594 issued
121	8 Kn + 3 Kn	dark brown-carmine	149,192 issued
122	9 Kn + 4 Kn	olive green	155,514 issued
123	10 Kn + 5	violet-blue	152,354 issued
124	12 Kn + 6 Kn	cornflower blue	149,314 issued
125	12.50 Kn + 6	dark brown	183,498 issued
126	18 Kn + 8 Kn	orange-brown	149,276 issued
127	32 + 12 kn	gray-black	149,379 issued

Sheets

Stamps was issued in sheets of a 100 stamps.

Sheets Mi 118-121

Sheets Mi 122-125

Perforations

Different errors exist: double perforations, imperforate pairs in the middle, missing vertical perforations in a last row…

Double perforations

Varieties and flaws

Among other things there are also mirror-image prints of the individual stamp designs (three designs in both printing phases, designs of the stamps with Michel numbers 125, 127, and Z 2) and impressions of the two printing positions of the “Red Cross” on a brownish paper in different colors – but these are very rare.

Color proofs

Except of the ones from the Minister album there are other color proofs, proofs with moved print of red cross, phase proofs with a print of the red cross, a complete imperforated set on a yellowish paper.

FDC

FDC exists in a quantity of 4.000 in an envelope in two sizes and in two colors of envelopes.

Special postcards

Two special Postcards were issued.

Minister albums

Minister album was issued with a lot of materials:  imperforated sheet, only vertically perforated, two color proofs for each value, complete imperforated set without a red cross imprint, only red cross print and phase proofs without a print of red cross.