12.IV.1941 Local Provisional Issue Međimurje

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Two days after the proclamation of the independent state of Croatia, new local Ustasha authorities issued complete sets of the Yugoslavian definitive King Peter set with the two overprint types of state coat of arms and the inscription “Država Hrvatska” above and “Međimurje” below the coat of arms. This issue was overprinted in Čakovec and distributed to the counters at the Čakovec post office on the same day.

This issue, authorized only by the local authorities, was not recognized by the postal directorate, but nevertheless, there are letters distributed from the Postal offices Čakovec and Varaždin during April and May 1941.

Overprint A  Overprint B 
I0,25 din904470
II0,50 din1.932 1.028
III1 din2.256   686
IV1,5 din1.770 590
V2 din205155
VI3 din450331
VII4 din384 383
VIII5 din 102     101
IX5,5 din218 217
X6 din8079
XI8 din9291
XII12 din112112
XIII16 din7171
XIV20 din8786
XV30 din5958

Some stamps II, III, IV, VI exist with an overprint “Hrvatska Drzava” instead of “Država Hrvatska”.

Inverted overprint exist on stamps I and II and double overprint on stamp VII.

Moved or angled overprint and abklatsch of the overprint also exist