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Upper Silesia

20th February 1920

Plebiscites 4

Upper Silesia 1 to 9
  1-9 xxx

perf 14x13½, typo
Printed by Govt Printing Works, Paris

Description   Scott SG Mi Y&T  
2½ pfennigs slate   1 1      
3pf brown   2 2      
5pf green   3 3      
10pf dull red   4 4      
15pf violet   5 5      
20pf blue   6 6      
50pf violet brown   7 7      
1 mark claret   8 8      
5m orange   9 9      

The plebiscite ordered by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles was indecisive and so the area was divided between Germany and Poland.

Sources: ScC, SGP7.

Image from ebay.

FI ref: 504 Page credit: NB

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