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Wurttemberg (Württemberg)

Wednesday, October 15, 1851

German State 7

Wurt1
  Wurttemberg #1  

Imperforate, no watermark, typographed.
Printed by ???.

 

Description     Scott SG Mi Y&T
October 15, 1851
1 black on buff
    1      
3 black on yellow
    2      
6 black on yellow green
    4      
9 black on rose
    5      
July, 1852
18 kreuzer black on dull violet
    6      

Scott does not list a #3.

Forgeries can be recognized by the number of 'dents', or 'zig-zag lines' in the left and right frame. There should be 32 + 32 perfectly triangular dents at each side. On the forgeries the dents are not equally sized. Forgeries exist for all values except the 3 kreuzer.

Get an overview of Germany and German States 1849 - 1872.

Image from David Olson.

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