Great Britain, May 6, 1840 First Issues Collectors Club of stamps and philatelic material

Western Ukraine

Wednesday, November 20, 1918.


Perforated 12½, no watermark, typography.

Overprinted on Austria 1916 - 1918 issues.
Description # printed # issued Scott #
Overprinted. Lvov issue, November 20, 1918.
3 heller bright violet ? ? 5
5 heller light green ? ? 6
10 heller magenta ? ? 7
20 heller dark green ? ? 8
Surcharged. Kolomyya issue, December 12, 1918.
5 shahiv on 15 heller dull red ? ? 1
10 shahiv on 3 heller violet ? ? 2
10 shahiv on 6 heller deep orange ? ? 3
10 shahiv on 12 heller light blue ? ? 4
Surcharged. Stanislawow issue, March 18, 1919.
3 shahiv bright violet ? ? 11
5 shahiv light green ? ? 12
6 shahiv deep orange ? ? 13
10 shahiv magenta ? ? 14
12 shahiv light blue ? ? 15
15 shahiv dull red ? ? 16
20 shahiv deep green ? ? 17
30 shahiv dull violet ? ? 18
40 shahiv olive green ? ? 19
50 shahiv dark green ? ? 20
60 shahiv deep blue ? ? 21
80 shahiv orange brown ? ? 22
1 hryvnia carmine, yellow paper ? ? 23
2 hryvnia light blue ? ? 24
3 hryvnia carmine rose ? ? 25
4 hryvnia yellow green ? ? 26
10 hryvnia deep violet ? ? 27

All issue quantities are approximate.
Forgeries are plentiful.

The Lvov issue was only used in Lvov for two days, on november 20th and 21st 1918. After that it was used in Khodoriv, Kolomyya and Stanislawow.

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