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

Wurttemberg (Württemberg)

Wednesday, October 15, 1851.

Imperforate, no watermark, typographed.

Printed by ???.

 

The first issue.
Description # printed # issued Scott #
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

All issue quantities are approximate.
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.

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