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A Guide to the Stamps and Reprints of Heligoland | |
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A Guide to the Stamps and Reprints of Heligoland | |
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| The Three Types of Head | ||
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| Type I | Type II | Type III |
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| Blob instead of a curl under the chignon; the outline of the head joins the second jewel of the crown so that the first jewel stands out from the head | Curl under the chignon; only the first jewel stands out | Curl under the chignon; slightly different to Type II; two jewels stand out above the head |
| Originals | Reprints | German Government Reprints 1890 | |||||||||||||
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| Number of Printings | Type of Head | Berlin 1875 | Berlin 1879, Imperf and perf. later | Berlin, May or Aug 1879 | Berlin, 1880 | Berlin, 1882 | Berlin, 1883 | Berlin, 1884 | Berlin, 1885 | Leipzig, 1888 (surfaced paper) | Hamburg, 1891 Perf 14 | Hamburg 1892 Perf 14 | Hamburg, 1895 Perf 14 | ||
| ½sch. rouletted | 1 | I | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ½sch. rouletted | 1 | II | - | - | II | - | - | - | II | - | II | II | II | - | - |
| 1sch. rouletted | 1 | I | - | - | III | - | - | - | III | - | III | III | III | III | - |
| 2sch. rouletted | 1 | I | - | - | I | - | - | - | - | - | I | I | I | - | - |
| 6sch. rouletted | 1 | I | - | - | I | - | - | - | - | - | I | I | I | - | - |
| ½sch. perforated | 8 | II | II | II | - | - | - | - | II | - | II | II | II | - | - |
| 1sch. perforated | 4 | III | III | III | - | - | - | - | III | - | III | III | III | - | - |
| ¼sch. perforated | 3 | I | II | II | - | - | - | - | II | - | I | I | I | II | - |
| ¼sch. error of colour | 1 | I | II | II | II | - | - | - | II | - | I | I | I | II | - |
| ¾sch. perforated | 1 | I | I | I | - | - | - | - | I | - | I | I | I | - | - |
| 1½sch. perforated | 1 | I | II | II | - | - | - | - | II | - | I | II | II | I | - |
| 2sch. rouletted | None | - | - | I | I | - | - | - | I | - | I | I | I | - | - |
| 6sch. rouletted | None | - | - | I | I | - | - | - | I | - | I | I | I | - | - |
| 1 pfennig | 1 | II | - | - | - | - | II | II | - | - | II | II | II | - | - |
| 2 pfennig | 1 | II | - | - | - | - | - | II | - | - | II | II | II | - | - |
| 5 pfennig | 3 | II | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 200 |
| 10 pfennig | 5 | II | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 200 |
| 25 pfennig | 1 | II | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 200 |
| 50 pfennig | 2 | II | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 200 |
| 3 pfennig | 2 | Arms | - | - | - | Arms | - | - | - | Arms | - | Arms | Arms | - | - |
| 20 pfennig | 8 | Arms | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 200 |
| 1 mark perf 13½*14½ | 3 | Numeral | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 |
| 5 mark perf 13½*14½ | 1 | Numeral | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 |
| 1 mark perf 11½ | 1 | Numeral | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 mark perf 11½ | 1 | Numeral | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
A complete sheet of the Hamburg reprint (Head Type III)
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