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Overprint stamps Sudetenland

  • renedevos
    renedevos 100% (317x)

    2 messages

    United Kingdom

    Q: the overprint “we are free” on the Sudetenland stamps differ because of the “!” after “frei”. Are both overprints real. Can’t find this in the SG catalogue!
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  • joulie
    joulie 100% (2713x)

    6169 messages

    France

    Hi.
    Your stamp is Michel # 55 (Sudetenland,Reichenberg-Maffersdorf)
    First overprint ,without "!", is obviously a forgery.
    Second overprint may be genuine,but this set has been forged so many times that I'm suspicious.
    Regards.
  • emmbersplace
    emmbersplace 98% (12960x)

    908 messages

    Philippines

    Q: the overprint “we are free” on the Sudetenland stamps differ because of the “!” after “frei”. Are both overprints real. Can’t find this in the SG catalogue!
    • Created on Jan 30, 2019 at 5:36 AM
    • #960209
    These "We are Free" Czech Sudetenland overprints were issued locally in several towns following Hitler's invasion in October 1938. Michel lists some of these for several Czech cities - they are really propaganda stamps.
  • renedevos
    renedevos 100% (317x)

    2 messages

    United Kingdom

    Hi.
    Your stamp is Michel # 55 (Sudetenland,Reichenberg-Maffersdorf)
    First overprint ,without "!", is obviously a forgery.
    Second overprint may be genuine,but this set has been forged so many times that I'm suspicious.
    Regards.
    • Created on Jan 30, 2019 at 7:41 AM
    • #960242
    Thank you. Strange that the stamp having the overprint without the “!” is a forgery since it is depicted in the book “The Dictionary of Stamps in colour” by J. A. Mackay (1973). The stamp with the overprint containing the “!”, I bought on eBay for £4.5. Hope it was worth.

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