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Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia · 26 stamps

Value●○○○○Common< 5●●○○○Low5 – 50●●●○○Medium50 – 500●●●●○High500 – 5 000●●●●●Exceptional5 000 +left column mint, right column used · USD, catalogue

1941

1941 Government Service Stamps

Perforation
14
About this issue

Official stamps for government offices appeared on 1 January 1941: twelve values from 30 h to 5 K with a numeral in an oak wreath and the inscription Böhmen und Mähren. They were designed by Antonín Erhardt and printed by letterpress. They were valid until 31 March 1943, but remained in use until 30 June 1943.

Sources: Burda Auction: Protektorát ČaM – Služební, F. Beneš / POFIS: Protektorát Čechy a Morava 1939–1945 (katalóg, PDF), Wikipedie: Seznam poštovních známek Protektorátu Čechy a Morava

No. 1
1
No. 2
2
No. 3
3
No. 4
4
No. 5
5
No. 6
6
No. 7
7
No. 8
8
No. 9
9
No. 10
10
No. 11
11
No. 12
12
SWPofisTypeValueColourDescriptionPrintedMintUsed
1SL1A30H●○○○○●○○○○
2SL2A140H●○○○○●○○○○
3SL3A250H●○○○○●○○○○
4SL4A360H●○○○○●○○○○
5SL5A480H●○○○○●○○○○
6SL6A51K●○○○○●○○○○
7SL7A61.20K●○○○○●○○○○
8SL8A71.50K●○○○○●○○○○
9SL9A82K●○○○○●○○○○
10SL10A93K●○○○○●○○○○
11SL11A104K●○○○○●○○○○
12SL12A115K●○○○○●○○○○
1‑12●●○○○●○○○○

1943

1943 Government Service Stamps

Issued
15. February
Watermark
None
Perforation
14
Sheet size
100
About this issue

The second issue of official stamps, of 15 February 1943, replaced the numeral in an oak wreath with the Reich eagle and the inscription Böhmen und Mähren with Deutsches Reich. The designer was again A. Erhardt and the values stayed the same – twelve from 30 h to 5 K. They were used until 31 December 1944, though formally valid until 16 May 1945.

Sources: Burda Auction: Protektorát ČaM – Služební, F. Beneš / POFIS: Protektorát Čechy a Morava 1939–1945 (katalóg, PDF), Wikipedie: Seznam poštovních známek Protektorátu Čechy a Morava

No. 13
13
No. 14
14
No. 15
15
No. 16
16
No. 17
17
No. 18
18
No. 19
19
No. 20
20
No. 21
21
No. 22
22
No. 23
23
No. 24
24
SWPofisTypeValueColourDescriptionPrintedMintUsed
13SL13B30Hochre●○○○○●○○○○
14SL14B140Hblue●○○○○●○○○○
15SL15B250Holive green●○○○○●○○○○
16SL16B360Hdark violet●○○○○●○○○○
17SL17B480Hcinnabar●○○○○●○○○○
18SL18B51Kblackish brown●○○○○●○○○○
19SL19B61.20Kdark rose●○○○○●○○○○
20SL20B71.50Kreddish brown●○○○○●○○○○
21SL21B82Kblue●○○○○●○○○○
22SL22B93Kbrownish olive●○○○○●○○○○
23SL23B104Kdark purple●○○○○●○○○○
24SL24B115Kdark green●○○○○●○○○○
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