portion of the building shown otì the stamp is a corn granary. This building is the symbol of the city.
OVERPRINTED STAMPS OF DANZIG: Issued on 1st October 1939, the 1924-39 definitive stamps of Danzig are overprinted in black “Deutsches Reich” and new value. Only the 30 Pfg value, which was printed but never issued for the 1938-39 Danzig definitives, has the swastika watermark. The remaining stamps have no watermark. It must be assumed that the 1938-39 issue had been used, otherwise they would have been overprinted instead of the earlier issue. The 14 values are listed in Michel as follows:
716 3 Rpf on 3 Pfg brown ..... Danzig: (289)
717 4 Rpf on 35 Pfg ultrainarine ..... (215)
718 5 Rpf on 5 Pfg orange .......... (290)
719 8 Rpf on 8 Pfg light green ..... (291)
720 10 Rpf on 10 Pfg blue green ....... (292)
721 12 Rpf on 7 Pfg light green ...... (236)
722 15 Rpf on 15 Pfg red .............. (293)
723 20 Rpf on 20 Pfg gray ............ (245)
724 25 Rpf on 25 PIg carmine ......... (294)
725 30 Rpf on 30 PIg violet-purple w/m swast
726 40 Rpf on 40 PIg blue to dk. blue .... (295)
727 50 Rpf on 50 PIg blue and red ...... (296)
728 1 RM on 1 G orange and black ... (297)
729 2 RM on 2 G purple-carmine and gray-black ... (208)
VARIETIES: The 30 Pfg (725) exists with inverted swastika watermark. The 40 Rpf on 40 Pfg (726) value is rich in shades, varying from light to dark blue. Both the 1 RM and 2 RM values (728 & 729) exist with either:
x. Thick paper with yellowish gum, or
y. Thin paper with white gum.
The 2 RM was also printed in a dark purple and black scheme (729y) on thin white paper with white gum. The same value exists with the “2 Reichsmark” overprint omitted from field 26-30 (729 x 1) and with “Deutsches Reich” overprint omitted (729 x 11). Figures 8 and 9..
Danzig Report Nr. 3 – May - 1975, Page 7.
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