Germany-Allied Occ 1945 Soviet Zone,West Saxony Definitives - III

• Label : "Deutsche Post"; 1945; definitive stamps for the Soviet Occupation Zone "West Saxony", series-III, stamps for use in the area of the "Oberpostdirektion (OPD) Leipzig" (= West Saxony); issue of 12 imperforate stamps in the number drawing
  

Stamp datas:

• Issue date :

- 09 November 1945; 3, 4, 20, 30 Pfennig

- 12 November 1945: 5, 6, 8, 12 Pfennig

- 15 November 1945: 10, 15, 40, 60 Pfennig

• Catalogue numbers : Michel: No, 126Xwa.- 137Xwa (also "Y"), Yvert & Tellier: No. 7 - 18 (DD-SOC); Scott: 14N1-14N12 (DE)
• Color :

- yellow brown to dark ochre brown - dark grey blue to dark grey - dark olive green to blackish olive green -...

- ...- grey violet - red orange - light grey to blackish grey - red to carmine red-...

- ...- brown camine to brown lilac - blue - brownish olive/light olive to dark olive -...

- ...- dark red violet to dark lilas/dark rose lilac - dark brwon carmine to carmine brown

• Watermark : Soviet Occupation Zone, No 1X (stairs, falling) or 1Y (stairs, increasing)
• Nominal values :

-3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 8 - 10 Pfennig...

- ...-12 - 15 - 60 - 30- 40 - 60 Pfennig

• Printed by : "Giesecke & Devrient", Leipzig
• Print process : Letterpress printing on thin, grey-white paper with a fine mesh structure
• Perforation : Comb perforation, K 13 : 12½
• Stamp size: printed area of a single stamp : 18.0 x 22.0 mm
• Print runs : (X + Y)

- 3 Pfennig : 9,241,000

- 4 Pfennig : 4,107,500

- 5 Pfennig : 5,720,000

- 6 Pfennig: 11,715,000

- 8 Pfennig: 7,535,000

- 10 Pfennig: 4,068,500

- 12 Pfennig: 14,480,000

- 15 Pfennig: 3,050,000

- 20 Pfennig: 4,132,500

- 30 Pfennig: 4,132,500

- 40 Pfennig: 3,798,000

- 60 Pfennig: 2,978,500

Stamps

Mint stamps, watermark 1X

Michel No. 126Xaw, mint	Michel No. 127Xaw, mint	Michel No. 128Xaw, mint	Michel No. 129Xaw, mint
Michel No. 130Xaw, mint	Michel No. 131Xaw, mint	Michel No. 132Xaw, mint	Michel No. 133Xaw, mint
Michel No. 134Xaw, mint	Michel No. 135Xaw, mint	Michel No. 136Xaw, mint	Michel No. 137Xaw, mint

Postmarked stamps, watermark 1X

Michel No. 126Xaw, postmarked	Michel No. 127Xaw, postmarked	Michel No. 128Xaw, postmarked	Michel No. 129Xaw, postmarked
Michel No. 130Xaw, postmarked	Michel No. 133Xaw, postmarked	Michel No. 133Xaw, postmarked	Michel No. 133Xaw, postmarked
Michel No. 134Xaw, postmarked	Michel No. 135Xaw, postmarked	Michel No. 136Xaw, postmarked	Michel No. 137Xaw, postmarked

Mint stamps, watermark 1Y

Michel No. 126Yaw, mint	Michel No. 127Yaw, mint	Michel No. 128Yaw, mint	Michel No. 129Yaw, mint
Michel No. 130Yaw, mint	Michel No. 131Xaw, mint	Michel No. 132Xaw, mint	Michel No. 133Xaw, mint
Michel No. 134Xaw, mint	Michel No. 135Xaw, mint	Michel No. 136Xaw, mint	Michel No. 137Xaw, mint

Postmarked stamps, watermark 1Y

Michel No. 126Yaw, postmarked	Michel No. 127Yaw, postmarked	Michel No. 128Yaw, postmarked	Michel No. 129Yaw, postmarked
Michel No. 130Yaw, postmarked	Michel No. 131Yaw, postmarked	Michel No. 132Yaw, postmarked	Michel No. 133Yaw, postmarked
Michel No. 134Yaw. postmsrked	Michel No. 135Yaw, postmarked	Michel No. 136Yaw, postmarked	Michel No. 137Yaw, postmarked