Hanover 1851 Imperf on coloured paper

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Description

  • Issue dates: 1851 July 21 - February 1855 (1/30 Th shade)
  • Designed by: J. Fickenscher.
  • Printed by: Culemann
  • Print process: typography
  • Perforations: none
  • Watermark: yes
  • Catalogue Michel N°s 3-5

Currency change for the Postal Union : 1 Thaler = 30 Silbergroschen = 10 Pfennig. Beware of forgeries!

Stamps

1 Sgr

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1/30th Thaler on reddish paper (salmon). Mi3a
1/30th Thaler, blue DC at BARNSTORF.
1/30th Thaler , blue DC at NIENBURG. Sold 410 DM in 1981. Mi3a
1/30th Thaler on deep red paper, 1855, frame at MELLE sold 270 SF by Corinphila in 1993. Mi3b

2 Sgr

1/15th Thaler, light cancel, wide margins. Mi4
1/15th Thaler on grey-blue paper, blue linear cancel at WALSRODE.
Black circle at STADE , # 5 in margin, Mi4.

3 Sgr

1/10th Thaler on yellow paper. Mi5
Wrong page name (not 1850).
1/10th Thaler - 3 SGroschen, short cuts. Mi5

Covers

1/10 th (3 Sgr - Mi5) with 5 on a cover to Jassy (Moldavie), many transit postmarks. Sold 4,000 SF in 2000 (Cihangir collection).