Schleswig-Holstein 1850 First issue

• Issue date: 15 November 1850
• Designed by: M. Claudius
• Printed by: H.W. Köbner & Lehmkuhl
• Print process: Typo on embossed paper with silk wire
• Perforations: Imperforated
• Watermark: none
• Catalogue Michel Numbers : 1 - 2

Used stamps are very rare: they could be used until April 1852 only (after which stamps of Denmark only), so that an estimated 8,700 letters were produced. Numeral cancels 1 to 42 in a grid.

1 Schilling

Unused

Sold 280 SF in 2001.

Prussian blue, Mi1b(*).

Used

12 at HAMBURG.	18 at KIEL, sold 5,700 DM in 1985.	19 at KIEL Station, sold 3,400 SF in 2001.
23 at MELDORF, proposed 3,000 DM in 1975.	30 at PLÖN	File:Schleswig-Holstein 1850 First issue 1 Sh d.jpg

Block

Block of 6 unused, sold 2,800 SF in 2001.

Covers

Strip of three 1 Sch 1850 issue, grid 34 of Rendsburg, sold 75,000 SF in 1998.

2 Schilling

Unused, sold 300 SF in 2001.	19 at Kiel Station, sold 6,900 DM in 1985.	19 at Kiel Station, sold 3,400 SF in 2001. Mi2a.	35 at Segeberg.
	File:Schleswig-Holstein 1850 First issue 2 Sh d.jpg

Pairs

Deep rose horizontal pair with 3 of ALTONA. Sold 32,000 SF in 1977. Mi2a.

Deep rose vertical pair with 35. Sold 11,000 SF in 2001. Mi2a.