Coat of Arms in Perforation 10

Wuerttemberg, Kingdom, Coat of Arms in Perforation 10, July/September, 1862, Michel Nr. 21-24: Four stamps in the nominals 1Kr, 3Kr, 6Kr and 9Kr were issued.

1Kr stamp in black-brown mint without gum. Signed „Thoma“.

3Kr stamp (yellow-orange, Michel Nr. 22a) mint without gum.

1Kr stamp (Michel Nr. 21) used.

Multiple franking of the 1Kr stamp (3) in dark-brown (Michel Nr. 21) on an intrastate letter sent from Mergentheim to Doerzbach. Cancelled with the three-ringed circular canceler of Mergentheim. Doerzbach arrival cancel on the reverse. Note that the right most stamp shows the plate error „indentation of edge line“ (ArGe PFII).

Detailed scan of the plate error.

3Kr stamp (dark-yellow-orange, Michael Nr. 22a) cancelled by the stirrup canceler Altbach (+100 points).

3Kr stamp (dark-yellow-orange, Michael Nr. 22a) cancelled by the triple-ringed circular canceler of Dusslingen in March of 1863 (+40 points).

3Kr stamp (dark-yellow-orange, Michel Nr. 22a) on a small piece cancelled with the triple-ringed circular canceler of Endersbach in February of 1863 (+20 points).

Vertical pair of 3Kr stamps (dark-yellow-orange, Michel Nr. 22a) cancelled with the triple-ringed circular canceler of Kirchheim in February of 1863 (+10 points). A pair is valued by Michel at about 5 times the value of a single stamp.

3Kr stamp (dark-yellow-orange, Michel Nr. 22a) canceled with the triple-ringed circular cancel of Reutlingen in February of 1863.

3Kr stamp (dark-yellow-orange, Michel Nr. 22a) cancelled with the triple-ringed circular canceler of Riedlingen from September of 1862.

3Kr stamp (dark-yellow-orange, Michel Nr. 22a) cancelled by the triple-ringed circular canceler of Unterkochen (+15 points).

3Kr stamp (middle-yellow-orange, Michel Nr. 22b) cancelled with the triple-ringed circular canceler of Heubach in June of 1863 (+20 points).

Vertical pair of this rare color variety (vivid-yellow-orange, Michel Nr. 22b) canceled with the double-ringed circular canceler of Creglingen (+20 points). Signed „b Thoma“. This is the kargest known unit of this color variety

6Kr stamp (olive-green, Michel Nr. 23a) with full original gum (hinged) singed slightly elevated „Thoma“.

6Kr stamp (olive-green, Michel Nr. 23aI) cancelled with the three-ringed circular canceler of Geislingen (+5 points). Note that the stamp shows the plate error of „half-moon on the left side“.

Detailed scan of the plate error.

6Kr stamp (dark-yellowish-green, Michel Nr. 23a) used in Stuttgart.

6Kr stamp (dark-olive-green, Michel Nr. 23b) cancelled triple-ringed circular canceler of Stuttgart.

Mixed franking of the 18Kr stamp (Michel Nr. 20y/Fifth Issue) with the 6Kr stamp (yellow-green, Michel Nr. 23a/Sixth Issue) paying an overall postage of 24Kr. paying the correct amount for a letter of the second weight level (2 Loth) for an international letter from Stuttgart to Switzerland. Various transit/arrival cancels on the reverse.