Wuerttemberg, Kingdom, Coat of Arms printed on thin paper (0.05mm-0.08mm), 1861, Michel Nr. 16y-19y: Five stamps in nominals of 1Kr, 3Kr, 6Kr, 9Kr and 18Kr were issued in perforation 13.5.

1Kr stamp (brown, Michel Nr. 16ya) used.

1Kr stamp (Brown, Michel Nr. 16ya) cancelled with the three-ringed circular cancel of Moeckmuehl (+5 points).

1Kr stamp (Blackish-brown, Michel Nr. 16yb) mint with almost complete original gum. Hinged.

1Kr stamp (dark-brown, Michel Nr. 16yb) cancelled with the three-ringed circular canceler of Kochendorf (+25 points).

1Kr stamp (blackish-brown, Michel Nr. 16yb) used in Stuttgart.

3Kr stamp (vivid-orange-yellow, Michel Nr. 17yb) in a mint pair with full original gum (hinged). Michel values a pair 3 times that of a single stamp.

3Kr stamp (dark-yellow-orange, Michel Nr. 17ya) cancelled in Cannstatt.

3Kr stamp (dark-yellowish-orange, Michel Nr. 17ya) cancelled with the three-ringed circular canceler of Dornhan (+25 points) in March of 1863.

3Kr stamp (dark-yellowish-orange, Michel Nr. 17ya) cancelled with the three-ringed canceler of Neuffen (+25 points).

3Kr stamp on a small piece (vivid-yellow-orange, Michel Nr. 17yb) cancelled by the three-ringed circular of Muehringen (+15 points).

6Kr stamp (green-olive, Michel Nr. 18ya) in a horizontal pair. Mint with full original gum with small hinge remnants.

6Kr stamp (green-olive) Michel Nr. 18ya) used.

6Kr stamp (dark-yellowish-green, Michel Nr. 18ya) used.

6Kr stamp (dark-olive-green, Michel Nr. 18ya) used.

Single franking of the 6Kr stamp (dark-olive-green, Michel Nr. 18ya) on a letter sent in Mai of 1862 from Bietigheim to Uettingen in Bavaria. Cancelled by the double-ringed circular canceler of Bietigheim (+5 points). Royal Post Coach (K. Wuertt. Fahrdienst) and Wuerzburg transit cancels on the reverse.

Rare mixed franking of the fourth and sixth stamp issue of Wuerttemberg. 6Kr (Green, Michel Nr. 18ya) together with 3Kr (dark-carmine, Michel Nr. 26b) paying an overall postage of 9Kr for a letter sent from Heilbronn to Ploessberg in Bavaria. Stamps cancelled with the double-ringed circular cancelers of Heilbronn. Royal Coach Post (K.Wuertt Fahrpost) transit and Ploessberg stirrup arrival cancel on there reverse.

6Kr stamp (vivid-green-olive, Michel Nr. 18yb) canceled in Stuttgart.

Single franking of the 6Kr stamp (dark-olive-green, Michel Nr. 18ya) on a folded letter sent from Stuttgart to Kaiserslautern in Rhineland Palatinate in September of 1862. Royal Post Coach (K.Wuertt Fahrende Post) and Ludwigshafen rail cancel on the reverse.

Mixed franking of the 6Kr stamp on thin paper of the 5th issue together with the 9Kr stamp of the 7th issue in black-brown paying an overall postage off 15Kr on an international letter sent from Stuttgart to Mulhouse in France in August of 1863. The 6Kr stamp was sold as Michel Nr. 18ya but it clearly is of the lighter b shade vivid-greenish-olive. Stamps cancelled with the single circle canceler of Stuttgart. Royal Coach Post (K.Wuertt.Fahrpost  transit and Mulhouse arrival cancel on the reverse.

In 1865 officials reprints of the original issue were printed. The reprints do not differ in design from the original stamps. The reprints could be purchased at the counter in Stuttgart and they were valid for postage. Here is a mint never hinged specimen of the 6Kr reprint with the red silk thread.

9Kr stamp (Carmine, Michel Nr. 19ya) cancelled with the single circled canceler of  Stuttgart.

Single franking of the 9Kr stamp (Vivid-red-carmine, Michel Nr. 19xa) sent in July of 1862 from Stuttgart to Linz in Austria. The letter must have been in excess of 1 Lot (6Kr postage). 3Kr was added for a total of 9Kr for the transfer to the Austrian Postal Club. Mobile transit cancel of the riding mobile Royal Post Office and Linz distribution cancel on the reverse.

9 Kr stamp (lilaq-red, Michel Nr. 19xb) mint with large parts of the original gum.

9Kr stamp (dark-red-carmine, Michel Nr. 19yb) used.

9Kr stamp (dark-red-carmine, Michel Nr. 19yb) cancelled with the single circle canceler of Stuttgart.

18Kr stamp mint with original gum (hinged).

18Kr stamp (Michel Nr. 20y) used in Stuttgart.

Rare single franking of the 18Kr stamp on an international folded letter of the second weight level (2 Loth) sent from Lauchheim to Cles in Tyrol paying the correct postage. Cancelled with the three-rings circular canceler of Laupheim. Rail cancel on the reverse. Michel values single franking at Euro 7,500.

Mixed franking of the 1Kr (Black-brown, Michel Nr. 16ya),  3Kr (dark-yellow-orange, Michel Nr. 17ya) and 18Kr stamps paying an overall postage of 22Kr on an international letter sent from Tuebingen in July of 1862 to there United States. The letter was routed through Hamburg and hence received the circular „Hamburg Paid“ transit cancel. Stamps cancelled by the double-ringed circular canceler of Tuebingen (Type II).

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.

Registration Nr. 00050

 

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