Coat of Arms with Rouletted Perforation

Wuerttemberg, Kingdom, Coat of Arms with roulette perforation 10, Michel Nr. 30-34; Five stamps with nominals of 1Kr, 3Kr, 6Kr, 9Kr and 18 Kr were issued.

Horizontal pair of the 1Kr stamp (middle-yellow-green, Michel Nr. 30a) mint with full original gum (hinge remnant). Michel values a pair at about three times that of a single stamp. Signed „Thoma“

Multiple franking of the 1Kr stamp (middle-yellow-green, Michel Nr. 30a) on an intra-city letter of the second weight level mailed within Heilbronn. Cancelled with the double-ringed canceler (Type IVa) of Heilbronn. Transit/Arrival cancels on the reverse.

1Kr stamp (middle-yellow-green, Michel Nr. 30a) cancelled by the three-ringed circular canceler of Liebenzell (+40 points).

1Kr stamp (middle-yellow-green, Michel Nr. 30a) cancelled by the three-ringed circular canceler of Loewenstein (+10 points).

1Kr stamp (middle-yellow-green, Michel Nr. 30a) cancelled by the three-ringed circular canceler of Moegglingen (+40 points).

1Kr stamp (middle-yellow-green, Michel Nr. 30a) cancelled by the three-ringed circular canceler of Ochsenhausen (+15 points).

1Kr stamp (middle-yellow-green, Michel Nr. 30a) canceled with the triple-ringed circular canceler of Schwenningen (+5 points)

1Kr stamp (middle-yellow-green, Michel Nr. 30a) on a small piece cancelled by the three-ringed circular canceler of Trossingen (+30 points).Signed Carl.H.Lang

1Kr stamp (middle-yellowish-green, Michel Nr. 30a) canceled with the triple=ringed circular canceler (Type II) of Tuttlingen (+10 points).

1Kr stamp (middle-yellow-green, Michel Nr. 30a) cancelled by the adjusted three-ringed circular canceler of Wangen (+30 points). One ring was removed.

1Kr stamp (middle-yellow-green, Michel Nr. 30a) cancelled by the three-ringed circular canceler of Widdern (+60 points).

Single franking of the 1Kr stamp in the rare color variety of „grass-green“ (Michel Nr. 30b) on a printed matter mailing sent in November of 1868 from Stuttgart to Urach. Cancelled with the triple-ringed circular cancel of Stuttgart.

3Kr stamps in a rare block of four (pink, Michel Nr. 31a) cancelled with the one-ringed circular canceler of Cannstatt. Michel values a used block of four at 300 times that of a single stamp.

3Kr stamp (redish-carmine, Michel Nr. 31a) canceled with the three-ringed circular canceler of Laupheim.

Single franking of the 3Kr stamp (redish-carmine, Michel Nr. 31a) on an intra-state letter sent from Mergentheim to Langenburg. Canceled with the rare single circle circular canceler of Mergentheim (Type III) that was introduced April 30th, 1875 and hence it is rare on stamps in Kreuzer currency (+200 points). Various transit cancels on the reverse.

Single franking of the 3Kr stamp (redish-carmine, Michel Nr. 31a) on an intra-state letter sent in February of 1869 from Schoenthal to Heilbronn. Mobile train transit cancel on the reverse.

3Kr stamp (red-carmine, Michel Nr. 31a) used in Stuttgart.

This is an unusual single franking of the 3Kr stamp (red-carmine, Michel Nr. 31a) on an international letter sent from Cannstatt to Tyrol. The correct postage for this letter should have been 9Kr. but apparently the stamp was confused with the 9Kr stamp of 1862 in perforation 10 that had a similar color (Michel Nr. 24). As a result no postage due was indicated. The stamp only received a weak strike of the single circular canceler from Cannstatt and therefore was struck again in Trient, Italy. Various transit cancels on the reverse.

Mixed franking of the 3Kr stamp (vivid-redish-carmine, Michel Nr. 31a) together with the 6Kr stamp (blue, Michel Nr. 32a) on a 3Kr postal stationary paying an overall postage of 12Kr on an international letter sent in March of 1868 from Cannstatt to Paris, France. Canceled with the two-ringed circular canceler of Cannstatt. The postage was made up of 6Kr Postal Union postage plus 6Kr for the further transport in France. K. Wuerttemberg Rail transit cancel on the reverse.

Mixed franking of the 1Kr and 3Kr stamps of the 8th issue ( Michel Nr. 30a and 31a) with the 7Kr stamp issued in 1868 (prussian-blue/Michel Nr. 35b) on a 3Kr postal stationary paying an overall postage of 14Kr on a rare domestic charge letter sent from Calw to Frankfurt/Main in Hesse in October of 1868. The stamps were cancelled with the rare two-line long canceler of Calw (+200 points). Wuerttemberg Railway transit and Frankfurt arrival cancel on the reverse. Nice three color franking.

3Kr stamp (lilac-red, Michel Nr. 31b) used.

3Kr stamp in the rare color variety of lilac-red (Michel Nr. 31c) canceled with the triple-ringed circular canceler of Goeppingen. Signed „Thoma“.

Multiple franking of a vertical strip of three stamps of the very rare color variety lilac-red (Michel Nr. 31c) on a letter sent in February of 1866 from Cannstatt to Munich. Cancelled with the double-ringed circular canceler of Cannstatt. Mobile coach cancel of the Wuerttemberische Fahrpost and Munich arrival cancel on the reverse. The postage was 9Kr which is for a Postal Union letter in excess of 20 miles. This is the only known letter of this color variety that carries a strip of three.

6Kr stamp (Blue, Michel Nr. 32a) in a very rare mint block of four with full original gum (Hinged)

6Kr stamp (vivid-blue, Michel Nr. 32a) used.

Rare mixed franking of the 7th and 8th issue of Wuerttemberg. 6Kr (blue, Michel Nr. 32a) together with the 1Kr (yellow-green, Michel Nr. 36a) paying an overall postage of 7Kr on a letter sent in December of 1869 from Deisslingen to Neckarsulm (second weight level). Cancelled with the single-circle cancel of Deisslingen (+175 points). Tuebingen transit and Neckarsulm arrival cancel on the reverse.

6Kr stamp (middle-blue, Michel Nr. 32b) cancelled with the single ringed circular cancel of Stuttgart-Fildern (+30 points).

Multiple franking of the 6Kr stamps (2/light-blue, Michel Nr. 32b) paying an overall postage of 12Kr on an international letter sent from Gmuend to Paris, France. The 12Kr postage was made up of 6Kr for the Postal Union plus 6Kr for the further transport in France.. Stamps cancelled with the Gmuend Stadt Post fan cancel (+20 points) Carlsruhe transit cancel on the reverse.

6Kr stamp mint with most original gum (hinge remnant). Signed „Georg Buehler.

6Kr stamp (dark-blue, Michel Nr. 32c)

6Kr stamp (dark-blue, Michel Nr. 32c) as a single franking on a folded letter sent in June of 1866 from Munderkingen to Munich in Bavaria paying the correct tariff for a letter traveling from 10 to 20 miles. Cancelled with the triple-ringed circular canceler of Munderkingen (+5 points). Note that the stamp carries the plate error „deformed R in Freimarke“.

Detailed scan of the plate error

9Kr stamp (redish-brown, Michel Nr. 33a) mint with full original gum (almost mint never hinged!). Signed Georg Buehler.

9Kr stamp (light-brown, Michel Nr. 33b) mint with mostly original gum (hinged).

9Kr stamp (light-yellow-brown, Michel Nr. 33a) canceled with their double-ringed circular canceler of Stuttgart.

9Kr stamp (light-brown, Michel Nr. 33b) canceled with the single circle canceler of Heilbronn.

9Kr stamp (light-brown, Michel Nr. 33b) canceled with the single circle canceler of Heilbronn. Signed „b.Irrtenkauf“.

Some of the 1Kr to 9Kr nominals of these stamps were removed in imperforate state without authorization from the printing works. They were likely taken from the printers waste as they all show an additional print of the image on the reverse of the stamps. As a result all of these stamps have some sort of defect. All of these stamps were printed using their original clichés. All of therm were postally used in Stuttgart in order to defraud the postal system. These stamps are one of the most rarities of Wuerttemberg philately. Here is the 9Kr (light-brown, Michel Nr. 33b) specimen.