Coat of Arms without Silk Thread

Wuerttemberg, Kingdom, Coat of Arms without Silk Thread, 1859/1860, Michel Nr. 11-15: Five stamps in nominals of 1Kr, 3Kr, 6Kr, 9Kr and 18Kr were issued imperforate.

1Kr stamp mint with full original gum (hinged) in dark-orange-brown color (Michel Nr. 11b). Signed „Gebr. Senf and Thoma“.

Reprints of these stamps were produced and sold over the postal counter in Stuttgart at the nominal value. They did not differ from the original design and were fully valid as postage. Here is a mint pair of the reprint with full original gum in dark-brown color. The right stamp is mint never hinged while the left stamp shows a hinge remnant.

Reprints were also made in slightly or very different colors so that postal authorities could decided which color section would be suitable. They are listed in Michel under 11NDb and NDbc. All signed „Irtenkauf“.

1Kr stamp (Brown, Michel Nr. 11a) cancelled with the double ringed circular cancel of Cannstatt.

1Kr stamp (Brown, Michel Nr. 11a) on a small piece cancelled with the three-ringed circular canceler of Freudenstadt.

1Kr stamp (brown, Michel Nr. 11a) cancelled with the three-ringed circular cancel of Oppenweiler (+30 points). Signed slightly elevated „Pfenninger“.

1Kr (dark-orange-brown, Michel Nr. 11b) used.

1Kr (deep-dark-brown, Michel Nr. 11b) canceled with the stirrup cancel of Donzdorf (+30 points) that also shows the plate error „line next to last E of Freimarke“.

Detailed scan of the plate error.

3Kr stamps (one horizontal pair and one single stamp) in the color variety deep-dark-brown (Michel Nr. 11b) on a small piece and cancelled with the single circled circular canceler of Tuebingen (Type III/+25 points). Michel values a used pair at around three times that of a single stamp.

3Kr stamp (Michel Nr,. 12a) mint with almost complete original gum from the top of the sheet.

Reprints of these stamps were produced and sold over the postal counter in Stuttgart at the nominal value. They did not differ from the original design and were fully valid as postage. Here is the reprint of the 3Kr stamp (Michel Nr. 12ND) without gum. Signed „Thoma“

3Kr stamp (yellow-orange, Michel Nr. 12a) canceled with the single-ringed circular canceler of Boennigheim (+30 points).

3Kr stamp (dark-yellow-orange, Michel Nr. 12a) cancelled by the triple-ringed circular cancel of Dornstetten (+30 points).

3Kr stamp (dark–yellow-orange, Michel Nr. 12a) from the bottom sheet margin cancelled with the triple-ringed circular cancler of Ebingen.

3Kr stamp (yellow-orange, Michel Nr. 12a) cancelled with the triple-ringed circular canceler of Elbhausen (+30 points).

3Kr stamp (dark-yellow-orange, Michel Nr. 12a) on a small piece cancelled with the double-ringed circular canceler of Klein-Engstingen (+20 points) . The village only had 657 inhabitants in 1847 so the cancel is hard to find.

3Kr stamp (dark-yellow-orange, Michel Nr 12aI) cancelled with the triple-ringed circular canceler of Heidenheim. Note that the stamp carries the plate error „white spot in lower left of the frame“.

Detailed scan of the plate-error

3Kr stamp (dark-yellow-orange, Michel Nr. 12a) cancelled by the double-ringed circular canceler of Ravensburg in May of 1860.

3Kr stamp (yellow-orange, Michel Nr. 12a) cancelled with the double-ringed canceler of Stuttgart in February of 1860.

3Kr stamp (dark-yellow-orange, Michel Nr. 12a) cancelled by the three-ringed circular canceler of Waiblingen in April of 1860.

3Kr stamp (vivid-orange-yellow, Michel Nr. 12b) cancelled with the triple-ringed circular canceler of Kirchberg in November of 1861 (+15 points).

3Kr stamp (yellowish-orange, Michel Nr. 12c) cancelled by the stirrup cancel of Altshausen (+25 points).

6Kr stamp mint without gum

Reprints of these stamps were produced and sold over the postal counter in Stuttgart at the nominal value. They did not differ from the original design and were fully valid as postage. Here is the 6Kr reprint (Michel Nr. 13ND) mint with full original gum (hinged).

6Kr stamp (light-green-olive, Michel Nr. 13a) used and signed „Buehler“.

6Kr stamp (light-green-olive, Michel Nr. 13a) used in Stuttgart.

6Kr stamp (dark-yellowish-green, Michel Nr. 13a) canceled in Stuttgart.

Mixed franking of the 2nd and 3rd issue of Wuerttemberg. 3Kr (Yellow-orange, Michel Nr. 7a) together with 6Kr (light-green, Michel Nr. 13a) paying an overall postage of 9Kr on an international letter sent from Goeppingen to Bremgarten in Switzerland. The postage was made up of 6Kr Postal Union and 3Kr Swiss onwards transportation. Royal Coach Post (K.Wuertt.Fahrpost) transit and Bremgarten arrival cancels on there reverse.

6Kr stamp (dark-olive-green, Michel Nr. 13b) on a small piece cancelled by the triple-ringed circular canceler of Isny in January of 1861.

6Kr stamp (green-olive, Michel Nr. 13a) cancelled by the stirrup cancel of Murrhardt (+30 points). Signed „Irtenkauf“.

6Kr stamp (light-green-olive, Michel Nr. 13a) cancelled with the triple-ringed circular canceler of Vaihingen. The stamp also shows the plate error „white line from the deer to the right side“.

Detailed scan of the plate error.

6Kr stamp (dark-green, Michel Nr. 13b) cancelled with the triple-ringed circular canceler of Laupheim in August of 1860.

6Kr stamp (dark-olive-green, Michel Nr. 13b) cancelled by the triple-ringed circular canceler of Sulz in October of 1860. Signed „Thoma“.

Multiple franking of the 6Kr stamp (light-greenish-olive, Michel Nr. 13a) on a folded intra-state letter sent from Stuttgart to Sigmaringen. Cancelled with the triple-ringed circular canceler of Stuttgart. Postage for a simple letter was only 3Kr for a distance in excess of 12 miles so the letter must have been of 4 lot in weight.

9Kr stamps (Michel Nr. 14a) in a very rare block of four mint with full original gum. The top two stamps have hinge remnants while the bottom stamps are mint never hinged. MNH stamps from the Wuerttemberg Kreuzer area are extremely rare. Largest known mint unit of this stamp. Ex Ferrari. Michael values a used block of four at onehundredfifty times that of a single stamp sir a mint block four is clearly valued with „LP“.

9Kr stamp mint stamp with full original gum (hinged) in a lighter color of „vivid-carmine“ (Michel Nr. 14a)

In May of 1865 official reprints of the stamps were produced and sold in Stuttgart at nominal value over the counter. The reprints do not differ in design from the originals and they were fully valid for postage. Here is a mint never hinged specimen of the 9Kr value.

9Kr stamp (middle-red-carmine, Michel Nr. 14a) used.

9Kr stamp (lilac-red, Michel Nr. 14a) cancelled in Stuttgart.

9Kr stamp (lilac-red, Michel Nr. 14a) cancelled in Stuttgart

9Kr stamp (middle-red-carmine, Michel Nr. 14a) used in Ulm.

Rare mixed franking of the 2nd and 3rd Wuerttemberg issue. Mixed franking of four 1Kr stamps (orange-brown, Michel Nr. 6a, two form a vertical pair) together with two 9Kr stamps (middle-red-carmine, Michel Nr. 14a) paying an overall postage of 22Kr on a letter sent from Stuttgart to Rome in Italy. . However, initially, only 20Kr were used. This was not enough as the tariff had increased in October of 1859. As a result a black hand stamp „P.F. (missing postage) and a manuscript 2 was applied for the additional 2Kr postage due that was added later on. Various transit and Rome arrival cancel on their reverse. Michel values a lose pair off cover at three times that of a single stamp.

Single franking of the 9Kr stamp (middle-red-carmine, Michel Nr. 14a) on a folded letter sent in March of 1861 from Metzingen to Nuernberg in Bavaria. Plochingen und mobile coach driving „Wuerttembergisches Fahrendes Postamt“ cancel on the reverse. Royal Bavarian Stirrup Cancel on the reverse.

9Kr stamp (dark-lilac-red, Michel Nr. 14b) used.

9Kr stamp (dark-lilac-red.Michel Nr. 14b) used in Stuttgart.

18Kr stamp in dark-blue (Michel Nr. 15) mint with full original gum (hinge remnant).

18Kr stamp (blue, Michel Nr. 15 I) mint with most original gum. The stamp shows the plate error „white line at U of Kreuzer on the right“. This error only occurs once in every sheet of 60 stamps. Michel values a used specimen of the error at 2.5 times that of a normal stamp. Mint errors are not listed as they are so rare.

Detailed scan of the plate error.

Official reprints of these stamps were produced in Stuttgart and sold there over the postal counter at nominal values. They were fully valid as postage but were rarely used this way. Here is the mint hinged 18Kr reprint with mostly original gum.

Horizontal pair of the 18Kr stamp (Michel Nr. 15) from the lower sheet margin and cancelled in Neckarsulm. Signed „Pfenninger, Hunziker and Thoma“. Michel values a pair at four times of a single stamp.