1898 / 1899 Krone / Adler Overprints
In October 1898, a second printing of German Southwest Africa overprints came into use. The overprint was changed to “Deutsch-Südwestafrika” from the prior overprint “Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika”.
Plate flaws exists on the underlying 3 Pf and 25 Pf stamps.
MiNr. 5 Plate Flaw I — broken scroll (right)
MiNr. 9 Plate Flaw II —break in ‘I’ (right)
MiNr. 9 Plate Flaw IV — dot next to lower left scroll (right)
MiNr. 5 Unlisted Plate Flaw — rounded corner (right)
In addition, an overprint flaw exists on MiNr. 10.
MiNr. 10 Overprint Flaw I — overprint shifted upward (example shown not from this collection)
1898 / 1899 Krone / Adler Overprints
In October 1898, a second printing of German Southwest Africa overprints came into use. The overprint was changed to “Deutsch-Südwestafrika” from the prior overprint “Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika”.
Plate flaws exists on the underlying 3 Pf and 25 Pf stamps.
MiNr. 5 Plate Flaw I — broken scroll (right)
MiNr. 9 Plate Flaw II —break in ‘I’ (right)
MiNr. 9 Plate Flaw IV — dot next to lower left scroll (right)
MiNr. 5 Unlisted Plate Flaw — rounded corner (right)
In addition, an overprint flaw exists on MiNr. 10.
MiNr. 10 Overprint Flaw I — overprint shifted upward (example shown not from this collection)