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Issue 1933

Complete Series of five stamps of the issue 1933, perforated.

1 Tschakey  1 Shokang 1 Trangka 2 Trangka 4 Trangka

The Printing block for these stamps had now 12 separate clichés, bound together to make one printing plate. After a certain number of printings, the clichés were filled with old ink, so the printing plate have been separated the clichés cleaned and again bound together to make one printing late. But since the separate clichés have been carved by hand, they were slightly different from each other and several different Settings could be identified, numbered with Arabic numbers from 1 to 4.

With the time, the strings tiding the 12 separate clichés together got loose and sometimes a cliché got crocked. These States as we call them are identified with figures A-E.

The stamps have been printed by demand and therefore also from this issue exists a large number of different shades.

Perforated stamps exist from this issue but only the very first printing are perforated officially, however, privately perforated stamps exists also from the later issues.

Nomination Printed in the years from / to Setting State Shades
1/2 Trangka 1933 - 1936 1   4
1936 - 1941 2 A-B 5
1941 - 1950 3   7
1950 - 1960 4   5
2/3 Trangka 1933 - 1934 1   4
1935 - 1941 2   2
1942 - 1950 3   3
1950 - 1960 4 A-D 8
1 Trangka 1933 - 1940 1   9
1941 - 1948 2   4
1948 - 1953 3 A-B 8
1953 - 1960 4   9
2 Trangka 1933 - 1950 1 A-B 16
1950 - 1960 2 A-B 18
4 Trangka 1933 - 1951 1 A-E 18
1951 - 1960 2   22

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