Vertical Overprint Issues of 1926 - 1927
Updated - July, 2017
Identifying the South West Africa Vertical Overprint issues from 1926 thru 1927 is primarily a matter of determining the language of the overprint compared to the stamp. However, there are some position flaws caused by missing periods on the overprint.
The catalog numbers are from the 2013 Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue (SG) and the 2011 Scott catalog (ST). The description is from the Stanley Gibbons Catalogue. The quantities overprinted under the listings are from the 1995 edition of The South African Stamp Colour Catalogue. Please contact the publishers to obtain a copy of their publication. You can find a link on the "Links to British Colonial Stamp Sites" which is linked at the bottom of this page.
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A later printing was issued with the languages transposed.
1/2d Black & Green
Overprint language matches the stamp
600,000 pairs overprinted
1/2d Black & Green
Overprint language is transposed
240,000 pairs overprinted
1d Black & Carmine
Overprint language matches the stamp
1,320,000 pairs overprinted
1d Black & Carmine
Overprint language is transposed
1,200,000 pairs overprinted
6d Green & Orange
Overprint language matches the stamp
60,000 pairs overprinted
6d Green & Orange
Overprint language is transposed
36,000 pairs overprinted
2d Grey & Purple
100,000 pairs overprinted
SG 50 - ST 89
3d Black & Red
100,000 pairs overprinted
1/ Brown & Blue
50,000 pairs overprinted
2/6 Green & Brown
9 ,000 pairs overprinted
5 / Black & Green
6,000 pairs overprinted
10/ Blue & Bistre-Brown
4 ,000 pairs overprinted
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