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Danzig Essays, Proofs and Unissue Stamps.

June 14, 1920 Deceber 21. Parts of the issue of the Deutsches Reich were overprinted with the horizotal word 'Danzig' in black ink. These stamps were overprinted by the German printing office in Berlin and are known as the so-called 'Berliner Aufdruck'. These were the first stamps of Danzig.

- 5 Pfennig, dark green. ----- 10 Pfennig, carmine-red. ----- 10 Pfennig, reddish-carmine. ----- 15 Pfennig dark brown-lilac. ----- 20 Pfennig, dark violet-blue. ----- 30 Pfennig, yellowish-orange/black. ----- 30 Pfennig, reddish-orange/black. ----- 40 Pfennig bright lilac-red, December 13. ----- 50 Pfennig, dark lilac-black. ----- 1 Mark, dark rose-red. ----- 1.25 Mark, blackish opal-green. ----- 1.25 Mark, dark bluish-green. ----- 1.50 Mark, yellowish-brown. ----- 2 Mark, dark cobalt. ----- 2 Mark, dark cobalt blue. 2 Mark, blackish-blue.