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Danzig; Essays, Proofs and Un-issud Values.

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.

The so-called 'Berliner Aufdruk'. These were the first stamps of Danzig. These are the remaining  Mark values.
- 2.50 Mark, dark rose-lilac. ----- 2.50 Mark, lilac-red. ----- 2.50 Mark, rose-carmine. ----- 3 Mark, violet-black, July 20. ----- 3 Mark, black-gray-violet, July 20. ----- 4 Mark, black/bright magneta, December 21. ----- 5 Mark, greenish-black/lilac-red.

- Three additional values were printed, but were never issued.
5 Pfennig, sienna. ----- 10 Pfennig, reddish-orange. ----- 40 Pfennig, lilac red/black.