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Danzig The Germania Burelage Issue.

2 (Pf) grey from Deutsches Reich Germania issue
3 (Pf) brown from Deutsches Reich Germania issue
7½ (Pf) orange fom Deutsches Reich Germania issue
35 (Pf) reddish-brown from Deutsches Reich Germania issue
30 (Pf) Danzig orange/black from first overprinted issue.
The burelage issue of Danzig was overprinted onto 4 different stamps from the Deutsches Reich, plus one of the stamps from the first overprinted series for Danzig that had been overprinted “Danzig” in Berlin.

1¼ M burgundy overprint on 3 (Pf) brown with light-grey burelage with points up from the first issue.
1¼ M burgundy overprint on 3 (Pf) brown with greenish-grey burelage with points up from the second issue.
The first issue was printed over a light-grey burelage which was sometimes very lightly printed. This was difficult to see and because of this, on the second issue it was changed to a greenish-grey color that was more visible. Both the first and second issues were first sold at post office counters on August 20, 1920.

5 MARK reddish on 2 (Pf) grey with greenish-grey burelage with points up.
5 MARK reddish on 2 (Pf) grey with greenish-grey burelage with points down.
5 MARK reddish on 2 (Pf) grey with violet-grey burelage with points up.
5 MARK reddish on 2 (Pf) grey with violet-grey burelage with points down.

The second issue was overprinted over burelage that was greenish-grey with points-up and with points-down. The third issue was overprinted over burelage that was changed to violet-grey to make it easier to see. Here are examples of both, with burelage with points-up and with points-down. The violet-grey burelage issue appeared at post offices on November 1, 1920.