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Free City Danzig; The Germania Burelage Issue.

Greenish-grey burelage points UP, greenish-grey burelage points DOWN. lilac-grey burelage points UP, lilac-grey burelage points DOWN
5 Mk. red overprint on 2 (Pf) dark yellow-grey.

Greenish-grey burelage points UP, greenish-grey burelage points DOWN. lilac-grey burelage points UP, lilac-grey burelage points DOWN, without burelage.
10 Mark black overprint on 7½ (Pf) reddish-orange.

Cut-piece from a parcel card with Long-crossed bars cork cancels from Tiegenhof as well as a circular date cancel from 2.8.22. The card is franked with a 1¼ M. burgundy on 3 (Pf) brown with greenish-grey burelage with points-up and a 1 Mark value from the first airmail issue.

10 Mark black on 7½ (Pf) reddish-orange in block of four with lilac-grey burelage with points down showing a large cliché nail (Klischeenagel) imprint in the margin between the stars on the top 2 stamps.

Cut-piece from a parcel card with Maltese-cross cork cancels from Danzig 3, as well as a circular date cancel from 23.1.22. The card is franked with a pair of the 5 Mk. red on 3 (pf) grey with greenish-grey burelage with points-down and a 4 Mark value from the first issue.

This page shows the 5 Mk. and 10 Mark values with Cork cancels. Also shown is a block of four of the 1 MARK value with a cliché nail printing flaw. Two cut pieces from package cards show their correct usage. The use of Cork cancels was not always followed; sometimes only the circular date cancels were used.