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Danzig

14th June 1920

Plebiscites 7 arrow

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Description   Scott SG Mi Y&T  
German stamps of 1906-20 overprinted in black
5 pfennigs green   1 1      
other values 10pf to 5 marks   2-15A 2-15a      

Danzig Sc241
German Administration
1939 Sc241 SG

Danzig did not hold a pleiscite, but was set up as Free City and State following the 1919 Treaty of Versailles which ordered plebiscites in other states. The region was seized by Germany in 1939 and became part of Poland after WW2.

Sources: ScS, SGP7.

Images from ebay.

FI ref: 510, 583 Page credit: NB

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