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Mecklenburg-Strelitz

1st October 1864

German State 19

ms1
ms6
  Mecklenburg-Strelitz Sc1 (D1) Sc2 (D2)  

rouletted 11½, unwmk, embossed
Printed at the Prussian State Printing Works, Berlin

Description Design Scott SG Mi Y&T  
¼ silbergroschen orange D1 1 2      
¼ silbergroschen yellow-orange D1 1a 1      
⅓sg green D1 2 3      
⅓sg dark green D1 2a 4      
1 schilling violet D1 3 6      
1sg rose D2 4 7, 8      
2sg ultra D2 5 9, 10      
3sg bister D2 6 11      

There is no SG5.

The stamps were withdawn at the end of 1867 when Mecklenburg-Strelitz joined the North German Confederation.

There is a summary of the German States here.

Sources: JM1, ScC, SGP7.

Images from JM1, David Olson.

FI ref: 118 Page credit: NB

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