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Kaunas color issue 1st printing - January 1921, 2nd printing April, 1921

Mi 63 XA Mi 63 XB Mi 63 YA Mi 63 YB

Mi No. Denom. Color Perf. Wm. MNH U Sc No.
63 XA 20 sk. Dull blue 11¼ 3 H 7 7 95
63 XB 20 sk. Dull blue imperforated 3 H 10 10 95
63 YA 20 sk. Dull blue 11¼ 3 V 12 12 95
63 YB 20 sk. Dull blue Imperforated 3 V 15 15 95
44 44

Mi 64 XA Mi 64 XB Mi 64 XC

Mi No. Denom. Color Perf. Wm. MNH U Sc No.
64 XA 40 sk. Gray brown 11¼ 3 H 15 12 96
64 XB 40 sk. Gray brown Imperforated 3 H 20 20 96
64 XC 40 sk. Gray brown 10¾ 3 H 30 30 96
65 62

Data
Print house: Margolinas' Printing Establishment in Kaunas
Printing: Lithographic process from four plates
Sheet: 90 (9x10 and 10x9)
Paper: White, with gum
Watermarks: Honeycombs (Vm. 3, vertically and horizontally)
Perforation: 10¾, 11¼, 14½
Note: Sheet 9x10 - Wm. 3 V, 10x9 - Wm. 3 H. Sheets cut too small for normal 100 (10x10) stamps have the bottom row partically printed. Second printing of the Mi 63 of 1 009 900 perforated and 4 900 imperforated.

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