General Gouvernement Warschau

Fischer 6-16 | Michel 6-16 | Year of issue 1918 | Pre-war Poland

For this Polish stamp issue, Generalgouvernement Warschau stamps were overprinted "Poczta Polska". The text "Gen.-Gouv. Warschau" is overprinted with two bars and the text "Deutsches Reich" is overprinted with another two bars.

Beside colour variations, there are two main types of overprints. To determine the difference between type I and type II, you have to take a look at the four bars cancelling the German text. If the distance between the bottom of the second bar and the top of the third bar is 3.25 mm, you have a type I overprint. If the abovementioned distance is 3.5 or 4.0 mm, the overprint is a type II.
"Poczta Polska" overprints on stamps from Generalgouvernement Warschau should not be confused with local stamps issued in 1918-1919 on former German occupied Polish territory.

Fischer 6 type II

Fischer 7 type I

Fischer 7 type II

Fischer 8 type I

Fischer 8 type I

Fischer 8 type I

Fischer 8 type II

Fischer 9 type I

Fischer 10 type I

Fischer 10 type II

Fischer 11 type I

Fischer 11 type II

Fischer 12 type I

Fischer 12 type II

Fischer 13 type I

Fischer 13 type I

Fischer 13 type I

Fischer 13 type II

Fischer 14 type I

Fischer 14 type I

Fischer 14 type I

Fischer 14 type I

Fischer 14 type II

Fischer 15 type I

Fischer 15 type I

Fischer 16 type I

Fischer 16 type II