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Occupation issue

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Occupation issue: A stamp released for use in occupied territory
Official: Stamp or stationery which are issued solely for official use.
Omnibus issue: An issue released by several countries to commemorate a common theme.

 


Occupation Issue - An issue released and used in a foreign-occupied territory.
Oddity - Any collectible stamp item that can't be properly fit into an existing stamp error category.
Off-center - A non-centered stamp design.

German Occupation Issues - see Allied Military Government Stamps.
Ghost Tagging Images - portions of a stamp's image, or more commonly the plate number from the just previously printed plate, setoff on the following printed stamp.

Most of these occupation issues were produced by overprinting Hungarian stamps, but the Second Debrecen stamps comprise new designs and issued stamps overprinted with a Romanian inscription and symbol.

1: stamps of the German Confederation without inscription, 1905: six official stamps released by Germany in for use in Baden, 1945-46: Zone Francaise inscription, French Occupation issue, 1947: first semipostal stamp issued, French occupation.

See also: Stamp, Local, Trans, Cover, Used

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