A Guide to the Stamps and Reprints of Heligoland

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The Three Types of Head
Type I Type II Type III
Blob instead of a curl under the chignon; the outline of the head joins the second jewel of the crown so that the first jewel stands out from the head Curl under the chignon; only the first jewel stands out Curl under the chignon; slightly different to Type II; two jewels stand out above the head
  Originals Reprints German Government Reprints 1890
Number of Printings Type of Head Berlin 1875 Berlin 1879, Imperf and perf. later Berlin, May or Aug 1879 Berlin, 1880 Berlin, 1882 Berlin, 1883 Berlin, 1884 Berlin, 1885 Leipzig, 1888 (surfaced paper) Hamburg, 1891 Perf 14 Hamburg 1892 Perf 14 Hamburg, 1895 Perf 14
½sch. rouletted 1 I - - - - - - - - - - - - -
½sch. rouletted 1 II - - II - - - II - II II II - -
1sch. rouletted 1 I - - III - - - III - III III III III -
2sch. rouletted 1 I - - I - - - - - I I I - -
6sch. rouletted 1 I - - I - - - - - I I I - -
½sch. perforated 8 II II II - - - - II - II II II - -
1sch. perforated 4 III III III - - - - III - III III III - -
¼sch. perforated 3 I II II - - - - II - I I I II -
¼sch. error of colour 1 I II II II - - - II - I I I II -
¾sch. perforated 1 I I I - - - - I - I I I - -
1½sch. perforated 1 I II II - - - - II - I II II I -
2sch. rouletted None - - I I - - - I - I I I - -
6sch. rouletted None - - I I - - - I - I I I - -
1 pfennig 1 II - - - - II II - - II II II - -
2 pfennig 1 II - - - - - II - - II II II - -
5 pfennig 3 II - - - - - - - - - - - - 200
10 pfennig 5 II - - - - - - - - - - - - 200
25 pfennig 1 II - - - - - - - - - - - - 200
50 pfennig 2 II - - - - - - - - - - - - 200
3 pfennig 2 Arms - - - Arms - - - Arms - Arms Arms - -
20 pfennig 8 Arms - - - - - - - - - - - - 200
1 mark perf 13½*14½ 3 Numeral - - - - - - - - - - - - 25
5 mark perf 13½*14½ 1 Numeral - - - - - - - - - - - - 25
1 mark perf 11½ 1 Numeral - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5 mark perf 11½ 1 Numeral - - - - - - - - - - - - -

A complete sheet of the Hamburg reprint (Head Type III)

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