“Red Cross” issue 1918 varieties

the overprint is composed of a thick red cross, outlined by a black cross, and the surcharge “TWO CENTS.” arced over it; all three parts were printed separately, leading to numerous experimental printer’s trials and genuine errors, like double, missing or shifted red or black cross, double, missing or inverted surcharge and all kinds of combinations of these.

• inverted center

  • inverted center

    B3

• inverted surcharge

  • inverted surcharge

    B6
  • inverted surcharge

    B13

• double surcharge

  • double "2 CENTS"

    B9

• double black cross

  • double black cross

    B3
  • double black cross

    B4

• misplaced black cross

  • misplaced black cross

    B4

• missing red

  • missing red

    B5
  • missing red

    B6

• missing red and surcharge

  • black cross only

    B3

• misperforated

  • misperforated

    B3

• printers waste

  • printers waste

    B3
  • printers waste

    B3
  • printers waste

    B5