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Charity Overprints of 1919

The first surtaxed Czechoslovakia stamps, issued for the purpose of raising extra money for charitable purposes, appeared in 1919.  These types of stamps feature a "value added amount" or "surtax amount", in addition to the postage value of the stamp.  The Scott catalog refers to these surtaxed stamps as "Semi-Postal Stamps".

The major type Czechoslovakia stamps, presented in the catalog detail tables on this page, are possibly the greatest "minefield" of Czechoslovakian philately!

At the end of World War I, the new Czechoslovakian postal service had huge inventories of Austrian and Hungarian stamps.  During 1919, it was decided to overprint every imaginable type of Austrian stamp and every imaginable type of Hungarian stamp with "POSTA / CESKOSLOVENSKA / 1919".   These stamps were ONLY SOLD at the Philatelic Window of the Prague Post Office.  They were sold for 50% over face value, with the surtaxed amounts going to various public charities.  Though they were only sold through the philatelic bureau, all of the new surtaxed Czechoslovakia stamps WERE VALID for ORDINARY POSTAGE.

There are four major overprint types of these surtaxed stamps.  Misplaced, inverted, double, and missing overprints are known for all of them.  There are also minor varieties for each of the major overprint types.  To make matters even more difficult, excellent forgeries exist for all of these overprinted Czechoslovakia stamps. 

Only the major listings of the surtaxed Czechoslovakia stamps from the Scott catalog will be shown in the tables below.  For anyone seriously contemplating specializing in these overprinted stamps, reference to one of the major stamp catalogs is necessary.


Overprint Type "A"

Overprint Type "B"

Overprint Type "C"

Overprint Type "D"


Austrian postage stamps of 1916-1918 with overprint type "A" in black or in blue.

  • 03 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B1) - Bright Violet.
  • 05 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B2) - Light Green.
  • 06 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B3) - Deep Orange (Blue).
  • 06 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B4) - Deep Orange (Black).
  • 10 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B5) - Magenta.
  • 12 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B6) - Light Blue.
  • 15 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B7) - Dull Red.
  • 20 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B8) - Dark Green, Green.
  • 25 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B9) - Blue.
  • 30 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B10) - Dull Violet.
  • 40 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B11) - Olive Green.
  • 50 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B12) - Dark Green.
  • 60 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B13) - Deep Blue.
  • 80 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B14) - Orange Brown.
  • 90 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B15) - Red Violet.
  • 01 K.  (1919 - Sc. #B16) - Carmine on Yellow (Blue).
  • 01 K.  (1919 - Sc. #B17) - Carmine on Yellow (Black).
  • 02 K.  (1919 - Normal Paper - B18) - Light Blue, Dark Blue.
  • 02 K.  (1919 - Granite Paper - B22) - Light Blue, Dark Blue.
  • 03 K.  (1919 - Normal Paper - B19) - Carmine Rose, Claret.
  • 03 K.  (1919 - Granite Paper - B23) - Carmine Rose.
  • 04 K.  (1919 - Normal Paper - B20) - Yellow Green, Deep Green.
  • 10 K.  (1919 - Normal Paper - B21) - Violet, Deep Violet, Black Violet.

Austrian newspaper stamps of 1908 with overprint type "B".

  • 10 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B26) - Carmine.

Austrian newspaper stamps of 1916 with overprint type "B".

  • 02 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B27) - Brown.
  • 04 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B28) - Green.
  • 06 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B29) - Deep Blue.
  • 10 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B30) - Orange.
  • 30 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B31) - Claret.

Austrian special handling stamps of 1916 with overprint type "C" in black or in blue.

  • 02 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B32) - Claret on Yellow (Blue).
  • 05 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B33) - Deep Green on Yellow (Black).

Austrian special handling stamps of 1917 with overprint type "D" in black or in blue.

  • 02 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B34) - Claret on Yellow (Blue).
  • 02 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B35) - Claret on Yellow (Black).
  • 05 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B36) - Green on Yellow (Black).

Austrian airmail stamps of 1918 with overprint type "C".

  • 1.50 K. on 2.00 K.  (1919 - Sc. #B37) - Lilac.
  • 2.50 K. on 3.00 K.  (1919 - Sc. #B38) - Ocher.
  • 4.00 K.  (1919 - Sc. #B39) - Gray.

Austrian postage due stamps of 1908-1913 with overprint type "B".

  • 02 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B40) - Carmine.
  • 04 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B41) - Carmine.
  • 06 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B42) - Carmine.
  • 14 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B43) - Carmine.
  • 25 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B44) - Carmine.
  • 30 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B45) - Carmine.
  • 50 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B46) - Carmine.

Austrian postage due stamps of 1916 with overprint type "B".

  • 05 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B47) - Rose Red.
  • 10 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B48) - Rose Red.
  • 15 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B49) - Rose Red.
  • 20 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B50) - Rose Red.
  • 25 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B51) - Rose Red.
  • 30 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B52) - Rose Red.
  • 40 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B53) - Rose Red.
  • 50 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B54) - Rose Red.

Austrian postage due stamps of 1916 with overprint type "A".

  • 01 K.  (1919 - Sc. #B55) - Ultramarine.
  • 05 K.  (1919 - Sc. #B56) - Ultramarine.
  • 10 K.  (1919 - Sc. #B57) - Ultramarine.

Austrian postage due stamps of 1916-1917 with overprint type "C".

  • 01 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B58) - Gray.
  • 15 H. on 02 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B59) - Violet.
  • 10 H. on 24 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B60) - Blue.
  • 15 H. on 36 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B61) - Violet.
  • 20 H. on 54 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B62) - Orange.
  • 50 H. on 42 H.  (1919 - Sc. #B63) - Chocolate.

Hungarian postage stamps of 1913-1916 with overprint type "B".

  • 01 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B64) - Slate.
  • 02 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B65) - Yellow.
  • 03 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B66) - Orange.
  • 06 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B67) - Olive Green.
  • 50 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B68) - Lake on Blue.
  • 60 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B69) - Green on Salmon.
  • 70 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B70) - Red Brown on Green.

Hungarian postage stamps of 1916 with overprint type "B".

  • 10 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B71) - Rose.
  • 15 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B72) - Violet.

Hungarian postage stamps of 1916-1918 with overprint type "B".

  • 02 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B73) - Brown Orange.
  • 03 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B74) - Red Lilac.
  • 05 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B75) - Green.
  • 06 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B76) - Greenish Blue.
  • 10 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B77) - Rose Red.
  • 15 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B78) - Violet.
  • 20 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B79) - Red Brown.
  • 25 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B80) - Dull Blue.
  • 35 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B81) - Brown.
  • 40 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B82) - Olive Green.

Hungarian postage stamps of 1916-1918 with overprint type "D".

  • 50 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B83) - Red Violet and Lilac.
  • 75 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B84) - Bright Blue and Pale Blue.
  • 80 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B85) - Yellow Green and Pale Green.
  • 01 K.  (1919 - Sc. #B86) - Red Brown and Claret.
  • 02 K.  (1919 - Sc. #B87) - Olive Brown and Bister.
  • 03 K.  (1919 - Sc. #B88) - Dark Violet and Indigo.
  • 05 K.  (1919 - Sc. #B89) - Dark Brown and Light Brown.
  • 10 K.  (1919 - Sc. #B90) - Violet Brown and Violet.

Hungarian postage stamps of 1918 with overprint type "B".

  • 10 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B91) - Scarlet.
  • 20 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B92) - Dark Brown.
  • 25 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B93) - Deep Blue.
  • 40 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B94) - Olive Green.
  • 50 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B95) - Lilac.

Hungarian postage stamps of 1919 with overprint type "B".

  • 10 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B96) - Red.
  • 20 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B97) - Dark Brown.

Hungarian newspaper stamp of 1914 with overprint type "B".

  • 02 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B98) - Orange.

Hungarian special delivery stamp of 1916 with overprint type "B".

  • 02 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B99) - Gray Green and Red.

Hungarian semi-postal stamps of 1916-1917 with overprint type "B".

  • 10 F. + 02 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B100) - Rose Red.
  • 15 F. + 02 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B101) - Violet.
  • 40 F. + 02 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B102) - Brownish Carmine.

Hungarian postage due stamp of 1903 with overprint type "B".

  • 50 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B103) - Green and Black.

Hungarian postage due stamps of 1908-1909 with overprint type "B".

  • 01 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B104) - Green and Black.
  • 02 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B105) - Green and Black.
  • 12 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B106) - Green and Black.
  • 50 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B107) - Green and Black.

Hungarian postage due stamps of 1914 with overprint type "B".

  • 01 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B110) - Green and Black.
  • 02 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B111) - Green and Black.
  • 05 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B112) - Green and Black.
  • 12 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B113) - Green and Black.
  • 50 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B114) - Green and Black.

Hungarian postage due stamps of 1915-1918 with overprint type "B".

  • 01 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B115) - Green and Red.
  • 02 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B116) - Green and Red.
  • 05 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B117) - Green and Red.
  • 06 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B118) - Green and Red.
  • 10 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B119) - Green and Red.
  • 12 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B120) - Green and Red.
  • 15 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B121) - Green and Red.
  • 20 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B122) - Green and Red.
  • 30 F.  (1919 - Sc. #B123) - Green and Red.

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