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Stamps of Sweden

Definitives of 1910-1918

The definitive stamps of Sweden, for the period between 1910 and 1918, reflected the ascension of a new monarch, a new series of Coat-of-Arms and portrait definitives, and provisionally revalued stamps.

WMK 180 Crown

WMK 181 Wavy Lines

Two paper watermarks were used occasionally during this period.  They are shown above.

The production of stamp booklets of the more commonly used denominations continued during this period.  The Vending booklets contained panes of four stamps or panes of ten stamps.

The twenty-three Coat-of-Arms and Portrait type definitive stamps of Sweden shown above were issued between 1910 and 1919.  The four lowest denominations are typographed, and the remaining denominations are all engraved.  The stamps are perforated 13 or 13 x 13 1/2.

The designs of the four lowest denominations feature a Coat-of-Arms, and the designs of the other denominations feature the facing portrait of King Gustaf V.

The catalog attributes for stamps that are printed on paper with WMK 180 are as follows:

• 01 Ö.  (1911 - Sc. #67) - Black.
• 02 Ö.  (1910 - Sc. #68) - Orange.
• 04 Ö.  (1910 - Sc. #69) - Violet.
• 05 Ö.  (1911 - Sc. #70) - Green.
• 10 Ö.  (1910 - Sc. #71) - Carmine.
• 01 K.  (1911 - Sc. #72) - Black on Yellow.
• 05 K.  (1914 - Sc. #73) - Claret on Yellow.
  
  

The catalog attributes for stamps that are printed on unwatermarked paper are as follows:

• 05 Ö.  (1911 - Sc. #77) - Green.
• 07 Ö.  (1918 - Sc. #78) - Gray Green.
• 08 Ö.  (1912 - Sc. #79) - Magenta.
• 10 Ö.  (1910 - Sc. #80) - Carmine.
• 12 Ö.  (1918 - Sc. #81) - Rose Lake.
• 15 Ö.  (1911 - Sc. #82) - Red Brown.
• 20 Ö.  (1911 - Sc. #83) - Deep Blue.
• 25 Ö.  (1911 - Sc. #84) - Orange Red.
• 27 Ö.  (1918 - Sc. #85) - Pale Blue.
• 30 Ö.  (1911 - Sc. #86) - Claret Brown.
• 35 Ö.  (1911 - Sc. #87) - Dark Violet.
• 40 Ö.  (1917 - Sc. #88) - Olive Green.
• 50 Ö.  (1912 - Sc. #89) - Gray.
• 55 Ö.  (1918 - Sc. #90) - Pale Blue.
• 65 Ö.  (1918 - Sc. #91) - Pale Olive Green.
• 80 Ö.  (1918 - Sc. #92) - Black.
• 90 Ö.  (1918 - Sc. #93) - Gray Green.
• 01 K.  (1919 - Sc. #94) - Black on Yellow.
  
  

The catalog attributes for stamps that are printed on paper with WMK 181 are as follows:

• 01 Ö.  (1911 - Sc. #95) - Black.
• 02 Ö.  (1911 - Sc. #96) - Orange.
• 03 Ö.  (1919 - Sc. #97) - Pale Brown.
• 04 Ö.  (1911 - Sc. #98) - Pale Violet.
  
  
  

A shortage of lower denomination stamps necessitated the provisional overprinting and re-valuation of the six portrait type definitive stamps of Sweden shown above in 1918.

The catalog attributes are as follows:

• 07 Ö. on 10 Ö.  (1918 - Sc. #99) - Carmine.
• 12 Ö. on 25 Ö.  (1918 - Sc. #100) - Orange Red.
• 12 Ö. on 65 Ö.  (1918 - Sc. #101) - Pale Olive Green.
• 27 Ö. on 55 Ö.  (1918 - Sc. #102) - Pale Blue.
• 27 Ö. on 65 Ö.  (1918 - Sc. #103) - Pale Olive Green.
• 27 Ö. on 80 Ö.  (1918 - Sc. #104) - Black.
  
  
  

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