SHS Slovenia stamps year 1920 4 Para on 2 Vinara, Vienna print MNH**
The stamp you are asking about is a significant provisional issue from the early history of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (SHS), specifically for the Slovenian postal administration.
Here are the details for the SHS Slovenia 1920 4 para on 2 vinarja (4p / 2v) Vienna print overprint.
Stamp Details
| Detail | Description |
| Series | Newspaper Stamp Provisional Issue (Časopisne znamke) |
| Original Stamp | 2 vinarja (2v) Newspaper Stamp (A common value, typically in a blue or blue-green color). This was part of the original “Chainbreaker” (Verigar) newspaper issue. |
| Overprint | The original 2 vinarja (2v) stamp was overprinted with the new value of 4 para (4p). The new currency was introduced in 1920 (dinar and para) to replace the Austrian heller and krone currency. |
| Year of Issue | 1920 |
| Printing Location | Vienna (A. Reisser & Heirs). The stamps were printed in both Ljubljana and Vienna, with the Vienna print generally featuring a cleaner, sharper impression, and often on whiter, smoother paper compared to the coarser Ljubljana print. |
| Catalogue Number | Typically listed under the newspaper stamp section of catalogues. In the Michel catalogue for Yugoslavia/Slovenia, this stamp is often referred to as Mi. P4 (or sometimes a similar number in the series of 1920 Vienna print newspaper stamps). |
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