Lot no. 278

1940, Caritas 10-50s. as horizontally arranged essay strip in black on white paper. All arms shields have an extra line around the shields, in contrast to the essays of 1940 and the postage stamp. These black essays were prepared for creating two separate clichés, one for the frame, the other for the coat of arms, for the 2-color print. For the printing of the colored essay block, the cliché of the coat of arms was created from the innermost white line of the black essays, while the cliché of the frame was created from the outermost white line surrounding the black shield, so that on the 2-color essays the shields appear surrounded by a white line. Folded between the stamps, otherwise fine and very attractive