Crossbar types (Ip / IIp / IIap)

On some values and some stamp fields the fifth Hradčany design carries a so-called long crossbar. The crossbar sits in the left part of the stamp, next to the second spiral from the bottom. The short crossbar (Ip) occupies the vast majority of fields; the long one (IIp) is scarcer and has a further subtype, IIap.

Crossbar types occur on the values 5h, 15h, 20h, 25h, 75h and 500h. Below are the individual stamp fields carrying the long crossbar.

Crossbar types — Crossbar types — the arrow points to the crossbar next to the second spiral from the bottom.

Stamp fields

61 stamp fields in all. Hovering sharpens the thumbnail; clicking opens the specimen full-screen.

37/I

18/III

7/IV

2/I

4/I

5/I

15/I

17/I

91/I

75/II

78/II

13/VII

61/I

65/I

66/I

74/I

9/II

46/II

20/I

50/I

68/I

72/I

73/I

74/I

75/I

81/I

82/I

83/I

86/I

3/II

4/II

5/II

6/II

7/II

8/II

11/II

12/II

21/II

32/II

40/II

49/II

52/II

56/II

62/II

64/II

29/II

2/II

15/II

10/IV

1/I

12/I

16/I

23/I

8/II

93/VII

96/I

2/I

63/I

78/I

1/II

46/II

A detailed treatment of both types on the 15h — with the fields listed plate by plate — is on the Fifth-design types on the 15h page.