The German occupation issues are referred to in Michel as 'Etappengebiet West', or literally 'Staging Area West'. For this period of immobility, the 4th German Army held the bank of the Yzer. The front was stabilized until 28 September 1918. The invasion of Belgium started on Augand was halted on the edges of the River Yzer on 31 October 1914. Having dealt with the centimes and cents issues, let us put them in context gleaned material from several sources. Next time the Belgien Cent overprints far more complicated! Michel 1-9 Shades/values/Zw.,CV NHM, HM, Used and letters (price in Euros): Michel 2009 version specialisedį and K after stamps in table are F- peace printings and K- wartime printings (F= Friedensdruck, K = Kriegsdruck) These are overprinted German stamps with numeral and Centimes and Franc Enlargement after moving lines over 3 cent showing a Zw. Of course enlarging images makes it much easier.Ĥ. The lines can be moved to any stamp to calculate Wz. This can then be moved over any stamp in the scan to estimate Zw.

Below shows three yellow lines of 0.8 mm 1 mm and 1.2 mm on top left of 5 Cent stamp.ģ, Copy three lines onto a new layer and increase transparency. Using scale at top of Photoshop window draw lines of exact length, enlarging window helps accuracy. There are also plate and overprint errors.Ģ.

Other variants include shades and in the higher mark values, the positions of the word Belgien with respect to the numeral. These are best made on another layer so that they can be moved over the stamp scans to estimate the Zw. 1.0 1.1 and 1.2 mm, however any length can be constructed using a narrow brush or pencil tool. Put scans into Photoshop and then on scan draw lines using the ruler to lengths common for Zw. I have found that using Photoshop this is relatively easy. Distance between right edge of 5 and left of C in centimes measures Zw.

German shell stamps