JERSEY GERMAN OCCUPATION SWASTIKA OVERPRINTS

mac123, i am interested to learn also.. i have never heard of these (real or fake)..

following along!!

All Jersey 1944 overprints are fantasies/fakes. Likewise, all Jersey overprints on KEVII are also fake. Of the fantasies/fakes, the ones that I know of are 1940, 1942, and 1944, although others may exist that I have not seen.

The only genuine ones are the Jersey 1940 (all capital letters) overprints on either the KGVI (dark background definitives) or stamp centenary set (overprint on 1d does NOT exist). All others are fantansies/forgeries.

The genuine Jersey 1940 overprint exists ONLY unused (all used stamps are forgeries), because it was an essay and never released. The genuine essay is very very rare. They were created on 2Aug1940. I think only 2 complete sets are known to exist, and known quantities are <100 for each stamp.

Fakes of the Jersey 1940 (all capital letters) abound. All used are fake and almost all the mint are also fake. The fakes can be easily identified by the many font differences (e.g., arms of E uneven, Y is asymmetric...).

PostmasterGS will know more about this than I do, so hopefully he will chime in to confirm or correct.

Don't really have anything to add. khj is spot on.

Here's a good description. I should note, there was an additional essay with swastika overprint (the "Bigwoods Essay") printed in Jersey, but it wasn't on a GB stamp.

OK, is the Bigwoods Essay the one on the Jersey Coat of Arms? Not quite fully awake this morning. Still would like addition background info if available. Thanks!

Regarding the Bigwoods Essay, here's what I've been able to find.

The Bigwoods Essays were prepared by the printer (Bigwoods) in Jersey, but were never issued due to objections from the Bailiff of Jersey and from Berlin.

They were printed in imperforate sheets of 30 (3 rows of 10) on unwatermarked paper with gum, and 2 sheets of each (unoverprinted and overprinted) are known to have existed.

Several pairs have been sold in recent years by Status International in Australia. It appears as if they had a block of at least 3-4 of each, and split them up for sale. If their auction listings are correct, these are SG JW19 and JW20, with SG catalog values of £4,400 - £6,000. (I don't have a SG to confirm).