The year 2014 marked the 50th anniversary of the first year of operation of the Germany & Colonies Philatelic Society following the amalgamation of the Germany & Colonies Stamp Club (established 1947) and the Stockton German Study Group (1960).
The G&CPS celebrated its inaugural year in 1964 with the first Germania Posta philatelic exhibition held in Stockton.
In the Michel catalogue the overprint is listed as either normal or thin. I have copies of both overprints expertised by INFLA as I and II. My query is how does one diffentiate between the two overprints as the last one I had expertised came back as type I although to my eyes the lettering appeared thinner. Is the criterion dependant on the distance between the stars or the thiness of the letters. If the former what should the distance between the outside edges of the stars be for type II.
regards Norman
