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FEPA NEWS 45 70 The World of Research we will focus only on those that were sold at post offices and were also in regular (albeit sometimes philatelically inspired) postal traffic, but we will not mention those that came into the hands of collectors from the printing press, maybe not in the most legal ways. Peculiarities of printing Some stamps exist in lighter and darker shades of background colours. I found the biggest differences in the 11 and 50 Slt values, and slightly smaller ones in the 6 Slt value. There are also differences in the colours of the coat of arms, but these are minor deviations. The 50 Slt stamp has mice from 1 to 16 which means that there are 16 sales sheets. All stamps with mice 4 and 5 differ in colour from stamps with other mice. Stamps with mice 4 and 5 have decorations around the coat of arms darker green than the others. The difference is visible to the naked eye and under UV light. The 2 Slt stamp exists without shading around the crest, which means that (at least) one printing phase was dropped. Furthermore, it is worth noting that there is a whole set of minor errors (dots, dashes, etc.) on many stamps, some of which are also mentioned in the “Slovenika” catalogue. In the following, we first give an overview of those that appear in the same place for several values, i.e. in the order of their position in the sheets. For each of the mentioned errors, we indicate the place in the field where it occurs. If the sheet numbers in which they are known to exist are also known, this information is also provided. Fig. 5. Lighter and darker shades of the 11 and 50 Slt values. Fig. 6. 2 Slt Stamp without shading around the coat of arms Fig. 7. Position 1 (50 Slt) Blue dot between J and A (Position number: 1 - all values) Blue dot on the right arm of the letter V (Position No: 6 - all values) Fig. 8. Position 6 (1 Slt) Red dot below value (Position No: 10 - all values except 4 Slt) Fig. 9. Position 10 (50 Slt)