In year 2006, the Albanian Postal Services were out of stamps valued 40 Lek (standard postage fee for letters shipped domestica

In year 2006, the Albanian Postal Services were out of stamps valued 40 Lek (standard postage fee for letters shipped domestically in Albania). To fulfill this need, 15 different stock stamps from miscellaneous sets of years 1993 - 1995 were overprinted with a Glossy Black cancellation of the original value, and the new value "40 Lek" beside the cancellation. Due to an administrative overlook, the collectors, U.P.U., and stamp catalog issuers, were not notified of this edition, which was used normally at the time in the post offices throughout Albania. Because of this, the first edition is very rare among collectors. To fulfill the collectors needs, the Albanian Postal Services, issued in 2007 a partial rerun of 7 values from the original 15. This t