POSTAGE STAMPS
(1920)

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22-Jan-2023 08:43

MICHEL 120
REGULAR ISSUE BAVARIAN STAMPS WITH OVERPRINT
DEFINITIVE STAMPS

Michel 120 was designed by Valentin Zietara and printed by the Reichsdruckerei in Berlin.



VALIDITY: 6th Apr 1920 until 30th Sep 1923.
VALUE: 10Pf
COLOUR: dark yellowish orange (tones)
WATERMARK: Horizontal Wavy lines (Type I)
PERF: comb 14 x 14½
SIZE: 21 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Typography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are no major colour variations

OTHER VARIATIONS

UPPER EDGE PIECES: (Flat Plate Printing Upper Margin Copies - P OR). There are two types of upper edge piece.

120 P OR Type I
120 P OR Type III



ABOVE: Mi 120 P OR Type III

IMPERFORATE: Michel 120 exists imperforate



ABOVE: 120 U

DOUBLE PRINT: Michel 120 exists with a double overprint

120 DD

INVERTED OVERPRINT: Michel 120 exists with an inverted overprint

120 K

OVERPRINT VARIATIONS: Michel 120 exists with several overprint variations



ABOVE LEFT: 120 AF VI: thick closed "D" in "Deutsches"
ABOVE LEFT CENTRE: 120 AF VII: upper bar of the 'D' of 'Deutsches' tilted down left
ABOVE RIGHT CENTRE: 120 AF VIII clasp around the ‘D’ of ‘Deutsches’
ABOVE RIGHT: 120 AF X: thin overprint




ABOVE LEFT: 120 AF XI: thick overprint
ABOVE CENTER LEFT: 120 AF XII: Imprint only ‘Reichs’ or only ‘Deutsches’
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: 120 AF XVI: paint on the ‘R” of ‘Reich’ scrapped off ABOVE RIGHT: 120 AF I: Letters 'tsch' in 'Deutsches' broken diagonally

ADDITIONAL VARIATIONS:

120 DG: Pressure on the reverse side

PLATE FLAWS

The Michel catalogue identifies one major plate flaw



ABOVE: 120 PF III: digit '1' of value with white spot on paint

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

All the stamps from here until the end of the page are from my collection.

MINT / UNUSED

ABOVE: Two Mint/Unused 120 AF XI stamps.



ABOVE: Two Mint/Unused 120 AF XI stamps.

IMPERFORATE

UPPER EDGE PIECES - P OR Type III

ABOVE: Mi 120 P OR Type III

POSTALLY USED

ABOVE: 120 AF VI (closed 'D' of 'Deutsches')



ABOVE: Two postally used 120 AF X (thin overprint)



ABOVE: Two postally used 120 AF XI (thick overprint)

REFERENCES

The following resources were used to compile this page.

1. MICHEL Deutschland-Spezial 2022 Band 1: 1849 bis April 1945. ISBN: 978-95402-401-8. Pages 390 to 394
2. Colnect
3. Plattenfehler Katalog Deutsches Reich 1872-1945 inkl. Dienstmarken, 4th Edition 2003. Thomas Schantl Verlag. ISBN: 3-932769-25-2