POSTAGE STAMPS
(1920)

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22-Jan-2023 09:12

MICHEL 127
REGULAR ISSUE BAVARIAN STAMPS WITH OVERPRINT
DEFINITIVE STAMPS

Michel 127 was designed by Gloβ and printed by the Reichsdruckerei in Berlin.



VALIDITY: 6th Apr 1920 until 30th Sep 1923.
VALUE: 75Pf
COLOUR: dark carmine (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 but there are diffrent tones.

OTHER VARIATIONS

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

127 P OR Type I
127 P OR Type III
127 P OR Type IV



ABOVE: 127 P OR Type III

INVERTED: Michel 127 exists inverted

127 K

OVERPRINT VARIATIONS: Michel 127 exists with several overprint variations



127 AF VI: thick closed "D" in "Deutsches"
127 AF VII: upper bar of the 'D' of 'Deutsches' tilted down left
127 AF VIII clasp around the ‘D’ of ‘Deutsches’




127 AF X: thin overprint
127 AF XI: thick overprint




127 AF XII: Imprint only ‘Reichs’ or only ‘Deutsches’
127 AF XVI: paint on the ‘R” of ‘Reich’ scrapped off

ADDITIONAL VARIATIONS:

127 Pa: on glued web paper

PLATE FLAWS

The Michel catalogue lists a single major plate flaws:



ABOVE: 127 PF I: Sole of boot broken

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

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

MINT / POSTALLY UNUSED

UPPER EDGE PIECE - P OR Type III

ABOVE: 127 P OR Type III

127 AF X and AF XI

ABOVE LEFT: Mi 127 AF X - thin overprint
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 127 AF XI - thick overprint

127 PF I

Mi 127 PF I - broken sole of left shoe

OTHER PLATE FLAWS

ABOVE LEFT: Unlisted plate flaw - broken 'E' in 'BAYERN'

REFERENCES:

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