POSTAGE STAMPS
(1920)

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22-Jan-2023 09:15

MICHEL 128
REGULAR ISSUE BAVARIAN STAMPS WITH OVERPRINT
DEFINITIVE STAMPS

Michel 128 was designed by Gloβ and printed by the Reichsdruckerei in Berlin.

coils of Mi 119 and 128 were produced in lengths of either 500 or 1,000 stamps. They were made from sheets where vertical strips of 10 stamps were separated and glued to the next strip. The beginning and end of the roll each has two empty fields.



VALIDITY: 6th Apr 1920 until 30th Sep 1923.
VALUE: 80Pf
COLOUR: dark blue to dark ultramarine
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.

128 P OR Type III
128 III (without overprint) P OR Type III



ABOVE: 128 P OR Type III

IMPERFORATE: Michel 128 exists imperforate

128 U

DOUBLE PRINT: Michel 128 exists with a double overprint

128 DD

OVERPRINT VARIATIONS: Michel 128 exists with several overprint variations



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



128 AF X: thin overprint
128 AF XI: thick overprint



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

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

128 III: without imprint was available from June 1920 (i.e. after the Bavarian Post was discontinued)

PLATE FLAWS

There are no major plate flaws

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: 128 P OR Type III

128 AF X and AF XI

ABOVE LEFT: Mi 128 AF X - thin overprint
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 128 AF XI - thick overprint

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