POSTAGE STAMPS
(1920)

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04-Jan-2023 07:39

MICHEL 131
REGULAR ISSUE BAVARIAN STAMPS WITH OVERPRINT
DEFINITIVE STAMPS

Michel 131 was designed by Sigmund Franz Xaver and Wilhelm Otto von Weech and was printed by the Reichsdruckerei in Berlin.



VALIDITY: 6th Apr 1920 until 30th Sep 1923.
VALUE: 1½ MARK
COLOUR: blackish blue green / mid grey brown
WATERMARK: Vertical Wavy lines (Type I)
PERF: comb 11¾ x 11¼
SIZE:
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 four types of upper edge piece.

131 P OR Type I.1
131 P OR Type I.2
131 P OR Type II
131 P OR Type VIII

IMPERFORATE: Michel 131 exists imperforate

131 U

DOUBLE OVERPRINT: Michel 131 exists with a double overprint

131 DD

OVERPRINT VARIATIONS: Michel 131 exists with one overprint variation

131 AF XII: Imprint only ‘Reichs’ or only ‘Deutsches’

PLATE FLAWS

The Michel catalogue lists a single major plate flaws:



ABOVE: 131 PF I: grey-brown inner wreath broken left under 'B' of 'BAVARIAE'

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

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

MINT / POSTALLY UNUSED

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