POSTAGE STAMPS
(1920)

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MICHEL A113
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGES of the GERMAN EMPIRE (VI)

Michel A113 was designed by C. Frenzel, was issued in May 1920, and depicts the Reichs Post Office in Berlin.



VALIDITY: May 1920 to 30th Sep 1923
VALUE: 1 MARK
COLOUR: red to dark rose (variations)
WATERMARK: diamond lozenge
PERF: comb 14¾ x 14½
SIZE: 37 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Offset Lithography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets (5 x 10)
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are two colour variations:



ABOVE LEFT: A 113 a: red (tones)
ABOVE RIGHT: A 113 b: brownish lilac (tones)

OTHER VARIATIONS

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

A113 a P OR
A113 b P OR

OVERPRINT: A113 a and A113 b can also be found with a double overprint.

A113 a DD
A113 b DD

SHEETS: A113 sheets can be found with the following HAN numbers.

A113 a HAN: H6864.19, H2395.20 and H3409.20
A113 b HAN: H6864.19 and H2395.20

PLATE FLAWS

There are four major plate flaws listed in the Michel catalogue.



ABOVE LEFT: A 113 PF II (Schantl f35): lower half of flag string missing on right hand flag (field 35)
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: A 113 PF III (Schantl f12): left side of right rosette damaged (field 12)
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: A 113 PF IV (Schantl f26): lower half of first 'E' in 'DEUTSCHES' closed in an arch (field 26)
ABOVE RIGHT: A 113 PF V (Schantl f36): Left arch broken over 'CH' in 'DEUTSCHES' (field 36)

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

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

MINT / UNUSED

ABOVE LEFT: Mi A113 a
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi A113

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