POSTAGE STAMPS
(1922)

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28-Jan-2023 07:49

MICHEL 187
NUMBER, LABOURER, POSTHORN and PLOUGHMAN

VALIDITY: Jan 1922 until 30th Sep 1923
VALUE: 100Pf
COLOUR: dark olive green to blackish olive green (variations)
WATERMARK: Waffle
PERF: comb 14 x 14¼
SIZE: 22 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Typography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

SIMILAR STAMPS

ABOVE: Mi 167 - Identical to Mi 187 but with a diamond / lozenge watermark

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are three major colour variations



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 187 a - dark olive green to blackish olive green (sheets and coils)
ABOVE CENTRE: Mi 187 b - dark grey green (shades) (black green) (sheets)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 187 c - dark (grey) greenish olive (pale green)

OTHER VARIATIONS

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

Mi 187 a P OR
Mi 187 b P OR
Mi 187 c P OR



ABOVE: Mi 187 P OR

MARGIN COPY: left or right with rouletting from flat plate printed sheets

Mi 187 a dgz
Mi 187 c dgz

HAN: There are eight different HAN

H6663.21
H7341.21
H8023.21
H2477.22
H3503.22
H4386.22
H4848.22
H5907.22



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 187 HAN H3503.22
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 187 HAN H5907.22

PLATE FLAWS & VARIETIES

There are no major plate flaws but there is one other variety



ABOVE: Mi 187 U - imperforate

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

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

MINT / POSTALLY UNUSED

HAN

ABOVE LEFT: Mi 187 HAN H3503.22
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 187 HAN H5907.22

UPPER EDGE PIECES - P OR

ABOVE LEFT and RIGHT: Mi 187 P OR



ABOVE: Mi 187 P OR

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