POSTAGE STAMPS
(1922)

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23-Jan-2023 03:15

MICHEL 196
NUMBER, LABOURER, POSTHORN and PLOUGHMAN

VALIDITY: May 1922 until 30th Sep 1923
VALUE: 20 MARK
COLOUR: dark to blackish lilac ultramarine / light grey green
WATERMARK: Waffle
PERF: comb 14
SIZE: 38 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Offest Lithography and Recess
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

SIMILAR STAMPS

ABOVE: Mi 176 - Identical to Mi 196 but with a diamond / lozenge watermark

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are no major colour variations

OTHER VARIATIONS

UPPER / LOWER EDGE PIECES: (Flat Plate Printing Upper Margin Copies - P OR). There is only one type of upper edge piece.



Mi 196 P OR

HAN: There are no HAN

PLATE FLAWS & VARIETIES

There is only one major plate flaws and three other varieties



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 196 PF II - damaged shaded background in horse's neck (field 9)
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Mi 196 U - imperforate
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Mi 196 I - burelage inverted
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 196 DD - double burelage print

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