POSTAGE STAMPS
(1922)

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23-Jan-2023 04:50

MICHEL 218
AIRMAIL WOOD PIGEON (I)

VALIDITY: Jul 1922 until 30th Sep 1923
VALUE: 5 MARK
COLOUR: vermillion to orange red / bright orange yellow
WATERMARK: Waffle
PERF: comb 13 x 13¾
SIZE: 22 x 28mm
PRINT TYPE: Typography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are no major colour variations or shades

OTHER VARIATIONS

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

Mi 218 P OR



ABOVE: Mi 218 P UR - Lower edge piece

NOTE: The upper margin row value counters exist in two types, either with a comma and two zeros or without commas and zeros.

HAN: There are five different HAN

H3857.22
H5159.22
H6422.22
H8304.22
H3020.23



ABOVE: Mi 218 HAN H3020.23

PLATE FLAWS & VARIETIES

There are no major plate flaws but there are two variants



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 218 F I - burelage visible over stamp colour
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 218 F I P OR - like 218 F I, plate printing upper margin copy

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

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

MINT / POSTALLY UNUSED

UPPER and LOWER EDGE PIECES - P OR and P UR

ABOVE: Mi 218 P UR - Lower edge piece

HAN

ABOVE: Mi 218 HAN H3020.23

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