POSTAGE STAMPS
(1922)

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14-Feb-2023 08:18

MICHEL 234
ASSISTANCE FOR THE ELDERLY AND CHILDREN

VALIDITY: 11th Dec 1922 until 15th Jan 1923 (foreign usage only after this date)
VALUE: 12 MARK + 8 MARK
COLOUR: dark vermillion / grey violet to medium violet blue
WATERMARK: Waffle
PERF: comb 14
SIZE: 26 x 43mm
PRINT TYPE: Offset Lithography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: 5,000,000

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 234 P OR

HAN: There is only one HAN

H6912.22

PLATE FLAWS & VARIETIES

There are seven major plate flaws and one variant as well as numerous minor flaws



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 234 PF I - centre leg (spade) of 'm' of denomination is lower (field 50)
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Mi 234 PF III - hook at the foot of the '2' in denomination '12' (field 49)
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Mi 234 PF IV - dot in the lower lobe of the '8' (field 30)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 234 PF V - diagonal white line at sappling below knee (field 13)



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 234 PF VI - lowerhand with handkerchief (white spot) (field 40)
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Mi 234 PF VII - line in right upper corner and ornaments below damaged (field 38)
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Mi 234 PF VIII - broekn line above 'ch' of 'Reich' (field 32)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 234 DD - double printing of inscription

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

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

MINT / POSTALLY UNUSED

PLATE FLAW - PF III

- hook at the foot of the '2' in denomination '12' (field 49)

PLATE FLAW - PF VI

Lowerhand with handkerchief (white spot) (field 40)

PLATE FLAW - PF VII

The bottom left stamp of the following block has PF VII (line in right upper corner and ornaments below damaged (field 38))

POSTALLY USED

The following stamps have all been postally used and cancelled accordingly.



ABOVE LEFT: Cancelled in BERLIN on the first day of issue 11th Dec 1922
ABOVE RIGHT: Cancelled in NAUNHOF on 2nd Jan 1923



ABOVE LEFT: Cancelled in ENGER (RHEIN) on 27th Dec 1922
ABOVE RIGHT: Cancelled in HUTZFELD on 13th Jan 1923 two days before this stamp became invalid



ABOVE LEFT: Cancelled in ULM (DONAU) on 15th Dec 1922
ABOVE RIGHT:

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