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POSTAGE STAMPS
(1923)

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24-Feb-2023 12:42

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MICHEL 257
REGULAR ISSUE - NUMBER IN OVAL (II)

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VALIDITY: Sep 1923 until 30th Nov 1923
VALUE: 10000 MARK
COLOUR: dark vermillion to dark orange red
WATERMARK: waffle
PERF: comb 14¾ x 14¼
SIZE: 38 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Offset Lithography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

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MAJOR VARIATIONS

There are no major variations

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COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are no major colour variations

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OTHER VARIATIONS

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

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ABOVE LEFT: Mi 257 P OR
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 257 P UR

HAN: There is only one HAN

Mi 257: H5041.23

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PLATE FLAWS & VARIETIES

There are three major plate flaws and two variants

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ABOVE LEFT: Mi 257 PF I - white shading, wide inscription


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ABOVE CENTRE: Mi 257 PF II - 'f' instead of 's' in 'Hunderttausend' ('Hunderttaufend') (field 17)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 257 PF III - '1' of '100 000' has projection at lower right (field 9)

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ABOVE LEFT: Mi 257 U - imperforate
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 257 DD - double overprint

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STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

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

MINT / POSTALLY UNUSED

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UPPER / LOWER EDGE PIECES

Flat Plate Printing Upper Margin Copies - P OR

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ABOVE LEFT: Mi 257 P OR
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 257 P UR

PLATE FLAWS - PF I

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ABOVE: Mi 257 PF I - INFLA BERLIN Certified

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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

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