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POSTAGE STAMPS
(1923)

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03-Mar-2023 10:07

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MICHEL 296
REGULAR ISSUE NUMBER IN RECTANGLE, CIRCLE and WORKER

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VALIDITY: 20th Sep 1923 until 30th Nov 1923
VALUE: 250 Tausend on 500 MARK
COLOUR: dark vermillion (shades)
WATERMARK: Waffle
PERF: comb 14 x 14¼
SIZE: 22 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Typography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

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SIMILAR STAMPS

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ABOVE: 1923 issue Mi 272 Original stamp without overprint

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MAJOR VARIATIONS

There are no major variations

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COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are no major colour variations but there are shades

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UPPER EDGE MARGINS

This stamp was overprinted with the folllowing OPD:

OPD B (Erfurt - Ef) (overprint subdued gloss to glossy)
OPD C (Frankfurt- Ff) (overprint subdued gloss)
OPD D (Hamburg - Hb) (overprint subdued gloss)
OPD E (Hanover - Hv) (overprint glossy to highly glossy)
OPD F (Königsberg - Kb) (overprint dull, drab)
OPD G (Leipzig - Lz) (overprint glossy)
OPD H (Munich – Mc) (overprint dull, glossy) OPD K (Stettin - St) (overprint sooty)

Determining which OPD printed a certain upper margin piece can be very difficult since the 11 OPD overprints vary only in the overprint colour glossiness. The margin overprint style can help since some of the styles only existed for certain OPD. For example: below margin overprint type 'i' only exists from sheets overprinted in Stettin. Therefore if your margin piece has a style 'i' then it can only come from a sheet overprinted in Stettin. If your stamp has a margin style 'a' then it is impossible to determine the OPD since this style was used in 7 of the 11 OPD.

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ABOVE LEFT: Type ‘a’ – without OPD upper margin print (Bl, Ff, Hb, Hv, Kb, Ms, Sg)
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Type ‘b’ – three thin lines (Bl and Mc)
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Type ‘c’ – 4.5mm thick bar (Ef, Ff, Kb, Ms)
ABOVE RIGHT: Type ‘e’ – 6mm thick bar (Ff)

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ABOVE LEFT: Type ‘f’ – overprint in small numbers (Lz)
ABOVE RIGHT: Type ‘i’ – overprint with large Antigua font or block letters (St)

The following are valid upper edge pieces for this stamp

Mi 296 - OPD B c W OR (Erfurt) 1'11'1
Mi 296 - OPD B c W OR (Erfurt) 2'9'2
Mi 296 - OPD C e W OR (Frankfurt) 1'11'1
Mi 296 - OPD C e W OR (Frankfurt) 2'9'2
Mi 296 - OPD D a W OR (Hamburg) 1'11'1
Mi 296 - OPD D a W OR (Hamburg) 2'9'2
Mi 296 - OPD E a W OR (Hanover) 1'11'1
Mi 296 - OPD E a W OR (Hanover) 2'9'2
Mi 296 - OPD F a W OR (Königsberg) 1'11'1
Mi 296 - OPD F a W OR (Königsberg) 2'9'2
Mi 296 - OPD G f W OR (Leipzig) 1'11'1
Mi 296 - OPD G f W OR (Leipzig) 2'9'2
Mi 296 - OPD H b W OR (Munich) 1'11'1
Mi 296 - OPD H b W OR (Munich) 2'9'2
Mi 296 - OPD K i W OR (Stettin) 1'11'1
Mi 296 - OPD K i W OR (Stettin) 2'9'2

HAN: There are no HAN

OTHER VARIANTS

Mi 296 DD: double overprint
Mi 296 K: inverted overprint
Mi 296 II: bar with 22 instead of 21 lines
Mi 296 III: bar with 20 instead of 21 lines

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PLATE FLAWS OF ORIGINAL STAMPS

There are no major plate flaw on the original stamp

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PLATE FLAWS OF OVERPRINTS

There are no major plate flaws of the overprints

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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 MARGIN PIECES

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ABOVE LEFT: Mi 296 OPD a
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 296 OPD b

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ABOVE LEFT: Mi 296 OPD c
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 296 OPD e

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ABOVE LEFT: Mi 296 OPD f
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 296 OPD i

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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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