POSTAGE STAMPS
(1923)
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03-Mar-2023 03:08

MICHEL 313 A
REGULAR ISSUE NUMBER IN CIRCLE WITH ROSETTE
The design of stamps Mi 313 to 330 are referred to as 'Basket lid' or denomination in circle with rosette. The stamps are printed typography on waffle watermarked paper and most of them were produced either flat plate printing or rotary press printing. In addition some of them exist perf comb 14 x 14¼ and rouletted 13.
The stamps exist with a large number of errors: damaged letters, numbers or posthorns, flattened numbers, shading errors, shifted print etc, but only the most common of these are described below.
Mi 313 was only produced using flat plate printing.


VALIDITY: 10th Oct 1923 until 31st Dec 1923
VALUE: 500 Tausend MARK
COLOUR: blackish orange brown (shades)
WATERMARK: Waffle
PERF: comb 14 x 14¼
SIZE: 22 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Typography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

MAJOR VARIATIONS
There are no major variations
COLOUR VARIATIONS
There are no major colour variations but there are shades
Mi 313 A P OR A (Plate A - upper margin only with row values)


ABOVE: Plate A

Mi 313 A P dgz
HAN: There is only one HAN


ABOVE: Mi 313 A P: H5582.23 / H5582.23
OTHER VARIANTS
Mi 313 A P Uu: bottom imperforateMi 313 A P F: without denomination
'CRACK' PLATE FLAWS
There is a crack on the left side of the rosette as well as other anomalies. Besides the crack (HT), the other most common flaw is fraying of the margin beneath the posthorn (PE 1). These two faults always appear together on a sheet in fields 43, 48, 93 and 98.



Mi 313 A Pe 1: frayed margin

PLATE FLAWS OF ORIGINAL STAMPS
There are no major plate flaws on the original stamp
STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION
All of the stamps from here until the end of the page are from my collectionMINT / POSTALLY UNUSED


UPPER EDGE PIECES - P OR


ABOVE: Plate A
HAN
There is only one HAN

ABOVE: Mi 313 A P: H5582.23 / H5582.23
PLATE FLAWS




ABOVE LEFT: Mi 313 HT plate crack flaw
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 313 PE 1 plate flaw

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
