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POSTAGE STAMPS
(1923)

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MICHEL 326
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 326 was produced using flat plate (either perf comb 14 x 14¼ or rouletted 13) or rotary press printing.

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VALIDITY: 6th Nov 1923 until 31st Dec 1923
VALUE: 2 Milliarden MARK
COLOUR: dull sienna / dark green (shades)
WATERMARK: Waffle
PERF: comb 14 x 14¼ and roulette
SIZE: 22 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Typography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

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MAJOR VARIATIONS

There are three major variations

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ABOVE LEFT: Mi 326 A P - comb 14 x 14¼ - flat plate printing
ABOVE CENTRE: Mi 326 A W - rotary press printing
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 326 B P - roulette - flat plate printing

Flat plate printing and rotary press printing examples can be determined by the size of the stamp: Flat plate 17.7mm x 21.5mm and rotary press printing 18.0mm x 22.0mm. line

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are no major colour variations

line UPPER EDGE PIECES: (Flat Plate Printing Upper Margin Copies - P OR). There are three types of upper edge piece.

Mi 326 A P OR A (Plate A - upper margin only with row values)
Mi 326 A P OR B (Plate B – upper margin with bar of dashes and row values)
Mi 326 B P OR B (Plate B – upper margin with bar of dashes and row values)

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ABOVE LEFT: Mi 326 A P OR A upper margin only with row values)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 326 A P OR B upper margin with bar of dashes and row values)

line UPPER EDGE PIECES: (Rotary Press Printing Upper Margin Copies - W OR). There are two types of upper edge piece.

Mi 326 A W OR: 0'6'0 / 1'5'1
Mi 326 A W OR: 1'4'1 / 1'5'1

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ABOVE: Mi 326 A W OR 1'4'1 / 1'5'1

line MARGIN COPIES (left or right) with rouletting

Mi 326 A P dgz

HAN: There are two different HAN

Mi 326 A P: H6297.23
Mi 326 B P: H6297.23

OTHER VARIANTS

Mi 326 A P DD: double printing of stamp design
Mi 326 B P DD: double printing of stamp design

'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 326 A P HT: crack (perf)
Mi 326 B P HT: crack (roulette)
Mi 326 A Pe 1: frayed margin (perf)
Mi 326 B Pe 1: frayed margin (roulette)

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ABOVE LEFT: Mi 326 A P HT 1 Cracked plate flaw
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 326 A Pe 1 Cracked plate flaw

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PLATE FLAWS

There are no major plate flaws

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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 EDGE PIECES - P OR

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ABOVE LEFT: Mi 326 A P OR A upper margin only with row values)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 326 A P OR B upper margin with bar of dashes and row values)

UPPER EDGE PIECES - W OR

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ABOVE: Mi 326 A W OR 1'4'1 / 1'5'1

CRACK PLATE FLAWS

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ABOVE LEFT: Mi 326 A P HT 1 Cracked plate flaw on right stamp
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 326 A Pe 1 Cracked plate flaw

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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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