POSTAGE STAMPS
(1923)
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29-Jan-2023 06:11

MICHEL 88
DIENSTMARKE OVERPRINT


VALIDITY: End May 1923 until 31st Dec 1923
VALUE: 50 Milliarden MARK
COLOUR: bright cobalt blue / blackish cobalt blue (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 different shades
UPPER MARGIN PIECES - P OR
FLAT PLATE PRINTINGOR A - upper margin only with row values
OR B – upper margin with bar of dashes and row values
OR C – upper margin with thin line and row values
Mi 88 P OR A
Mi 88 P OR B
HAN
There is only one HAN variationMi 88 HAN: H6369.23 / H6311.23
OTHER VARIANTS
There are no other variations'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). Some of the crack flaws were reworked with varying degrees of success and they are catalogued as Mi 88 KT and Mi 88 ST III.Mi 88 HT: crack
Mi 88 Pe 1: frayed margin

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



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
