POSTAGE STAMPS
(1923)
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29-Jan-2023 06:12

MICHEL 99 P
DIENSTMARKE OVERPRINT
New currency - the Rentenmark, later Reichsmark.


VALIDITY: 1st Dec 1923 until 31st Mar 1933
VALUE: 3Pf
COLOUR: orange brown (variations)
WATERMARK: waffle
PERF: comb 14 x 14¼
SIZE: 22 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Typography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

SIMILAR STAMPS

ABOVE: Mi 338 - Identical to Mi 99 but without overprint and for general use

MAJOR VARIATIONS
There are no major variations
COLOUR VARIATIONS
There are two major colour variations

ABOVE: Mi 99 P a - dark orange brown
ABOVE: Mi 99 P b - blackish brown

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 99 P a OR C
Mi 99 P b OR C
MARGIN PIECES with PRINTER'S MARK
Mi 99 P a DZ - Brdbg, SturzORIGINAL JOB NUMBER HAN U
There are four HAN U variationsMi 99 P a HAN U: H6357.23
Mi 99 P a HAN U: H6834.23
Mi 99 P a HAN U: H6979.23
Mi 99 P b HAN U: ?????
OVERPRINT JOB NUMBER HAN A
There are five HAN A variationsMi 99 P a HAN A: H6431.23
Mi 99 P a HAN A: H6432.23
Mi 99 P a HAN A: H6433.23 (misprint)
Mi 99 P a HAN A: H6537.23
Mi 99 P b HAN A: ?????
OTHER VARIANTS
Mi 99 P a I: Without denominationMi 99 P a y: on thinner, glassy paper
Mi 99 P a II: sooty overprint
'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 99 P a KT and Mi 99 P b KT.Mi 99 P a HT: crack
Mi 99 P b HT: crack
Mi 99 P a Pe 1: frayed margin
Mi 99 P b 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
