POSTAGE STAMPS
(1936)
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MICHEL BLOCK 5
11th OLYMPIC SUMMER GAMES
(MINISHEET)
BACKGROUND: Issued 1st Aug 1936 and available until the 16th of Aug (for the duration of the games). The sheet itself is watermarked "XI OLYMPISCHE SPIELE" and "BERLIN 1936" and was produced on handmade paper so there are variations in colour and thickness of the paper. The stamps are the same as the earlier individual stamps from the set comprising Michel 609, Michel 610, Michel 611 and Michel 616: 3+2Rpf, 4+3Rpf, 6+4Rpf and 40+35Rpf respectively, but are now numbered Michel 624, Michel 625, Michel 626 and Michel 627.
The sheet can be found with two variations: Type 'X' has a swastika watermark with the legs pointing to the left and Type 'Y' has the legs pointing to the right.
See also Block 6.
VALIDITY: 1st Aug 1936 until 30th Jun 1937
VALUE: Multiple
COLOUR: Multicoloured
WATERMARK: Swastika
PERF: K14
AVAILABILITY: MINISHEET
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown
ABOVE LEFT: Front side of Minisheet
ABOVE RIGHT: Reverse side of Minisheet
VARIATIONS
Type 'X': swastika watermark with the leg pointing to the left
Type 'Y': swastika watermark with the leg pointing to the right
Block 5 U: Imperforate
PLATE FLAWS
There are no major plate flaws.
STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION
All stamps shown from here until the end of the page are from my personal collectionMINT / UNUSED
