POSTAGE STAMPS
(1920)

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MICHEL A113 to 115
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGES of the GERMAN EMPIRE (VI)

A set of four postage stamps issued between Mar and May 1920 and featuring representative images of the German Empire.



ABOVE LEFT: Michel A113 1 MARK - red to dark rose
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Michel 113 1.25 MARK - dark opal green to dark green
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Michel 114 1.50 MARK - brown ochre
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel 115 2.50 MARK - rose lilac to dark rose lilac

MICHEL 116 to 118
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGES of the GERMAN EMPIRE (VII)

This set of three stamps issued in Jun 1920, was a re-issue of Michel A113 and Michel 115 due to an increase in the postal rates on 6th May 1920.



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 116 1.25 M on 1 MARK - green
ABOVE CENTRE: Michel 117 1.5 M on 1 MARK- mid sienna
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel 118 2.50 M on 2 MARK - brown lilac

MICHEL 119 to 138
REGULAR ISSUE BAVARIAN STAMPS WITH OVERPRINT

These twenty stamps were issued on 6th Apr 1920 (Except for Michel 133 II which was issued in Jan 1921). They are stamps that were previously used in Bavaria without a 'Deutsches Reich' overprint. These stamps include some of the original Bavarian editions but also include new editions and new denominations (Mi 128, 132 and 135). Overprint by the Bruckmann Company (Munich)



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 119 5Pf - dark yellow green
ABOVE CENTRE: Michel 120 10Pf- orange
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel 121 15Pf - red



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 122 20Pf - purple
ABOVE CENTRE: Michel 123 30Pf- blue
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel 124 40Pf - brown



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 125 50Pf - red
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Michel 126 60Pf - green
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Michel 127 75Pf - red
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel 128 80Pf - blue



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 129 1 MARK - red
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Michel 130 1¼ MARK - blue and bistre
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Michel 131 1½ MARK - green and grey
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel 132 2 MARK - violet and bistre



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 133 2½ MARK - black and grey



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 134 3 MARK - blue
ABOVE CENTRE: Michel 135 4 MARK - red
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel 136 5 MARK - yellow



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 137 10 MARK - green
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel 138 20 MARK - black

MICHEL 140 to 153
GERMANIA (III) DEUTSCHES REICH

These stamps are another issue from the Germania series of definitive stamps. Now produced on diamond lozenge watermarked paper and available in various formats such as sheets, coils and booklets.



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 140 5Pf - brown
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Michel 141 10Pf - orange
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Michel 142 15Pf - mauve
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel 143 20Pf - green



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 144 30Pf - blue
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Michel 145 40Pf - red
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Michel 146 50Pf - mauve
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel 147 60Pf - olive



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 148 75Pf - mauve
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Michel 149 80Pf - purple
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Michel 150 1 MARK - green and mauve
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel 151 1¼ MARK - red and mauve



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 152 2 MARK - mauve and red
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel 153 4 MARK - black and red

MICHEL 16 to 22
OFFICIAL STAMPS OF PRUSSIA
FRANKING NUMBER "21"

Issued on 1st Apr 1920 these Official or 'Dienstmarke' stamps were for use by government agencies only in Prussia. These can be distinguished from official stamps used in the rest of Germany by the number '21' in the corners of the stamps.



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 16 5Pf - blackish green
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Michel 17 10Pf - blackish rose
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Michel 18 15Pf - dark lilac brown
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel 19 20Pf - violet blue



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 20 30Pf - dark reddish orange
ABOVE CENTRE: Michel 21 50Pf - dark brown violet
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel 22 1 MARK - dark red orange

MICHEL 23 to 33
OFFICIAL STAMPS FOR ALL OF GERMANY
WITHOUT FRANKING NUMBER

Issued on 1st Apr 1920 these Official or 'Dienstmarke' stamps were for use by government agencies throughout Germany. These can be distinguished from official stamps used only in Prussia by the absence of the number '21' in the corners of the stamps. There are three additional higher value denominations that were not used in Prussia.



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 23 5Pf - blackish green
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Michel 24 10Pf - blackish rose
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Michel 25 15Pf - dark lilac brown
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel 26 20Pf - violet blue



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 27 30Pf - dark reddish orange
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Michel 28 40Pf - blackish rose red
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Michel 29 50Pf - dark brown violet
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel 30 1 MARK - dark red orange



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 31 1.25 MARK - Prussian blue
ABOVE CENTRE: Michel 32 2 MARK - dark violet ultramarine
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel 33 5 MARK - sienna

MICHEL 34 to 51
OFFICIAL STAMPS FROM BAVARIA
SO-CALLED 'FAREWELL' EDITION

Issued 1st Apr 1920 this series of 18 official stamps was originally used only in Bavaria (without overprint). Now with a 'Deutsches Reich' overprint they were made available to government agencies throughout Germany.



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 34 5Pf - dark yellowish green
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Michel 35 10Pf - dark yellowish orange
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Michel 36 15Pf - dark rose red
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel Michel 37 20Pf - brown violet



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 38 30Pf - dark Prussian blue
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel 39 40Pf - dark ochre brown



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 40 50Pf - orange red
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Michel 41 60Pf - green blue
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Michel 42 70Pf - black grey violet
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel 43 75Pf - carmine



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 44 80Pf - dark Prussian blue
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel 45 90Pf - blackish olive



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 46 1 MARK - blackish sienna
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Michel 47 1¼ MARK - dark green
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Michel 48 1½ MARK - dark vermillion
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel 49 2½ MARK - blue



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 50 3 MARK - red carmine
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel 51 5 MARK - black green

MICHEL 52 to 56
NEWLY PRINTED OFFICIAL STAMPS

Issued on 1st Apr 1920 these stamps were initially only available in Württemburg (without overprint). Now with a 'Deutsches Reich' overprint they were available for use by government agencies throughout Germany.



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 52 5Pf - dark grey green
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Michel 53 10Pf - blackish rose red
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Michel 54 15Pf - black grey violet
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel 55 20Pf - dark ultramarine



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 56 50Pf - brown carmine

MICHEL 57 to 64
NEWLY PRINTED OFFICIAL STAMPS

Issued on 1st Apr 1920 these stamps were initially only available in Württemburg (without overprint). Now with a 'Deutsches Reich' overprint they were available for use by government agencies throughout Germany.



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 57 5Pf - dark grey green
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Michel 58 10Pf - blackish rose red
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Michel 59 15Pf - black grey violet
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel 60 20Pf - dark ultramarine



ABOVE LEFT: Michel 61 30Pf - dark orange
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Michel 62 40Pf - blackish rose red
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Michel 63 50Pf - brown carmine
ABOVE RIGHT: Michel 64 1 MARK - Prussian blue