POSTAGE STAMPS
(1919)

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MICHEL 105
FÜR KRIEGSBESCHÄDIGTENHILFE
WAR DISABLED AID

Michel 105 was issued 1st May 1919 to raise funds for disabled war victims. Michel 105 is the same as the 1915 issue Michel 86 only now with a black (matt or sooty) overprint inscribed "5 Pf. | für Kriegs= | beschädigte" - '5Pf for war invalids'. Designed by Paul Eduard Waldraff.



VALIDITY: 1st May 1919 until 31st Oct 1922
VALUE: 10Pf + 5Pf
COLOUR: carmine red
WATERMARK: Diamond
PERF: comb 14 x 14¼
SIZE: 22 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: TYPOGRAPHY
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED:

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are two colour variations:



ABOVE LEFT: 105 a - dark carmine red
ABOVE RIGHT: 105 c - red carmine (tones) (carmine to lilac carmine)

OTHER VARIATIONS

PLATE FLAWS

No major plate flaws

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

REFERENCES:

1. MICHEL Deutschland-Spezial 2022 Band 1: 1849 bis April 1945. ISBN: 978-95402-401-8.
2. www.colnect.com