POSTAGE STAMPS
(1919)

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MICHEL 106
FÜR KRIEGSBESCHÄDIGTENHILFE
WAR DISABLED AID

Issued 1st May 1919 to raise funds for disabled war victims. Michel 106 is the same as the 1917 issue Michel 101, 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: 15Pf + 5Pf
COLOUR: black grey violet
WATERMARK: Diamond
PERF: comb 14 x 14¼
SIZE: 22 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: TYPOGRAPHY
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED:

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are three colour variations:



ABOVE LEFT: 106 a - blackish grey violet (tone) dark violet
ABOVE CENTRE: 106 b - blackish blue violet
ABOVE RIGHT: 106 c - blackish violet to violet black

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