POSTAGE STAMPS
(1919)
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07-Mar-2023 06:58
MICHEL 109
ERÖFFNUNG DER NATIONALVERSAMMLUNG, WEIMAR
OPENING OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, WEIMAR
BACKGROUND: The German National Assembly was the parliament of the new Weimar Republic which met from 6th Feb 1919 until 21st May 1920. The creation of a National Assembly was the idea of the majority Social Democrats who proposed that the assembly be created to determine the future form of the German government following her loss at the end of the First World War.
Michel 109 was the third in a set of four stamps issued to commemorate the opening of the New National Assembly in Weimar. The stamp was designed by Georg Alexander Mathy.
VALIDITY: 1st Jul 1919 until 31st Oct 1922.
VALUE: 25Pf
COLOUR: dark opal green / cinnabar red
WATERMARK: None
PERF: comb 13 x 13¾
SIZE: 25 x 31.5mm
PRINT TYPE: TYPOGRAPHY
AVAILABILITY: sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED:
MAJOR VARIATIONS
There are no major variations
COLOUR VARIATIONS
There are no major colour variations
UPPER EDGE PIECES: (Flat Plate Printing Upper Margin Copies - P OR). Mi 109 was only printed flat plate and there is only one type of upper edge piece.
ABOVE: Mi 109 P OR
HAN: There are four possible HAN
Mi 109: H 292.19
Mi 109: H1895.19
Mi 109: H2924.19
Mi 109: H3440.19
OTHER VARIANTS
Mi 109 Ur: right imperforate
PLATE FLAWS OF ORIGINAL STAMPS
There are two major plate flaws.
ABOVE LEFT: 109 PF I: Date looks like '1019' instead of 1919. (Schantl 109 f23) (field 23, 58 and 73)
ABOVE RIGHT: 109 PF II: black dot in top of white oval between first '1' and '9' of '1919' (Schantl fA)
STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION
All of the stamps from here until the end of the page are from my collectionMINT / POSTALLY UNUSED
PLATE FLAWS
ABOVE: Mi 109 I
UPPER EDGE PIECES
ABOVE: Mi 109 P OR
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
