POSTAGE STAMPS
(1919)

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MICHEL 110
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 110 was the fourth 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 Mathéy.



VALIDITY: Feb 1920 until 31st Oct 1922.
VALUE: 30Pf
COLOUR: dark grey lilac (variations)
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 three colour variations



ABOVE LEFT: 110 a: dark grey lilac (shades) / cinnabar red (dark lilac)
ABOVE CENTRE: 110 b: lively grey lilac / cinnabar red (light purple)
ABOVE RIGHT: 110 c: dark rose lilac to brownish lilac / cinnabar red (lilac)

UPPER EDGE PIECES: (Flat Plate Printing Upper Margin Copies - P OR).
Mi 110 was only printed flat plate and there are three variations of upper edge pieces.

ABOVE: Mi 110 a P OR
ABOVE: Mi 110 b P OR
ABOVE: Mi 110 c P OR



ABOVE: Mi 110 P OR

HAN: There are four possible HAN

Mi 110 a: H5583.19
Mi 110 b: H5583.19
Mi 110 c: H5583.19
Mi 110 c: H6034.19



ABOVE: Mi 110 c - HAN H6034.19

OTHER VARIANTS

Mi 110 c Ur: right imperforate

PLATE FLAWS OF ORIGINAL STAMPS

There are four major plate flaws listed in the Michel catalog.



ABOVE LEFT: 110 PF I: Date looks like '1019' instead of 1919. (Schantl 110 f99) (field 99 and 100)
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: 110 PF II: left lower leg thickened. (Schantl 110 fA)
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: 110 PF III: trowel with thick handle. (Schantl 110 f75) (field 75 plate 3)
ABOVE RIGHT: 110 PF IV: White notch in oval just below the right foot. (Schantl 110 f85) (field 85, 90 of Plate 4)

There is another flaw that is not shown in Michel, but listed in "Plattenfehler Katalog Deutsches Reich 4. Auflage by Thomas Schantl Verlag".



ABOVE LEFT: 110 f83: thickened '0' of '30' in top right-hand corner (field 83)

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

All of the stamps from here until the end of the page are from my collection

MINT / POSTALLY UNUSED

COLOUR VARIANTS (a)

ABOVE LEFT: Mi 110 a unused (INFLA BERLIN Certified)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 110 a used (INFLA BERLIN Certified)

COLOUR VARIANTS (b)

ABOVE LEFT: Mi 110 b used (INFLA BERLIN Certified)

COLOUR VARIANTS (c)

ABOVE LEFT: Mi 110 c unused (INFLA BERLIN Certified)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 110 c used (INFLA BERLIN Certified)

UPPER EDGE PIECES

ABOVE: Mi 110 P OR

HAN

ABOVE: Mi 110 c - HAN H6034.19

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