POSTAGE STAMPS
(1920)

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06-Mar-2023 06:19

MICHEL 113
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGES of the GERMAN EMPIRE (VI)

Michel 113 was designed by C. Frenzel, was issued on 10th Mar 1920, and depicts the Reichs Post Office in Berlin.



VALIDITY: 10th Mar 1920 to 30th Sep 1923
VALUE: 1.25 MARK
COLOUR: dark opal green to dark green
WATERMARK: diamond lozenge
PERF: comb 14¾ x 14½
SIZE: 37 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Offset Lithography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets (5 x 10)
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are no colour variations

OTHER VARIATIONS

UPPER EDGE PIECES: (Flat Plate Printing Upper Margin Copies - P OR). There is only one type of upper edge piece.

113 P OR

OVERPRINT: 113 can also be found with a double overprint.

113 DD

SHEETS: A113 sheets can be found with the following HAN numbers.

A113 HAN: H6009.19 and 2024.20

PLATE FLAWS

There is only one major plate flaws



ABOVE LEFT: 113 PF I: 'E' in 'REICH' broken horizontally

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

MINT / UNUSED

POSTALLY USED

ABOVE LEFT: Mi 114 postally used in BERLIN W on 10th Aug 1920.

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