POSTAGE STAMPS
(1920)

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22-Jan-2023 09:04

MICHEL 124
REGULAR ISSUE BAVARIAN STAMPS WITH OVERPRINT
DEFINITIVE STAMPS

Michel 124 was designed by Gloβ and printed by the Reichsdruckerei in Berlin.



VALIDITY: 6th Apr 1920 until 30th Sep 1923.
VALUE: 40Pf
COLOUR: dark ochre brown (tones)
WATERMARK: Horizontal Wavy lines (Type I)
PERF: comb 14 x 14½
SIZE: 21 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Typography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are no major colour variations

OTHER VARIATIONS

UPPER EDGE PIECES: (Flat Plate Printing Upper Margin Copies - P OR). There are three types of upper edge piece.

124 P OR Type III
124 P OR I.1
124 P OR I.2



ABOVE: 124 P OR Type III

IMPERFORATE: Michel 124 exists imperforate

124 U

INVERTED OVERPRINT: Michel 124 exists with an inverted overprint

124 K

OVERPRINT VARIATIONS: Michel 124 exists with several overprint variations



124 AF VI: thick closed "D" in "Deutsches"
124 AF VII: upper bar of the 'D' of 'Deutsches' tilted down left
124 AF VIII clasp around the ‘D’ of ‘Deutsches’



124 AF X: thin overprint
124 AF XI: thick overprint



124 AF XII: Imprint only ‘Reichs’ or only ‘Deutsches’
124 AF XVI: paint on the ‘R” of ‘Reich’ scrapped off

PLATE FLAWS

The Michel catalogue lists a single major plate flaw:



ABOVE: 124 PF II: denomination '40' with a white bar

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

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

POSTALLY UNUSED

UPPER EDGE PIECES - P OR

ABOVE: 124 P OR Type III

POSTALLY USED

OTHER PLATE FLAWS

LEFT: top of 'B' of 'BAYERN' filled in and damaged 'E'.

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