POSTAGE STAMPS
(1920)

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MICHEL 125
REGULAR ISSUE BAVARIAN STAMPS WITH OVERPRINT
DEFINITIVE STAMPS

Michel 125 was designed by Gloβ and printed by the Reichsdruckerei in Berlin.



VALIDITY: 6th Apr 1920 until 30th Sep 1923.
VALUE: 50Pf
COLOUR: dark cinnabar (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.

125 P OR Type I
125 P OR Type III
125 P OR Type IV



ABOVE: 125 P OR Type III

INVERTED OVERPRINT: Michel 125 exists with an inverted overprint

125 K

OVERPRINT VARIATIONS: Michel 124 exists with several overprint variations



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



125 AF X: thin overprint
125 AF XI: thick overprint



125 AF XII: Imprint only ‘Reichs’ or only ‘Deutsches’
125 AF XVI: paint on the ‘R” of ‘Reich’ scrapped off
125 AF IV: 'D' of 'Deutsches' open

PLATE FLAWS

The Michel catalogue lists a single major plate flaw:



ABOVE: 125 PF III (Schantl fA): large oblique white spot obliterating the '5' of the value '50'

The Schantl catalogue lists two additional overprint flaws.



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 125 (Schantl fA): upper part of 'D' of 'Deutsches' missing
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 125 (Schantl f96): bottom left of 'R' in overprint 'Reichs' damaged.

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

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

MINT / UNUSED

UPPER EDGE PIECES - P OR Type III

ABOVE: 125 P OR Type III

125 AF VI

Below are a couple of examples of 125 AF VI ( Closed 'D' in overprint 'Deutsches')

125 SHADES

Mi 125 can be found in a wide range of shades, a couple of examples can be seen below.

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