POSTAGE STAMPS
(1920)

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MICHEL 143
GERMANIA (III) DEUTSCHES REICH

VALIDITY: 5th Sep 1920 until 31st Oct 1922
VALUE: 20Pf
COLOUR: green
WATERMARK: Diamond Lozenge
PERF: 14 x 14¼
SIZE: 22 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Typography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets and coils
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are three colour variations.



ABOVE LEFT: opal green to dark green (5th Sep 1920)
ABOVE CENTRE: dark to blackish yellow green (2nd Oct 1920)
ABOVE RIGHT: blackish grey green to blackish green (18th Sep 1920)

OTHER VARIATIONS

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

143 a R (roll)
143 a P OR
143 b P OR
143 c P OR

Sheets: There are five different HAN.
H3518.20
H4886.20
H5505.20
H6421.20
H2953.21

IMPERFORATE: There is a single imperforate version.

Mi 143 a U: imperforate

PLATE FLAWS

There are no major plate flaws

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

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

MINT / POSTALLY UNUSED

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