POSTAGE STAMPS
(1921)

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02-Mar-2023 07:51

MICHEL 162
NUMBER, LABOURER, POSTHORN and PLOUGHMAN

VALIDITY: May 1921 until 30th Sep 1923
VALUE: 30Pf
COLOUR: blackish opal green (tones)
WATERMARK: Diamond lozenge
PERF: comb 14 x 14¼
SIZE: 22 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Typography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets, coils and booklets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

SIMILAR STAMPS

ABOVE: Mi 181 - Identical to Mi 162 but with waffle / network watermark

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are no major colour variations but there are various shades

OTHER VARIATIONS

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



Mi 162 P OR

UPPER EDGE PIECES: (Rotary Press Upper Margin Copies - W OR). There is only one type of upper edge pieces.



ABOVE: 162 W OR - 1'5'1

HAN: there are three different HAN

H2485.21
H2491.21
H3561.21



ABOVE LEFT: HAN H2485.21

PLATE FLAWS & VARIETIES

There are three major plate flaws / varieties



ABOVE LEFT:162 Uu - bottom imperforate
ABOVE CENTRE: 162 I - wedge in "0" of denomination "30" (Feild 10, 15, 60, 65)
ABOVE RIGHT: 162 II - damaged "0" of denomination "30" (Field 65)

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

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

MINT / POSTALLY UNUSED

HAN

ABOVE LEFT: HAN H2485.21
ABOVE LEFT: HAN H2485.21

UPPER and LOWER EDGE PIECES P-OR

UPPER and LOWER EDGE PIECES W-OR

ABOVE LEFT: Mi 162 W OR 1'5'1 - Upper edge piece
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 162 W UR - Lower edge piece



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 162 W OR 1'5'1 - Upper edge piece
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 162 W OR 1'5'1 - Upper edge piece

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