POSTAGE STAMPS
(1921)

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13-Feb-2023 07:33

MICHEL 163
NUMBER, LABOURER, POSTHORN and PLOUGHMAN

VALIDITY: Aug 1921 until 30th Sep 1923
VALUE: 40Pf
COLOUR: red orange to yellowish red (variations)
WATERMARK: Diamond lozenge
PERF: comb 14 x 14¼
SIZE: 22 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Typography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets and coils
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

SIMILAR STAMPS

ABOVE: Mi 182 - Identical to Mi 163 but with waffle / network watermark

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are no major colour variations

OTHER VARIATIONS

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

Mi 163 R (coils)
Mi 163 P OR

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

163 W OR - 2'9'2 / 3'7'3

LEFT or RIGHT MARGIN Copies with rouletting:

Mi 163 dgz

HAN: There are three different HAN

H3339.21: Booklets
H5008.21:
H6466.21



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 163 HAN H3339.21
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 163 HAN H6466.21

PLATE FLAWS & VARIETIES

There are no major plate flaws but this stamp does exist imperforate

Mi 163 Uu: Bottom imperforate.

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: Mi 163 HAN H3339.21
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 163 HAN H6466.21

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