POSTAGE STAMPS
(1922)

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28-Jan-2023 07:40

MICHEL 182
NUMBER, LABOURER, POSTHORN and PLOUGHMAN

VALIDITY: Jan 1922 until 30th Sep 1923
VALUE: 40Pf
COLOUR: red orange to yellowish red
WATERMARK: Waffle
PERF: comb 14 x 14¼
SIZE: 22 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Typography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets and coils
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

SIMILAR STAMPS

ABOVE: Mi 163 - Identical to Mi 182 but with a diamond / lozenge watermark

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are no major colour variations

OTHER VARIATIONS

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



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 182 P OR upper edge peice
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 182 P UR lower edge piece

MARGIN COPY: left or right with rouletting from flat plate printed sheets

Mi 182 dgz

HAN: There are two different HAN

H6806.21
H7178.21



ABOVE: Mi 182 HAN H7178.21

PLATE FLAWS & VARIETIES

There is one major plate flaw



ABOVE: Mi 182 PF I - decorative bow between lower laurel leaves is missing

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

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

MINT / POSTALLY UNUSED

UPPER / LOWER EDGE PIECES

Flat Plate Printing Upper Margin Copies - P OR.



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 182 P OR upper edge piece
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 182 P UR lower edge piece



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 182 P OR upper edge piece

HAN

ABOVE: Mi 182 HAN H7178.21

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