POSTAGE STAMPS
(1922)

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07-Jan-2023 08:47

MICHEL 194
NUMBER, LABOURER, POSTHORN and PLOUGHMAN

VALIDITY: Feb 1922 until 30th Sep 1923
VALUE: 5 MARK
COLOUR: (dark) red orange (variations)
WATERMARK: Waffle
PERF: comb 14
SIZE: 38 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Recess
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

SIMILAR STAMPS

ABOVE: Mi 174 - Identical to Mi 194 but with a diamond / lozenge watermark

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are three major colour variations



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 194 a - dark red orange (shades) (orange)
ABOVE CENTRE: Mi 194 b - blackish to black red orange (brown orange)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 194 c - black yellowish red (red orange)

OTHER VARIATIONS

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

Mi 194 a P OR
Mi 194 b P OR
Mi 194 c P OR

HAN: There are no HAN

PLATE FLAWS & VARIETIES

There are no major plate flaws but there is one other variety



ABOVE: Mi 194 a U - imperforate

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

All of the 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