POSTAGE STAMPS
(1922)

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23-Jan-2023 04:31

MICHEL 213
AIRMAIL WOOD PIGEON (I)

VALIDITY: Jul 1922 until 30th Sep 1923
VALUE: 60Pf
COLOUR: blackish rose red (variations)
WATERMARK: Waffle
PERF: comb 14 x 14¼
SIZE: 22 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Typography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are two major colour variations as well as shades



ABOVE LEFT: Mi213 a - blackish rose red (shades)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 213 b - blackish red

OTHER VARIATIONS

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

Mi 213 a P OR
Mi 213 b P OR



ABOVE: Mi 213 b P UR - Lower edge piece

HAN: There is only one HAN

H2739.22

PLATE FLAWS & VARIETIES

There is one major plate flaw and no variants



ABOVE: Mi 213 PF I - damaged '6' of the left denomination '60' (fields 51, 71, 81 and 91)

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

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

MINT / POSTALLY UNUSED

UPPER and LOWER EDGE PIECES - P OR and P UR

ABOVE: Mi 213 b P UR - Lower 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