POSTAGE STAMPS
(1922)

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07-Mar-2023 07:18

MICHEL 219
REGULAR ISSUE - NUMBER IN OVAL

VALIDITY: Oct 1922 until 30th Sep 1923
VALUE: 100 MARK
COLOUR: blackish lilac brown to dark brown carmine
WATERMARK: diamond lozenge
PERF: comb 14¾ x 14¼
SIZE: 38 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Offset Lithography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are no major colour variations or shades

OTHER VARIATIONS

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

Mi 219 P OR

HAN: There are three different HAN

H5462.22
H6344.22
H7049.22



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 219 HAN H6344.22
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 219 HAN H7049.22

PLATE FLAWS & VARIETIES

There are two major plate flaws and one variant and there are also a large number of minor defects



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 219 PF I - long line to right of 'M' in 'Mark' (field 32)
ABOVE LEFT: Mi 219 PF II - 'c' and 'h' of 'Reich' connected at the top of the 'c' (field 6)



ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 219 DD - double printing

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 219 HAN H6344.22
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 219 HAN H7049.22

PLATE FLAW - PF I

PLATE FLAW - PF II

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