POSTAGE STAMPS
(1922)

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23-Jan-2023 04:57

MICHEL 224
REGULAR ISSUE - ONE COLOUR POSTHORN

VALIDITY: May 1922 until 30th Sep 1923
VALUE: 2 MARK
COLOUR: dark to blackish violet purple (variations)
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 171 - Identical to Mi 224 but with a diamond / lozenge watermark and in two colours

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are three major colour variations



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 224 a - dark to blackish violet purple (shades) (bluish violet)
ABOVE CENTRE: Mi 2224 aa - blackish grey purple to black grey purple (dark purple violet)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 224 b - blackish brown violet (shades) (dark violet)

OTHER VARIATIONS

UPPER EDGE PIECES (COILS): There are three types.

Mi 224 a R (coils)
Mi 224 aa R (coils)
Mi 224 R b (coils)

Mi 224 R b can be recognised by three digit inverted counter numbers ending with 0 on the side selvege by position 91 and 100

OTHER VARIATIONS

UPPER EDGE PIECES: (Flat Plate Printing and Rotary Press Printing Upper Margin Copies - P OR / W OR). Plate and rotary press printings can only de determined by the selvege.

There are three types of flat plate upper edge piece.

Mi 224 a P OR
Mi 224 aa P OR
Mi 224 b P OR



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 224 P OR - Upper edge piece
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 224 P UR - Lower edge piece

There are three types of rotary press printing upper edge piece.

Mi 224 a W OR - 1'5'1
Mi 224 aa W OR - 1'5'1
Mi 224 b W OR - 1'5'1

MARGIN COPIES

Margin copies left or right with rouletting (from flat plate sheets)

Mi 224 dgz

HAN: There are four different HAN

H2964.22
H3695.22
H4719.22
H5444.22

PLATE FLAWS & VARIETIES

There are no major plate flaws but there are three varieties



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 224 a U - imperforate
ABOVE CENTRE: Mi 224 a Uu - bottom imperforate
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 224 Udr - bottom perforation only

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 LEFT: Mi 224 P OR - Upper edge piece
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 224 P UR - Lower edge piece



ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 224 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