POSTAGE STAMPS
(1922)

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23-Jan-2023 04:58

MICHEL 225
REGULAR ISSUE - POSTHORN

VALIDITY: May 1922 until 30th Sep 1923
VALUE: 3 MARK
COLOUR: orange red (shades)
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 172 - Identical to Mi 225 but with a diamond / lozenge watermark and in two colours

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are no major colour variations but there are different shades

OTHER VARIATIONS

UPPER EDGE PIECES (COILS): There is only one type.

Mi 225 R (coils)

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 is only one type of flat plate upper edge piece.



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 225 P OR upper edge piece
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 225 lower edge piece

There is only one type of rotary press printing upper edge piece.

Mi 225 W OR - 1'5'1

MARGIN COPIES

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

Mi 225 dgz

HAN: There are four different HAN

H3697.22
H4942.22
H5260.22
H5687.22



ABOVE: HAN H4942.22

PLATE FLAWS & VARIETIES

There are no major plate flaws but there are two varieties



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 225 Ul - left side imperforate
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 225 Uu - bottom imperforate

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

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

MINT / POSTALLY UNUSED

UPPER EDGE PIECES

Flat Plate Printing and Rotary Press Printing Upper Margin Copies - P OR / W OR



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 225 P OR upper edge piece
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 225 lower edge piece

HAN

ABOVE: HAN H4942.22

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