POSTAGE STAMPS
(1922)

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13-Feb-2023 07:40

MICHEL 226
REGULAR ISSUE - POSTHORN

VALIDITY: May 1922 until 30th Sep 1923
VALUE: 4 MARK
COLOUR: blackish opal green (dark green) (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 173 - Identical to Mi 226 but with a diamond / lozenge watermark and in two colours

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are two major colour variations



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 226 a - blackish opal green (dark green)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 226 b - black bluish green (black blue green)

OTHER VARIATIONS

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

Mi 226 a R (coils)
Mi 226 b R (coils)

Mi 226 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 226 a P OR
Mi 226 b P OR
Mi 226 a U P OR

MARGIN COPIES

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

Mi 226 dgz

HAN: There are four different HAN

H2966.22
H3569.22
H5443.22
H6389.22



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 226 a HAN - H3569.22
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 226 a HAN H5443.22

PLATE FLAWS & VARIETIES

There are no major plate flaws but there are three varieties



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 226 a Uu - bottom imperforate
ABOVE CENTRE: Mi 226 U Zw - imperforate pair with gutter (wrongly separated sheet)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 226 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

ABOVE LEFT: Mi 226 a - blackish opal green (dark green)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 226 b - black bluish green (black blue green)

226 a U - IMPERFORATE

ABOVE LEFT: Mi 226 a U - imperforate

HAN

ABOVE LEFT: Mi 226 a HAN - H3569.22
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 226 a HAN H5443.22

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