POSTAGE STAMPS
(1922)

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23-Jan-2023 05:15

MICHEL 227
REGULAR ISSUE - POSTHORN

VALIDITY: Oct 1922 until 30th Sep 1923
VALUE: 5 MARK
COLOUR: bright orange to reddish orange (variations)
WATERMARK: Waffle
PERF: comb 14 x 14¼
SIZE: 22 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Typography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets and coils
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are two major colour variations



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 227 a - bright orange to reddish orange (orange)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 227 b - blackish orange (brown orange)

OTHER VARIATIONS

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

Mi 227 a 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 are two types of flat plate upper edge piece.

Mi 227 a P OR
Mi 227 b P OR



ABOVE: Mi 277 P UR - Lower edge piece

There is only one types of rotary press plate upper edge piece.

Mi 227 a U W OR - 1'5'1



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 277 a U W OR - Upper edge piece
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 277 a U W UR - Lower edge piece

HAN: There are two different HAN

H5455.22
H6234.22

PLATE FLAWS & VARIETIES

There are no major plate flaws but there are two varieties



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 227 a Uu - bottom imperforate
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 227 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

UPPER and LOWER EDGE PIECES - POR

ABOVE: Mi 277 P UR - Lower edge piece

UPPER and LOWER EDGE PIECES - W OR

ABOVE LEFT: Mi 277 a U W OR - Upper edge piece
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 277 a U W UR - Lower edge piece



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 277 a U W 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