POSTAGE STAMPS
(1922)

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07-Mar-2023 07:06

MICHEL 73
OFFICIAL STAMPS - DIENSTMARKE

VALIDITY: Jan 1923 until 30th Sep 1923
VALUE: 50 MARK
COLOUR: blackish violet purple to dark brown violet on medium reddish carmine paper
WATERMARK: waffle
PERF: comb 14 x 14¼
SIZE: 22 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Typography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are no major colour variations

OTHER VARIATIONS

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



ABOVE: Mi 73 P UR Lower Edge Piece

MARGIN COPIES With Left or Right Perforations going through the sheet margins

Mi 73 dgz

HAN: There are three different HAN

H6998.22
H8006.22
H9727.22



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 73 HAN H6998.22
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 73 HAN H8006.22



ABOVE: Mi 73 HAN H9727.22

PLATE FLAWS & VARIETIES

There are no major plate flaws but there are two varieties

Mi 73 U: imperforate
Mi 73 Uu: bottom imperforate

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

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

POSTALLY UNUSED / MINT

UPPER / LOWER EDGE PIECES

ABOVE: Mi 73 P OR Lower Edge Piece with HAN H9727.22

HAN

ABOVE LEFT: Mi 73 HAN H6998.22
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 73 HAN H8006.22



ABOVE: Mi 73 HAN H9727.22

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