POSTAGE STAMPS
(1923)

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29-Jan-2023 06:12

MICHEL 100
DIENSTMARKE OVERPRINT

New currency - the Rentenmark, later Reichsmark.



VALIDITY: 1st Dec 1923 until 31st Mar 1933
VALUE: 5Pf
COLOUR: dark green (variations)
WATERMARK: waffle
PERF: comb 14 x 14¼
SIZE: 22 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Typography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

SIMILAR STAMPS

ABOVE: Mi 339 - Identical to Mi 100 but without overprint and for general use

MAJOR VARIATIONS

There are two major variations



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 100 P - flat plate printing
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 100 W - rotary press printing

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are four major colour variations



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 100 P a - dark green
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Mi 100 P b - black opal green
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Mi 100 W a - dark green
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 100 W b - black opal green

UPPER MARGIN PIECES - P OR

FLAT PLATE PRINTING

OR A - upper margin only with row values
OR B – upper margin with bar of dashes and row values
OR C – upper margin with thin line and row values

Mi 100 P a OR C
Mi 100 P b OR C

UPPER MARGIN PIECES - W OR

Rotary Press printing

Mi 100 W a OR - 3'7'3
Mi 100 W b OR

ORIGINAL JOB NUMBER HAN U

There are four HAN U variations

Mi 100 P a HAN U: H6358.23
Mi 100 P a HAN U: H6835.23
Mi 100 P a HAN U: H7292.23
Mi 100 P b HAN U: ?????

OVERPRINT JOB NUMBER HAN A

There are five HAN A variations

Mi 100 P a HAN A: H6431.23
Mi 100 P a HAN A: H6432.23 (misprint)
Mi 100 P a HAN A: H6874.23
Mi 100 P b HAN A: H6871.23

OTHER VARIANTS

Mi 100 P a I: Without denomination
Mi 100 P a y: on thinner, glassy paper
Mi 100 P a K: inverted overprint
Mi 100 P a II: sooty overprint
Mi 100 P a III: fatter '5', about 1mm wider
Mi 100 W III: fatter '5', about 1mm wider

'CRACK' PLATE FLAWS

There is a crack on the left side of the rosette as well as other anomalies. Besides the crack (HT), the other most common flaw is fraying of the margin beneath the posthorn (PE 1). Some of the crack flaws were reworked with varying degrees of success and they are catalogued as Mi 100 P a KT and Mi 100 P b KT.

Mi 100 P a HT: crack
Mi 100 P b HT: crack
Mi 100 P a Pe 1: frayed margin
Mi 100 P b Pe 1: frayed margin

PLATE FLAWS OF ORIGINAL STAMP

There are no major plate flaws

PLATE FLAWS OF OVERPRINTS

There are no major overprint flaws

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

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

MINT / POSTALLY UNUSED

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