POSTAGE STAMPS
(1923)

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07-Feb-2023 08:29

MICHEL 243
REGULAR ISSUE - WORKER

VALIDITY: Jun 1923 until 30th Sep 1923
VALUE: 30 MARK
COLOUR: blackish to black grey olive (dark olive) (variations)
WATERMARK: Waffle
PERF: comb 14 x 14¼
SIZE: 22 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Typography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets and coils
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

MAJOR VARIATIONS

There are no major variations

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are two major colour variations



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 241 a - blackish to black grey olive (dark olive)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 241 b - black olive

OTHER VARIATIONS

COILS: Coil strip of 11 stamps

Mi 243 a R

UPPER EDGE PIECES: (Rotary Press Printing Upper Margin Copies - W OR). There are two types of upper edge piece.

Mi 243 a W OR: 2'9'2
Mi 243 b W OR: 2'9'2




ABOVE: Mi 243 W OR - 2'9'2

HAN: There are no HAN

PLATE FLAWS & VARIETIES

There is only one plate flaw and no variants



ABOVE: Mi 243 PF I - '3' of denomination '30' broken in centre (field 8)

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 - W OR

ABOVE: Mi 243 W OR - 2'9'2

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