POSTAGE STAMPS
(1923)

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MICHEL 259
RHEIN and RUHR ASSISTANCE

VALIDITY: 19th Feb 1923 until 30th Sep 1923
VALUE: 25 MARK + 500 MARK
COLOUR: dark ochre brown
WATERMARK: Waffle
PERF: comb 14 x 14¼
SIZE: 22 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Typography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: 5,000,000

MAJOR VARIATIONS

There are no major variations

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are no major colour variations

OTHER VARIATIONS

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

Mi 259 P OR

HAN: There is only one HAN

Mi 259: H8616:22/7847.22

PLATE FLAWS & VARIETIES

There are eight major plate flaws and one variants



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 259 PF I - second '0' and 'M' of overprint '500 M' and 'n-Ruh' of 'Rhein-Ruhr' lower (field 8)
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Mi 259 PF II - overprint '500' spread '5 0 0'
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Mi 259 PF VI - farmer with helmet (field 100)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 259 PF VII - 'R' of 'Rhein' broken loop (field 79)



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 259 PF IX - hyphens after 'Ruhr' missing (field 64)
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Mi 259 PF X - line over 'M' of '500 M' (field 62)
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Mi 259 PF XI - 'M' of '500 M' higher (field 60)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 259 PF XII - 'R' and 'h' of 'Ruhr' flattened on top (field 44)



ABOVE: Mi 259 K - inverted overprint


NOTE: Examples of false Mi 259 K are known to exist.

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