POSTAGE STAMPS
(1923)

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02-Mar-2023 09:23

MICHEL 279
REGULAR ISSUE NUMBER IN RECTANGLE, CIRCLE and WORKER

VALIDITY: 1st Sep 1923 until 30th Nov 1923
VALUE: 15 Tausend on 40 MARK
COLOUR: black opal green (variations)
WATERMARK: Waffle
PERF: comb 14 x 14¼
SIZE: 22 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Typography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

SIMILAR STAMPS

ABOVE: 1923 issue Mi 244 Original stamp without overprint

MAJOR VARIATIONS

There are no major variations

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are two major colour variations



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 279 a: black opal green (shades)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 279 b: black green to black olive green

OTHER VARIATIONS

MARGIN COPIES: Left or right with rouletting (from flat plate printing)

Mi 279 a dgz

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

Mi 279 a P OR

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

Mi 279 b W OR: 1'11'1
Mi 279 b W OR: 2'9'2



ABOVE: Mi 279 W OR - 1'11'1

HAN: There are six different HAN

Mi 279 a: H2716.23
Mi 279 a: H2923.23
Mi 279 a: H3943.23
Mi 279 a: H5042.23 (upper)
Mi 279 b: H4915.23 (upper)
Mi 279 b: H5042.23 (upper)



ABOVE: Mi 279 HAN H5042.23 (upper)

OTHER VARIANTS

Mi 279 a K: inverted overprint
Mi 279 a F: pair, one without overprint
Mi 279 a Z: on carton paper

PLATE FLAWS OF ORIGINAL STAMPS

There are two major plate flaw on the original stamp



ABOVE: Mi 279 PF III - farmer with open shirt (fields 1) Like Mi 244
ABOVE: Mi 279 PF V - Middle line of 'm' is broken (field 75) Like Mi 244

PLATE FLAWS OF OVERPRINTS

There are four major plate flaws of the overprints



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 279 I: '1' of value '15' without coating (fields 86 and 92) (only b)
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Mi 279 II: upper part of 'd' in 'Tausend' broken off (field 46) (only b)
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Mi 279 IV: 'd' of 'Tausend' higher (field 35)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 279 VI: 's' of 'Tausend' lower (fields 97-100)

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

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

MINT / POSTALLY UNUSED

HAN

ABOVE: Mi 279 HAN H5042.23 (upper)

UPPER EDGE PIECES

ABOVE: Mi 279 W OR - 1'11'1

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