POSTAGE STAMPS
(1923)

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15-Jan-2023 03:06

MICHEL 281
REGULAR ISSUE NUMBER IN RECTANGLE, CIRCLE and WORKER

VALIDITY: 24th Aug 1923 until 30th Nov 1923
VALUE: 20 Tausend on 25 MARK
COLOUR: dark ochre brown
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 242 Original stamp without ovrprint

MAJOR VARIATIONS

There are no major variations

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are no major colour variations

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

Mi 281 P OR

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

Mi 281 W OR: 1'11'1 and 2'9'2

HAN: There are five different HAN

Mi 281: H7847.22
Mi 281: H4915.23 / 7847.22
Mi 281: H8520.22
Mi 281: H4915.23
Mi 281: H4915.23 / H8520.22

PLATE FLAWS OF ORIGINAL STAMPS

There is only one major plate flaw on the original stamp



ABOVE: Mi 281 IV - farmer with helmet (field 100) Like Mi 162

PLATE FLAWS OF OVERPRINTS

There are three major plate flaws of the overprints



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 281 I: spacing between bar and denomination 11.3 intead of 12mm (field 4)
ABOVE CENTRE: Mi 281 III: wide spacing between 'u' and 's' as well as 's' and 'e' in 'Tausend' (field 61)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 281 VI: 's' in 'Tausend' lower (fields 99 and 100)

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