POSTAGE STAMPS
(1923)

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03-Mar-2023 09:22

MICHEL 294
REGULAR ISSUE NUMBER IN RECTANGLE, CIRCLE and WORKER

VALIDITY: 22nd Sep 1923 until 30th Nov 1923
VALUE: 250 Tausend on 400 MARK
COLOUR: dark to blackish orange brown
WATERMARK: Waffle
PERF: comb 14 x 14¼
SIZE: 22 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Typography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

SIMILAR STAMPS

ABOVE RIGHT: 1923 issue Mi 271 Original stamp without overprint

MAJOR VARIATIONS

There are no major variations

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are no major colour variations

UPPER EDGE MARGINS

This stamp was overprinted with the folllowing OPD:

OPD C (Frankfurt- Ff) (overprint subdued gloss)
OPD G (Leipzig - Lz) (overprint glossy)
OPD K (Stettin - St) (overprint sooty)
OPD L (Stuttgart - Sg) (overprint glossy)

Determining which OPD printed a certain upper margin piece can be very difficult since the 11 OPD overprints vary only in the overprint colour glossiness. The margin overprint style can help since some of the styles only existed for certain OPD. For example: below margin overprint type 'i' only exists from sheets overprinted in Stettin. Therefore if your margin piece has a style 'i' then it can only come from a sheet overprinted in Stettin. If your stamp has a margin style 'a' then it is impossible to determine the OPD since this style was used in 7 of the 11 OPD.



ABOVE LEFT: Type ‘a’ – without OPD upper margin print (Bl, Ff, Hb, Hv, Kb, Ms, Sg)
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Type ‘e’ – 6mm thick bar (Ff)
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Type ‘f’ – overprint in small numbers (Lz)
ABOVE RIGHT: Type ‘i’ – overprint with large Antigua font or block letters (St)

Mi 294 - OPD C e W OR (Frankfurt) 1'11'1
Mi 294 - OPD C e W OR (Frankfurt) 2'9'2
Mi 294 - OPD G f W OR (Leipzig) 1'11'1
Mi 294 - OPD G f W OR (Leipzig) 2'9'2
Mi 294 - OPD K i W OR (Stettin) 1'11'1
Mi 294 - OPD K i W OR (Stettin) 2'9'2
Mi 294 - OPD L a W OR (Stuttgart) 1'11'1
Mi 294 - OPD L a W OR (Stuttgart) 2'9'2

HAN: There are no HAN

OTHER VARIANTS

Mi 294 K: inverted overprint
Mi 294 II: bar with 22 instead of 21 lines

PLATE FLAWS OF ORIGINAL STAMPS

There are no major plate flaw on the original stamp

PLATE FLAWS OF OVERPRINTS

There are no major plate flaws of the overprints

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

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

MINT / POSTALLY UNUSED

UPPER / LOWER MARGIN PIECES

ABOVE LEFT: Mi 294 OPD a
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 294 OPD e



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 294 OPD f
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 294 OPD i

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