POSTAGE STAMPS
(1923)

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03-Mar-2023 09:32

MICHEL 295
REGULAR ISSUE NUMBER IN RECTANGLE, CIRCLE and WORKER

VALIDITY: 20th Sep 1923 until 30th Nov 1923
VALUE: 250 Tausend on 500 MARK
COLOUR: light to medium lilac red
WATERMARK: Waffle
PERF: comb 14 x 14¼
SIZE: 22 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Typography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

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.



ABOVE: Mi 295 P OR

HAN: There are seven different HAN

Mi 295: H5341.23
Mi 295: H (four blank spaces) .23
Mi 295: H (black bar) .23
Mi 295: H5341.23 / H (four blank spaces) .23
Mi 295: H5341.23 / H (black bar) .23
Mi 295: H5351.23 (misprint)
Mi 295: H5351.23 / (four underlined spaces) .23 (misprint)



ABOVE: Mi 295 HAN H (black bar).23



ABOVE: Mi 295 HAN H5341.23 / H (black bar) .23

OTHER VARIANTS

Mi 295 U: imperforate
Mi 295 Uu: bottom imperforate
Mi 295 F: pair, one with and one without overprint
Mi 295 II: bar with 22 instead of 21 dashes
Mi 295 III: bar with 20 instead of 21 dashes
Mi 295 z: on carbon paper

PLATE FLAWS OF ORIGINAL STAMPS

There is only one major plate flaw on the original stamp



ABOVE: Mi 295 I - large white mark between '5' of '500' and 'M' of 'Mark' (field 88)

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 EDGE PIECES

There is only one type of upper edge piece.



ABOVE: Mi 295 P OR

HAN

ABOVE: Mi 295 HAN H (black bar).23



ABOVE: Mi 295 HAN H5341.23 / H (black bar) .23

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