POSTAGE STAMPS
(1923)
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MICHEL 323
REGULAR ISSUE NUMBER IN CIRCLE WITH ROSETTE
The design of stamps Mi 313 to 330 are referred to as 'Basket lid' or denomination in circle with rosette. The stamps are printed typography on waffle watermarked paper and most of them were produced either flat plate printing or rotary press printing. In addition some of them exist perf comb 14 x 14¼ and rouletted 13.
The stamps exist with a large number of errors: damaged letters, numbers or posthorns, flattened numbers, shading errors, shifted print etc, but only the most common of these are described below.
Mi 323 was produced using flat plate (either perf comb 14 x 14¼ or rouletted 13) or rotary press printing.
VALIDITY: 1st Nov 1923 until 31st Dec 1923
VALUE: 200 Millionen MARK
COLOUR: dark ochre brown (variations)
WATERMARK: Waffle
PERF: comb 14 x 14¼ and roulette
SIZE: 22 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Typography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown
MAJOR VARIATIONS
There are three major variations
ABOVE LEFT: Mi 323 A P - comb 14 x 14¼ - flat plate printing
ABOVE CENTRE: Mi 323 A W - rotary press printing
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 323 B P - rouletted - flat plate printing
Flat plate printing and rotary press printing examples can be determined by the size of the stamp: Flat plate 17.7mm x 21.5mm and rotary press printing 18.0mm x 22.0mm.
COLOUR VARIATIONS
There are two major colour variations of the perforated flat plate printing type.
ABOVE LEFT: Mi 323 A P a - bright to dark ochre brown
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 323 A P b - dark olive brown (shades)
UPPER / LOWER MARGIN PIECES: (Flat Plate Printing Upper Margin Copies - P OR). There are five types of upper edge piece.
ABOVE LEFT: Mi 323 A P a OR A (Plate A - upper margin only with row values)
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Mi 323 A P a OR A - lower margin piece
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Mi 323 A P a OR B (Plate B - upper margin with bar of dashes and row values)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 323 A P a OR B lower margin piece
ABOVE LEFT: Mi 323 A P b OR A (Plate A - upper margin only with row values)
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Mi 323 A P b OR A - lower margin piece
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Mi 323 B P OR A (Plate A - upper margin only with row values)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 323 B P OR A - lower margin piece
ABOVE LEFT: Mi 323 B P OR B (Plate B - upper margin with bar of dashes and row values)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 323 B P OR B - lower margin piece
UPPER EDGE PIECES: (Rotary Press Printing Upper Margin Copies - W OR). There are three types of upper edge piece.
Mi 323 A W a OR: 0'6'0 / 0'7'0
Mi 323 A W a OR: 1'4'1 / 0'7'0
Mi 323 A W a OR: 1'4'1 / 1'5'1
MARGIN COPIES (left or right) with rouletting
Mi 323 A P dgz
HAN: There are four different HAN
ABOVE LEFT: Mi 323 A P a: H5955.23
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 323 A P a: H6022.23
Mi 323 A P b: H5955.23
Mi 323 B P: H6022.23
OTHER VARIANTS
Mi 323 A P a Uu: bottom imperforateMi 323 A P a U: imperforate
Mi 323 A P F: without denomination
'CRACK' PLATE FLAWS
There is a crack on the left side of the rosette as well as other anomalies. Besides the crack (HT), the other most common flaw is fraying of the margin beneath the posthorn (PE 1). These two faults always appear together on a sheet in fields 43, 48, 93 and 98.Mi 323 A P HT: crack (perf)
Mi 323 B P HT: crack (roulette)
Mi 323 A Pe 1: frayed margin (perf)
Mi 323 B Pe 1: frayed margin (roulette)
ABOVE LEFT: Mi 323 A P HT 1 Cracked plate flaw
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 323 A PE 1 Cracked plate flaw
PLATE FLAWS
There is only one major plate flaw
ABOVE: Mi 323 II - centre of large '2' in '200' broken (fields 54 and 61)
STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION
All of the stamps from here until the end of the page are from my collectionMINT / POSTALLY UNUSED
ABOVE LEFT: Mi 323 A
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 323 B
COLOUR VARIATIONS
ABOVE LEFT: Mi 323 A P a - bright to dark ochre brown
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 323 A P b - dark olive brown (shades)
UPPER / LOWER MARGIN PIECES
Flat Plate Printing Upper Margin Copies - P OR. There are five types of upper edge piece.
ABOVE LEFT: Mi 323 A P a OR A (Plate A - upper margin only with row values)
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Mi 323 A P a OR A - lower margin piece
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Mi 323 A P a OR B (Plate B - upper margin with bar of dashes and row values)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 323 A P a OR B lower margin piece
ABOVE LEFT: Mi 323 A P b OR A (Plate A - upper margin only with row values)
ABOVE CENTRE LEFT: Mi 323 A P b OR A - lower margin piece
ABOVE CENTRE RIGHT: Mi 323 B P OR A (Plate A - upper margin only with row values)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 323 B P OR A - lower margin piece
ABOVE LEFT: Mi 323 B P OR B (Plate B - upper margin with bar of dashes and row values)
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 323 B P OR B - lower margin piece
HAN
There are four different HAN
ABOVE LEFT: Mi 323 A P a: H5955.23
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 323 A P a: H6022.23
Mi 323 A P b: H5955.23
Mi 323 B P: H6022.23
CRACK PLATE FLAWS
ABOVE LEFT: Mi 323 A P HT 1 Cracked plate flaw on left stamp
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 323 A Pe 1 Cracked plate flaw
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
