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POSTAGE STAMPS
(1923)

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16-Feb-2023 07:31

MICHEL 324 A
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 324 was produced using flat plate and rotary press printing.

VALIDITY: 2nd Nov 1923 until 31st Dec 1923
VALUE: 500 Millionen MARK
COLOUR: dark to blackish olive yellow
WATERMARK: Waffle
PERF: comb 14 x 14¼
SIZE: 22 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Typography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

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MAJOR VARIATIONS

There are two major variations

ABOVE LEFT: Mi 324 A P - flat plate printing
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 324 A W - rotary press 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. line

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are no major colour variations

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

Mi 324 A P OR A (Plate A - upper margin only with row values)
Mi 324 A P OR C (Plate C – upper margin with thin line and row values)

ABOVE: Mi 324 A P OR A - upper margin only with row values

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

Mi 324 A W OR: 0'6'0 / 0'7'0
Mi 324 A W OR: 0'6'0 / 0'6'0

ABOVE: Mi 324 A W OR: 0'6'0 / 0'7'0 and 0'6'0 / 0'6'0

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COMBINATION PLATE on ROTARY: (P/W OR)

Mi 324 A P/W OR: 1'11'1
Mi 324 A P/W OR: 2'9'2

ABOVE: Mi 324 A P/W OR: 1'11'1

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MARGIN COPIES (left or right) with rouletting

Mi 324 A P dgz

HAN: There are four different HAN

Mi 324 A P: H5955.23 / W
Mi 324 A P: H5559.23 (typesetting error)
Mi 324 A P: H6024.23
Mi 324 A P: H6024.23 / W (misprint)

OTHER VARIANTS

Mi 324 A P Uu: bottom imperforate
Mi 324 A P U: imperforate
Mi 324 A P F: without denomination
Mi 324 A P z: on carton paper
Mi 324 A W z: on carton paper

'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 324 A HT 1 Cracked plate flaw
Mi 324 A Pe 1 Cracked plate flaw

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PLATE FLAWS

There are no major plate flaws

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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 - P OR

ABOVE: Mi 324 A P OR A - upper margin only with row values

UPPER EDGE PIECES - W OR

ABOVE: Mi 324 A W OR: 0'6'0 / 0'7'0 and 0'6'0 / 0'6'0

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UPPER EDGE PIECES COMBINATION - P/W OR