POSTAGE STAMPS
(1923)
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MICHEL 327
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 327 was produced using flat plate (either perf comb 14 x 14¼ or rouletted 13) or rotary press printing.
VALIDITY: 11th Nov 1923 until 31st Dec 1923
VALUE: 5 Milliarden MARK
COLOUR: bright yellowish orange / sienna (shades)
WATERMARK: Waffle
PERF: comb 14 x 14¼
SIZE: 22 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Typography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown
MAJOR VARIATIONS
There are three major variations
ABOVE LEFT: Mi 327 A P - comb 14 x 14¼ - flat plate printing
ABOVE CENTRE: Mi 327 A W - rotary press printing
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 327 B P - roulette - 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 no major colour variations but there are shades
UPPER EDGE PIECES: (Flat Plate Printing Upper Margin Copies - P OR). There are four types of upper edge piece.
Mi 327 A P OR A (Plate A - upper margin only with row values)
Mi 327 A P OR C (Plate C - upper margin with thin line and row values)
Mi 327 B P OR A (Plate A - upper margin only with row values)
Mi 327 B P OR C (Plate C - upper margin with thin line and row values)
ABOVE: Mi 327 A P OR C - upper margin with thin line and row values)
UPPER EDGE PIECES: (Rotary Press Printing Upper Margin Copies - W OR). There is only one type of upper edge piece.
Mi 327 A W OR: 0'6'0 / 1'5'1
HAN: There are two different HAN
Mi 327 A P: H6308.23
Mi 327 B P: H6308.23
OTHER VARIANTS
Mi 327 A P U: imperforateMi 327 A P F: without denomination
Mi 327 B 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 327 A P HT: crack (perf)
Mi 327 B P HT: crack (roulette)
Mi 327 A Pe 1: frayed margin (perf)
Mi 327 B Pe 1: frayed margin (roulette)
ABOVE LEFT: Mi 327 A P HT 1 Cracked plate flaw
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 327 A Pe 1 Cracked plate flaw
PLATE FLAWS
There are no major plate flaws
STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION
All of the stamps from here until the end of the page are from my collectionMINT / POSTALLY UNUSED
UPPER EDGE PIECES - P OR
ABOVE: Mi 327 A P OR C - upper margin with thin line and row values)
CRACK PLATE FLAWS
ABOVE: Mi 327 A P HT 1 Cracked plate flaw on right stamp
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
