POSTAGE STAMPS
(1923)

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29-Jan-2023 06:10

MICHEL 85
DIENSTMARKE OVERPRINT

VALIDITY: End May 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 no major variations

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are no major colour variations but there are different shades

UPPER MARGIN PIECES - P OR

FLAT PLATE PRINTING

OR A - upper margin only with row values
OR B – upper margin with bar of dashes and row values
OR C – upper margin with thin line and row values

Mi 85 P OR C

HAN

There are two HAN variations

Mi 85 HAN: H6366.23 / H6308.23
Mi 85 HAN: H6366. 3 / H6308.23

OTHER VARIANTS

There are no other variations

'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). Some of the crack flaws were reworked with varying degrees of success and they are catalogued as Mi 85 KT, 85 ST I, Mi 85 ST V and Mi 85 ST IV.

Mi 85 HT: crack
Mi 85 Pe 1: frayed margin

PLATE FLAWS OF ORIGINAL STAMP

There are no major plate flaws

PLATE FLAWS OF OVERPRINTS

There are no major overprint flaws

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

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

MINT / POSTALLY UNUSED

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