POSTAGE STAMPS
(1933)
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MICHEL 515
HINDENBURG MEDALLION III
5Rpf
BACKGROUND: This was a re-issue of the Hindenburg Medallions II series from earlier in the year, but now with Swastika watermark and perf K14:14¼. As these stamps were produced over a long period of time, they do show significant variations in colour and shade.
VALIDITY: Feb 1934 to May 1945
VALUE: 5Rpf
COLOUR: (yellow) emerald-green
WATERMARK: Swastika
PERF: K14x14¼.
AVAILABILITY: Engraved sheets (10x10), coils and booklets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown
VARIATIONS
ABOVE LEFT: Sheets
ABOVE CENTRE: coils
ABOVE RIGHT: Booklets
The only way to determine if a stamp is from a sheet or a coil is if it has a section of the gutter attached or if there is a continuous strip of 11 stamps (coil only).
The booklets are more easily distinquished from the sheets when they exist as se-tenants with two different value stamps attached or if the values are the same but one of the stamps is inverted.