POSTAGE STAMPS
(1933)

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14-May-2023 03:03

MICHEL 516
HINDENBURG MEDALLION III
6Rpf

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: 6Rpf
COLOUR: black (grey) green to black-opal-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.

PLATE FLAWS

There are no major plate flaws.

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

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

MINT / UNUSED

SPECIAL CANCELLATIONS

This first special cancellation was one of six that was used at the Creative People Exhibition held in DÜSSELDORF from May to October 1937