POSTAGE STAMPS
(1933)
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01-Mar-2023 07:16
MICHEL 517
HINDENBURG MEDALLION III
8Rpf
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: 8Rpf
COLOUR: yellowish-red to cinnabar
WATERMARK: Swastika
PERF: K14x14¼.
AVAILABILITY: Engraved sheets (10x10), coils and booklets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown
VARIATIONS
Platten und Walzendruck Oberrandstucke - Plates and roller pressure upper edge pieces
ABOVE LEFT: 517 P OR (Sheets) Upper edge with values only
ABOVE CENTRE: 517 W OR Upper edge with values and lines (2'9'2).
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
ABOVE: Michel 517 I (Schantl 517 fA) : Open 'D' in 'Deutsches'
STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION
All stamps shown from here until the end of the page are from my personal collectionMINT / UNUSED
