POSTAGE STAMPS
(1923)

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MICHEL 249
REGULAR ISSUE - NUMBER IN OVAL (II)

VALIDITY: Feb 1923 until 30th Nov 1923
VALUE: 300 MARK
COLOUR: dark green to black yellowish green
WATERMARK: waffle
PERF: comb 14¾ x 14¼
SIZE: 38 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Offset Lithography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

MAJOR VARIATIONS

There are no major variations

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are no major colour variations

OTHER VARIATIONS

UPPER EDGE PIECES: (Flat Plate Printing Upper Margin Copies - P OR). There is only one type of upper edge piece.



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 249 P OR
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 249 P UR

HAN: There are five different HAN

Mi 249: H6914.22
Mi 249: H7067.22
Mi 249: H8697.22
Mi 249: H2714.23
Mi 249: H7067.23



ABOVE: Mi 249 HAN H2714.23

PLATE FLAWS & VARIETIES

There is one plate flaw and three variants



ABOVE: Mi 249 PF I - lower right part of 'h' in 'Reich' has check mark (field 25)




ABOVE LEFT: Mi 249 Uu - bottom imperforate
ABOVE CENTRE: Mi 249 z - on carbon pper
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 249 DD - double overprint

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

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

MINT / POSTALLY UNUSED

UPPER / LOWER EDGE PIECES

ABOVE LEFT: Mi 249 P OR
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 249 P UR

HAN

ABOVE: Mi 249 HAN H2714.23

PLATE FLAW PF I

ABOVE: Mi 249 PF I

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