POSTAGE STAMPS
(1923)

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16-Jan-2026 11:03

MICHEL 261
WARTBURG CASTLE and COLOGNE CATHEDRAL

VALIDITY: May 1923 until 30th Nov 1923
VALUE: 5000 MARK
COLOUR: black blue to black grey blue (variations)
WATERMARK: Waffle
PERF: comb 14
SIZE: 36 x 27mm
PRINT TYPE: Recess
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

MAJOR VARIATIONS

There are no major variations

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are two major colour variations



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 261 a - black blue to black grey blue
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 261 b - blackish to black Prussian blue (dark greenish blue)

OTHER VARIATIONS

UPPER EDGE PIECES: (Flat Plate Printing Upper Margin Copies - P OR). There are two types of upper edge piece.

Mi 261 a P OR
Mi 261 b P OR

PLATE FLAWS & VARIETIES

There are no major plate flaws but there is a single variety



ABOVE: Mi 261 a U - imperforate


NOTE: There are five different varieties in terms of thickness and quality of the horizontal shading lines that make up the clouds above and around Wartburg Castle.

Sheets of Mi 261 stamps do not have any row counter in the lower selvege

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