POSTAGE STAMPS
(1923)

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MICHEL 280
REGULAR ISSUE NUMBER IN RECTANGLE, CIRCLE and WORKER

VALIDITY: 24th Aug 1923 until 30th Nov 1923
VALUE: 20 Tausend on 12 MARK
COLOUR: orange red (shades)
WATERMARK: Waffle
PERF: comb 14 x 14¼
SIZE: 22 x 26mm
PRINT TYPE: Typography
AVAILABILITY: Sheets
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

SIMILAR STAMPS

ABOVE: 1923 issue Mi 240 Original stamp with diamond lozenge watermark

MAJOR VARIATIONS

There are no major variations

COLOUR VARIATIONS

There are no major colour variations

OTHER VARIATIONS

MARGIN COPIES: Left or right with rouletting (from flat plate printing)

Mi 280 X dgz

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



ABOVE: Mi 280 P OR

HAN: There are two different HAN

Mi 280: H4519.23
Mi 280: H4519.23 / H6957.22

OTHER VARIANTS

Mi 280 Uu: bottom imperforate
Mi 280 K: inverted overprint
Mi 280 F: pair, one with overprint and one without

PLATE FLAWS OF ORIGINAL STAMPS

There are no major plate flaw on the original stamp

PLATE FLAWS OF OVERPRINTS

There are no major plate flaws of the overprints

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

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



ABOVE: Mi 280 P OR

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