POSTAGE STAMPS
(1923)

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16-Jan-2026 11:09

MICHEL 284
REGULAR ISSUE NUMBER IN RECTANGLE, CIRCLE and WORKER

VALIDITY: 1st Sep 1923 until 30th Nov 1923
VALUE: 30 Tausend on 10 MARK
COLOUR: dark grey ultramarine
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 239 Original stamp without overprint

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 284 dgz

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



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 284 P OR
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 284 P UR

HAN: There are nine different HAN

Mi 284: H7634.22
Mi 284: H8176.22
Mi 284: H4915.23 / H8176.22
Mi 284: H5043.23
Mi 284: H5043.23 / H7634.22
Mi 284: H5043.23
Mi 284: H7634.2 (misprint)
Mi 284: H5043.23 / H8176.22
Mi 284: H23./H8176.22 (printing error)



ABOVE: Mi 284 HAN H5043.23 / H8176.22

OTHER VARIANTS

Mi 284 Uu: imperforate below
Mi 284 K: inverted overprint

PLATE FLAWS OF ORIGINAL STAMPS

There is only one major plate flaw on the original stamp



ABOVE: Mi 284 I - thick white line over head of left mower (field 79) Like Mi 239 I

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 EDGE PIECES

There is only one type of upper edge piece.



ABOVE LEFT: Mi 284 P OR
ABOVE RIGHT: Mi 284 P UR

HAN

ABOVE: Mi 284 HAN H5043.23 / H8176.22

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