WEIMAR REPUBLIC
STAMPS
1919
MICHEL 105
WAR DAMAGE ASSISTANCE
(für Kriegs-beschädigte)
Issued: 1st May 1919. The Germania series of definitive stamps features actress Anna Führing (1866-1929) in the role of Germania. The design was the work of engraver Paul Eduard Waldraff who depicts Germania wearing an octagonal imperial crown and carrying a sword and olive branch. These stamps have a rhombus/diamond watermark and are perforate 14:14¼. This stamp has a black 'für Kriegs-beschädigte' overprint.
Mi 105
10 + 5Pf
red to dark red
Front
10 + 5Pf
red to dark red
Front
Mi 105
10 + 5Pf
red to dark red
Reverse
10 + 5Pf
red to dark red
Reverse
VARIATIONS & PLATE FLAWS
Mi105 a
10 + 5Pf
red to dark red (shades)
10 + 5Pf
red to dark red (shades)
Mi105 b
10 + 5Pf
dark rose to dark rose red (carmine to lilac carmine)
10 + 5Pf
dark rose to dark rose red (carmine to lilac carmine)
Unusually some sheets of Michel 105 have two HAN which are printed either on different edges of the sheet or on the same edge but far apart.
STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION
MINT / UNUSED
(1)
Mi 105
Mint, Unused
Front
Mi 105
Mint, Unused
Front
(1)
Mi 105
Mint, Unused
Reverse
Mi 105
Mint, Unused
Reverse
