WEIMAR REPUBLIC
STAMPS
1919
MICHEL 106
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.
Mi106
15 + 5Pf
blackish-grey-violet
Front
15 + 5Pf
blackish-grey-violet
Front
Mi106
15 + 5Pf
blackish-grey-violet
Reverse
15 + 5Pf
blackish-grey-violet
Reverse
VARIATIONS & FLAWS
Mi106 a
15 + 5Pf
blackish-grey-violet (shades)
15 + 5Pf
blackish-grey-violet (shades)
Mi106 b
15 + 5Pf
blackish-blue-violet
15 + 5Pf
blackish-blue-violet
Mi106 c
15 + 5Pf
black-violet to violet-black
15 + 5Pf
black-violet to violet-black
Unusually some sheets of Michel 106 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 106
Mint, Unused
Front
Mi 106
Mint, Unused
Front
(1)
Mi 106
Mint, Unused
Reverse
Mi 106
Mint, Unused
Reverse
