1920 My Covers

WEIMAR REPUBLIC
STAMPS
1920

MICHEL 122
REGULAR ISSUE of BAVARIA
(OVERPRINTED 'Deutsches Reich')

Issued: 6th Apr 1920. Regular Issue from Bavaria with black Typography overprint, rouletted.

Mi 122
20Pf
bright brown-violet (shades)

VARIATIONS

Mi 122 K
inverted overprint

Mi 122 U
Imperforate

Mi 122 DD
double overprint

OVERPRINT ERRORS

Mi 122 PF VI
Closed 'D'

Mi 122 PF VII
Upper line of 'D' angled downwards

Mi 122 PF VIII
Clip around 'D'

Mi 122 PF X
thin overprint

Mi 122 PF XI
thick overprint

Mi 122 PF XII
overprint "Reich/Deutsches" or only "Reich" or only "Deutsches"

PLATE FLAWS

Mi 122 PF I
broken 'R' in 'BAYERN', looks like an 'F'

Mi 122 PF III
larger 'R' in 'BAYERN'

Mi 122 PF IV
line in frame under 'R' or 'N' of 'BAYERN'

Mi 122 PF XIV
verical white lline from elbow to lower margin

Mi 122 PF XV
large white mark under '20', looks like 'AYERN'

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

MINT / UNUSED

(1)
Mi 122
Mint, Unused

PLATE FLAWS

(1)
Mi 122 PF I and PF IV
The top right-hand stamp has PF I (broken 'R' in Bayern) and the bottom left-hand stamp has PF IV (line in frame under 'R' or 'N' of 'BAYERN').

(2)
Mi 122 PF IV
line in frame under 'R' or 'N' of 'BAYERN'

(3)
Mi 122 PF IV
line in frame under 'R' or 'N' of 'BAYERN'

(4)
Mi 122 PF IV
line in frame under 'R' or 'N' of 'BAYERN'

(5)
Mi 122 PF IV
line in frame under 'R' or 'N' of 'BAYERN'

(6)
Mi 122 Unknown Plate Flaw
large white dot above rock pile on bottom right

(7)
Mi 122 Unknown Plate Flaw
long white line along bottom edge (paper crease)

(8)
Mi 122 PF I
broken 'R' in Bayern

PRINT QUALITY VARIATIONS

There appears to be quite a range in the quality of the printing for this stamp. The poor quality versions are not well defined and have far less detail than the better quality printings. I don't know the reason for the variation but would be interested to know if someone has the answer.

(1)
Low quality printing

(1)
higher quality printing

(1)
Block of 4
The different quality in the stamps mentioned above is clearly evident in this block of 4. The two stamps on the upper row are much more clearly defined than the two stamps on the bottom row (evident in the waterwheel and rock pile on the bottom right-hand side), indicating that the variation is not due to different print runs or different printing houses

There are also two different variations in the size of the word BAYERN as shown below.