1923 My Covers

WEIMAR REPUBLIC
STAMPS
1923

MICHEL 314
DENOMINATION in CIRCLE with ROSETTE

Issued: 8th Oct 1923. Regular Issue 'Denomination in Circle with Rosette', sometimes called basket lid as the rosette somewhat resembles the lid of a wicker-work basket. Printed typography on sheets (10x10) with waffle (network) watermark and perf 14:14¼.. There are two types of printing: Type 'P' = Flat Plate Printing and Type 'W' = Rotary Press Printing.

Mi 314A P
1 Million Mark
bright blue-green to blue-green
Sheet

Quantity Issued: Unknown

Valid until: 31st Dec 1923

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VARIATIONS

Mi 314P
flat plate printing

Mi 314W
rotary press printing

Mi 314A P U
imperforate

Mi 314A P Uu
bottom imperforate

Mi 314A P F
without denomination

Mi 314A P z
on carbon paper

OPD TOP MARGIN VARIATIONS

In order to resolve the problem of rapidly increasing postal rates the Government Printing Office was tasked with overprinting existing stocks of unused stamps. However the demand was so high that the Reich's Ministry of Post had to authorise the eleven regional post offices to assist with the task. Locally produced sheets can be recognised by the different overprints on the upper margin.

(OPD A)
BRESLAU
no overpint in upper margin
or 3 thin lines

(OPD B)
ERFURT
4.5mm thick bar
or with additional thinner bar

(OPD C)
FRANKFURT
no overpint in upper margin
or 4.5mm thick bar
or a 6mm thick bar

(OPD D)
HAMBURG
no overpint in upper margin

(OPD E)
HANOVER
no overpint in upper margin

(OPD F)
KÖNIGSBERG
no overpint in upper margin
or a 4.5mm thick bar

(OPD G)
LEIPZIG
overprint in small numbers

(OPD H)
MUNICH
3 thin overprint lines or 2 thin lines
also bottom margin bar

(OPD I)
MÜNSTER
no overpint in upper margin
or a 4.5mm thick bar

(OPD K)
STETTIN
overprint with large Antigua font

(OPD L)
STUTTGART
no overpint in upper margin

PLATE FLAWS

Mi 314 A P HT
crack in rosette on the left of the denomination

Mi 314 A P Pe 1
margin frayed under the mouth of the left posthorn

Mi 314 PF II
lower part of 'R' in 'Reich' closed 'Beich'

Mi 314 PF III
line on top of inscription 'Deutsches Reich'

The are many examples of attempted repairs of the cracked plate flaws, some more successful than others. The differences are too numerous to list here.

There are also a huge number of other flaws including damaged letters, numbers and posthorns, flattened numbers, shading errors, smudges and missaligned printing.

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STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

MINT / UNUSED

Mi 314
Mint, Unused

WEIMAR REPUBLIC STAMPS 1923

MICHEL 314 DENOMINATION in CIRCLE with ROSETTE