NAZI GERMANY
STAMPS
1942

MICHEL 165
OFFICIALS
Issued: 2nd March 1942. This series of Official stamps was designed by Prof. Richard Klein and were printed typography at the Berlin State Printing Works from plates. They were unwatermarked and had a vertically ribbed yellow gum. Perforate 14 : 14¼ these stamps were available in sheets of 100 (The same as MICHEL 144 to 154 except No Watermark and some colour variations)
Mi 165
40Pf
purple
40Pf
purple
There are obvious colour variations, the only way to differentiate between this series and the 1934/1938 series is that these stamps are on unwatermarked paper.
There are also clear differences for this stamp in terms of pale and dark yellow gum as well as vertically ribbed and smooth gum
Quantities: Unknown

VARIATIONS
NO KNOWN MAJOR VARIATIONS

PLATE FLAWS




Mi 165 PF I
'a' in 'Arbeiterpartei' missing
'a' in 'Arbeiterpartei' missing
Mi 165 Br I
RWZ '46' instead of '36' on upper margin
RWZ '46' instead of '36' on upper margin

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION
(1)
Mi 165
Mint, Unused
Mi 165
Mint, Unused
