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NAZI GERMANY
STAMPS
1944

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MICHEL 897
7th ANNIV of INNSBRUCK SHOOTING COMPETITION
(Tiroler Landesschiessen)

Issued: 2nd Jul 1944. Printed by the Vienna State Printing Works, this L. Alton designed stamp was produced photogravure on sheets of 50, perf K 14, unwatermarked and vertically ribbed or smooth dark yellow gummed paper.

The stamp features a Tyrolean infantryman armed with a musket superimposed over a 1940's German soldier carrying a machine gun, the modern successor to the musket. There was a special postmark used during the shooting competition from 2nd to 17th Jul 1944.

See here for examples of this stamp used on covers from DRESDEN and STREIGAU.

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Mi 897
6+4Pf
blackish opal green

Valid Until: May 1945

Quantities: Unknown

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VARIATIONS

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PLATE FLAWS

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Mi 897 PF I
white fleck on the chest of shooter in foreground
Mi 897 PF II
white fleck on the neck of shooter in foreground
Mi 897 PF III
damage under second 'E' of 'LANDESSCHIESSEN'


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SHEET FROM MY COLLECTION

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Mi 897
Sheet from My Collection
Complete with Plate Flaw PF III


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STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

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(1)
Mi 897
Mint, Unused
(2)
Mi 897
Mint, Unused
(3)
Mi 897
Mint, Unused


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