GERMAN POST OFFICES ABROAD
CHINA
STAMPS
1901

Michel 21

Issued March 1901 through April 1904. German Empire Germania and representative illustrations. Inscribed "REICHSPOST" with horizontal black, vertical black or horizontal carmine overprint.

Mi21
40Pf
dark reddish carmine / black

VARIATIONS

REQUIRES ADDITIONAL RESEARCH

PLATE FLAWS

Mi21 PF II
bottom of "REICHSPOST" cut, breaks in "ICHS", and "OST", "O" open on bottom.

Mi21 PF IV
"O" in "REICHSPOST" cut off obliquely at bottom.

Mi21 PF VII
"OST" of "REICHSPOST" shifted downwards.

Mi21 PF XI
inner frame line connected with meander at bottom right.

Mi21 PF XIII
thick white dot above meander at bottom right.

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

(1)
Mi21
Cancelled
"SHANGHAI DEUTSCHE POST
1/ 03"

(2)
Mi21
Cancelled
"SHANGHAI DEUTSCHE POST
10/2 05"

(3)
Mi21
Cancelled
"SHANGHAI DEUTSCHE POST
03"

(4)
Mi21
Cancelled
"SHANGHAI DEUTSCHE POST a
9/ 04"

(5)
Mi21
Cancelled
"SHANGHAI DEUTSCHE POST b
3/1 05"

(6)
Mi21
Cancelled
"SHANGHAI DEUTSCHE POST a
30/9 05"

(7)
Mi21
Mint, Unused