GERMAN POST OFFICES ABROAD
CHINA
STAMPS
1901

Michel 23

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

Mi23
80Pf
dark reddish carmine / red black on dull carmine

VARIATIONS

REQUIRES ADDITIONAL RESEARCH

PLATE FLAWS

Mi23 PF III
thick white line left of the middle of the arc of "C" in "REICHSPOST" and wedge-shaped break up in the crown.

Mi23 PF IV
"0" in the left value "80" bloated top left.

Mi23 PF XIV
bubble-shaped white spot between the frame lines at top left.

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

(1)
Mi 23
Cancelled
"SHANGHAI DEUTSCHE POST"

(2)
Mi 23
Cancelled
"SHANGHAI DEUTSCHE POST b
6/8 04"

(3)
Mi 23
Cancelled
"SHANGHAI DEUTSCHE POST b
20/2 02"

(4)
Mi 23
Cancelled, Used
"TIENTSIN DEUTSCHE POST b
26/2 03"