Germany: Varieties of Postage Stamps of the Third Reich 1933/45

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A. Postage stamps

April – August 1933. Definitive issue: president Paul von Hindenburg. Watermark network. Letterpress, perforation comb 14 : 14¼.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
8 pf., deep orange
I		Open letter D in DEUTSCHES.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 517I
		Notes: –

1933/36. Definitive issue: president Paul von Hindenburg. Watermark Swastika. Letterpress, perforation comb 14 : 14¼.

UNLISTED VARIETIES
25 pf.
1	Point on serif on left 5 and white spot saying “UL” to left of 25.

21 June 1935. Schütz, Bach, Händel celebration. Line engraving, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
25 pf., dark blue
I		Numeral 6 in 1685 damaged, looks like 1585.
		Field №: 50	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 575I
		Notes: –

10 July 1935. Centenary of railroad in Germany. Line engraving, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
25 pf., ultramarine
I		Letter n in Eisenbahn damaged, looks like r: Einsenbahr instead of Eisenbahn.
		Field №: 18	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 582I
		Notes: –

15 February 1935. The 50th anniversary of the automobile, International Automobile and Motorcycle Show in Berlin. Photogravure, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
6 pf., dark green
I		Two colored shades next to Daimler’s ear.
		Field №: 8	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 604III
		Notes: –
II		Letters ler of Daimler deformed.
		Field №: 11	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 604I
		Notes: In one part of circulation.

16 March 1936. Airmail stamps. Airship Hindenburg L. Z. 129.

UNLISTED VARIETIES
50 pf.
1	White spots in skin of nose of Zeppelin.

4 May 1936. The 250th anniversary of the death of Otto von Guericke, the German inventor. Photogravure, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
6 pf., dark green
I		Wrong year mark: 1680 instead of 1686.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 608I
		Notes: –

3 June 1936. The 6th international Congress of Municipalities. Photogravure, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
3 pf., dark brown
I		M instead of IV.
		Field №: 1	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 617I
		Notes: Also on other stamps of the first row.

4 November 1937. Charity stamps (Winterhilfe). Line engraving, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
15 + 10 pf., violet brown
I		Weather vane with measuring tab.
		Field №: 11	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 657I
		Notes: –

21 June 1938. The 16th German Gymnastics and Sports Festival in Breslau. Line engraving, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
6 pf., deep green
I		Hatching on the left from the left numeral 6 missing.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 666I
		Notes: –

30 April 1940. May Day. Photogravure, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
6 + 4 pf., slate green and light green
I		Top frame above denomination value made of dots.
		Field №: 20	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 745I
		Notes: –

26 November 1940. Dr. Emil von Behring (1854-1917). Photogravure, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
6 + 4 pf., deep green
I		Colored line below right eye.
		Field №: 13 (?)	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –
II		Colored spot on right cheek.
		Field №: 31 (?)	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –

8 March 1941. Vienna Spring Fair. Photogravure, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
6 pf., bright blue green
I		Thin scratch over numeral 6.
		Field №: 4	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 769I
		Notes: –
II		Dark green line stretching from the left of “6” to eagle’s tail.
		Field №: 8	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –
25 pf., dark blue
I		World ZLOTY printed on right frame.
		Field №: (Last column)	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 771I
		Notes: One part of the circulation of this value was printed on a defective cylinder of 1 złoty stamp of Generalgouvernement. A part of the design is still visible on the right frame, especially the word złoty.

UNLISTED VARIETIES
12 pf., bright red
A	Globus cruciger on the left side.

1941-1944. Definitive issue. Adolf Hitler. Perforation comb 14:14¼.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
30 pf.
I		Hitler with narrow collar.
		Field №: 50	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: In one part of circulation.

COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
12 pf., red
A	Perforation error: shifted perforation.

28 November 1941. The 150th anniversary of death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Line engraving, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
6 + 4 pf., dark rose violet
I		Dark spot above letter O in MOZART.
		Field №: 4	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 810II
		Notes: –
II		Dark spot above first letter A in AMADEUS.
		Field №: 35	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 810III
		Notes: –

10 March 1942. Hero Memorial Day. Photogravure. Perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
12 + 38 pf., slate green
I		White spot on head bandage (top stamp).
		Field №: 40	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 812III
		Notes: –
II		Cracked helmet (bottom stamp).
		Field №: 50	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –

8 August 1942. Day of the SA. Photogravure, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
6 pf., purple
I		White spot on swastika.
		Field №: 25	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 818V
		Notes: –

12 / 19 October 1942. European postal congress in Vienna. Photogravure, perforation comb 13½:14¼. The 12 October issue regular stamps, the 19 October stamps with black overprint “19. Okt. 1942”.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
3 + 7 pf., dull blue
I		Letter N of WIEN and numeral 1 connected (the WIEM flaw).
		Field №: 25	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures:  Michel Mi. 820I, 823I
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
II		Right numeral 7 in denomination value broken.
		Field №: 23	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 820II, 823II
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
III		White spot between numbers 3 and 7 in denomination value on the right side.
		Field №: 27	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 820IV, 823IV
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
IV		Dark dot in front of numeral 3 of the right denomination value
		Field №: 29	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 820III, 823III
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
6 + 14 pf., ultramarine and deep brown
I		The second letter H in engraver’s signature A. SCHURICHT partially missing at the bottom.
		Field №: 49	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
12 + 38 pf., rose red and deep brown
I		Vertical line above letter P and deformed letter Ä, both in EUROPÄISCHER.
		Field №: 13	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 822I, 825I
		Notes: In one part of circulation.

UNLISTED VARIETIES
3 + 7 pf., dull blue
1	Damaged letters R and O in EUROPÄISCHER.

10 January 1943. Stamp Day. Line engraving, perforation comb 13½:14¼.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
6 + 24 pf., blue, brown and yellow
I		Colored dot below letter I in REICH.
		Field №: 49	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 828III
		Notes: –
II		Brown spot on numeral 2.
		Field №: 21	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 828I
		Notes: –

26 March 1943. Day of Youth Obligation. Photogravure, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
6 + 4 pf., dark green
I		Broken numeral 9 in 1943.
		Field №: 18	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 843III
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
II		The lowest horizontal stroke of letter E in DER thicker.
		Field №: 25	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 843IV
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
III		Letter P in VERPLICHTUNG damaged.
		Field №: 39	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 843II
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
IV		Dot above the swastika.
		Field №: 24	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
V		Dot on flag below letter R of DER.
		Field №: 50	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
VI		Small dot left of Swastika.
		Field №: 23	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –

13 April 1943. Adolf Hitler’s 54th birthday. Photogravure, perforation comb 13½:14¼.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
3 + 7 pf., brown
I		White dot on letter T in DEUTSCHES (the DEUFSCHES flaw).
		Field №: 39	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 844I
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
6 + 14 pf., dark green
I		Shading below eye missing.
		Field №: 22	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 845I
		Notes: In one part of circulation.

26 June 1943. The 8th anniversary of Reich Labor Service (Arbeitsdienst). Line engraving, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
3 + 7 pf., bister brown
I		Brighter shading on cap.
		Field №: 4, 9	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 850I
		Notes: –

27 July 1943. Centenary of the birth of Peter Rosegger. Photogravure, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
12 + 8 pf., copper red
I		Colored spot above left eye.
		Field №: 48	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 856I
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
II		More hair between the head and denomination value.
		Field №: 8	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 856II
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
III		Dot before “R” in “ROSEGGER”.
		Field №: 8 B	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –

14 August 1943. Vienna Grand Prize Race. Line engraving, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
12 + 88 pf.
I		Lines under “REICH”.
		Field №: 47	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –

5 November 1943. The 20th anniversary of the Munich beer-hall putsch. Photogravure, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
24 + 26 pf., dark red
I		White spot on collar.
		Field №: 26	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 863I
		Notes: In one part of circulation.

29 January 1944.The 11th anniversary of assumption of power by the Nazis. Photogravure, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
54 + 96 pf., yellow brown
I		Top inscription broken between letters J and A in JANUAR.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –
II		Letter U in GROSSDEUTSCHES broken.
		Field №: 43	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 865I
		Notes: –

11 February 1944. Commemorative issue: 25 years of German air service.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
6 + 4 pf.
I		Line on the airfield above EUTS in Grossdeutsches.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –

11 March 1944. Hero Memorial Day. Photogravure, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
16 + 10 pf., dark blue green
I		Top stroke of numeral 1 in +10 barely visible.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 881I
		Notes: –
30 + 20 pf., olive green
I		Two sloping lines on the horizon below denomination value.
		Field №: 25	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 885I
		Notes: –

1 March 1944. 1200 years from foundation of the city of Fulda. Photogravure, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
12 + 38 pf, deep brown
I		The first letter S in GROSSDEUTSCHES broken on top.
		Field №: 11	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 886II
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
II		Colored spot on stairs above letter H in REICH.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
III		Dark dot below numeral 2 in 1200.
		Field №: 1	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 886I
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
IV		Colored spot on the top stair, right from the monument.
		Field №: 7	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 886IV
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
V		Colored dot right from letter A in FULDA.
		Field №: 12	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 886V
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
VI		Dark spot on the lowest star, right from the monument.
		Field №: 30	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 886VI
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
VII		Colored dot above letter D in FULDA.
		Field №: 48	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 886III
		Notes: In one part of circulation.

May 1944. For the postal employees fund. Printed in photogravure, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
6 + 9 pf., violet blue
I		Colored dot below letters E and N in DEUTSCHEN.
		Field №: 46	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 888I
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
II		Two white flaws on name plate of building on right.
		Field №: 10, 32	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.888III
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
8 + 12 pf., gray black
I		Colored dot between Deutsches and Reich.
		Field №: 14	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 889III
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
II		Colored dot on top frame above letter h in Reich.
		Field №: 21	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 889II
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
12 + 18 pf., dark carmine
I		Spot below letter K in BLOCK.
		Field №: 8	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 890III
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
16 + 24 pf., dark green
I		Dot above the second letter e in Deutsches.
		Field №: 20	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 891III
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
II		Smudge above letters es of Deutsches.
		Field №: 37	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 891II
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
24 + 36 pf., dark purple
I		Dot on the first letter e in Deutsches.
		Field №: 2	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 893IV
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
II		Three dots below letter e in Reich.
		Field №: 24	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 893VI
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
III		Dot on top frame above letter h in Reich.
		Field №: 34	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 893V
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
IV		Dot above letter c in Reich.
		Field №: 45	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 893II
		Notes: In one part of circulation.

UNLISTED VARIETIES
24 + 36 pf., dark purple
A	Dot on the frame above letter R in Reich.

2 July 1944. The 400th anniversary of Albert University in Königsberg. Photogravure, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
6 + 4 pf., dark blue green
I		Colored spots on face.
		Field №: 8	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 896I
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
II		Mark in “G” of “GROSSDEUTSCHES”.
		Field №: 37	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –

2 July 1944.  National Shooting Matches at Innsbruck. Photogravure, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
6 + 4 pf., deep green
I		The second letter E in LANDESSCHIESSEN partially missing at the bottom.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 897III
		Notes: –
II		White spot on the neck of the first man.
		Field №: 33	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 897II
		Notes: –
III		Small mark above “RO” in “GROSSDEUTSCHES”.
		Field №: 28	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –

23 July 1944. 11th Brown Ribbon race at Munich. Printed in line engraving, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
42 + 108 pf.
I		Dash above “D” in “DEUTSCHLAND”.
		Field №: 6	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –

August 1944. Vienna Grand Prize Race. Photogravure, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
12 + 88 pf., red carmine
I		Colored spot on letter F of FREUDENAU.
		Field №: 31	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 901I
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
II		Colored dot on left inner frame, left from the letter F in FREUDENAU.
		Field №: 20	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
III		White mark under “N” of “FREUDENAU”.
		Field №: 20	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.901II
		Notes: In one part of circulation.

11 September 1944. German Goldsmiths’ Society. Photogravure, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
12 + 88 pf., brown red
I		Frame below letter R in REICH broken.
		Field №: 30	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 903I
		Notes: In one part of circulation.

2 October 1944. The Stamp Day. Photogravure, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
6 + 24 pf., dark green
I		White line on numeral 6.
		Field №: 21	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 904I
		Notes: In one part of circulation.

9 November 1944. The 21st anniversary of Munich beer-hall putsch. Photogravure, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
12 + 8 pf., rose red
I		Numeral 1 of the left denomination value sloping on top.
		Field №: 49	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 906I
		Notes: In one part of circulation.

6 January 1945. The 600th anniversary of municipal law in Oldenburg. Offset, perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
6 + 14 pf., brown violet
I		Line over numeral 6.
		Field №: 5	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 907III
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
II		Broken sword.
		Field №: 18	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 907IV
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
III		Letter U in GAUHAUPTSTADT broken at the bottom.
		Field №: 12	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 907I
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
IV		White dot below letters HA in GAUHAUPTSTADT.
		Field №: 40	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 907VI
		Notes: In one part of circulation.

February 1945. Proclamation of the People’s Army (Volkssturm). Printed in photogravure on lightly yellowish paper. Perforation comb 14.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
12 + 8 pf., carmine
I		Second hand from the left crippled.
		Field №: 50	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 908VIII
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
II		White dot below letter K in VOLK.
		Field №: 41	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 908II
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
III		White spot above letter G in GROSSDEUTSCHES.
		Field №: 49	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 908I
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
IV		Colored smudge between heads of the man in the center and the man on the left.
		Field №: 31	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 908V
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
V		Dark colored spot above the head of the man in the center.
		Field №: 46	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 908VI
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
VI		Colored spot at the top of the left vertical stroke of the letter H in REICH.
		Field №: 19	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 908IV
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
VII		White spot on the knee of the man in the center.
		Field №: 6	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 908IX
		Notes: In one part of circulation.
VIII		White spot below the armpit of the man on the left.
		Field №: 3	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 908X
		Notes: In one part of circulation.

21 April 1945. Nazi military formations: SA and SS.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
12 + 38 pf., bright carmine
I		Thin hairline above the torch.
		Field №: 5	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 909I
		Notes: –
12 + 38 pf., bright carmine
I		Pale spot on the collar SS sign.
		Field №: 3	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 910II
		Notes: –
II		Long thin line over soldiers face.
		Field №: 2	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 910I
		Notes: –

 

B. Military parcel post stamps

24 November 1944. Stamp for packages.

COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
2 kg on 40 pf., bright red violet
1	Gone through paper print.

 

References

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Bibliography

1. Michel Deutschland-Spezial 2005, Band 1: 1849 bis April 1945. Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH, ISBN 3-87858-144-0