Allied Control Council Postage Stamp Issues 1946/48

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February-May 1946. The first definitive issue. Numbers in an oval circle.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
2 pf., black
I		Thin and prolonged letter T in POST.
		Field №: 81	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 912 I
		Notes: –
		Value €: –

UNLISTED VARIETIES
2 pf., black
1	Letter I in PFENNIG partially missing.
6 pf., purple
1	Letter P in PFENNIG is partially missing.
2	Whitening left from letter P in PFENNIG.
3	Letter C in DEUTSCHE deformed.
4	Letter S in POST is shorter on top.
8 pf., red orange
1	Broken oval frame and a colored spot below the letter P in PFENNIG.
15 pf., green
1	The upper left part of the ornament is missing.
16 pf., slate green
1	The top frame at the upper left corner is damaged.
2	A “serif” on the “S” in DEUTSCHE. Pane fragment.
20 pf., light blue
1	Numeral 2 in denomination is damaged on the left side of the horizontal stroke.
30 pf., brown olive
1	Part of the ornament in the upper right corner is missing. Field 24.
50 pf., dark green
1	The first letter E in DEUTSCHE is damaged.
2	Letter O in POST is open on top.
3	Letter S in POST is open at the bottom.
4	The upper stroke of the letter S in DEUTSCHE is shorter.
5	The ornament below letters D and E in DEUTSCHE is partially missing.

COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
12 pf., carmine
1	Underinking.

5 March 1947, 1948. Leipzig Spring Fair.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
60 + 40 pf., ultramarine
I		The white cross on the arch.
		Field №: 1-3	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 942 I
		Notes: –
		Value €: –

1 March 1947-1 February 1948. The second definitive issue.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 pf., green
I		R instead of I in PFENNIG (the PFENNRG flaw).
		Field №: 61	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 946 I
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
16 pf., dark blue green
I		White dot below the trowel.
		Field №: 20	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 949 I
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
60 pf., red brown
I		White spot on the worker’s shoulder above letter C in DEUTSCHE.
		Field №: 74	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 956 III
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
80 pf., dark blue
I		White sloping line on the roof of the house on the left.
		Field №: 66	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 957 II
		Notes: –
		Value €: –

COLOR VARIETIES
1 Mark, olive
I, II, III		Multiple color varieties can be observed under UV light: stamp without a glow, strong yellow glow (nicknamed Golden Dove), weak and spotty glow.

UNLISTED VARIETIES
16 pf., dark blue green
1	Colored dot below numeral 1.
2	Colored spot on the right side of the letter P of Pf. Found on field 78.
3	A colored spot close to the right frame below the dot of Pf. Found on field 34.
4	Broken hatching on the woman’s head scarf, right above the right eyebrow. Found on field 62.
24 pf., brown
1	The upper left corner is damaged.
2	White spot on the left frame, just below the denomination value.
50 pf., ultramarine
1	Numeral 5 in denomination value connected to the left frame, colored spots on man’s face. Field 94.

15 May 1947. Commemorative issue: 50 years after the death of Heinrich von Stephan.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
24 pf., orange-brown
I		White spot at the end of the lower curve of the letter S in POST.
		Field №: 3, 7	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 963 II
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
II		The serif of the foot of the letter P in POST is almost missing.
		Field №: 45, 46	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 963 III
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
III		The vertical stroke of the letter E in HEINRICH is broken.
		Field №: 27	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 963 IV
		Notes: –
		Value €: –

UNLISTED VARIETIES
75 pf., dark blue
1	The top inner frame above letters A and N in STEPHAN is broken.
2	Letter H in HEINR. damaged.

2 September 1947. Leipzig autumn fair.

TYPES
12 pf., carmine
I		The white spot between the right sitting man’s elbow and the arm of the chair is missing.
		Field №: 3, 8, 13, 18, 23	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 965 II
		Notes: –
		Value €: –

CONSTANT VARIETIES
12 pf., carmine
I		The red dot on the right white inner frame, right from the letter D in DEUTSCHE.
		Field №: 6	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 965 IV
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
II		The red dot on letter M of Messeprivileg.
		Field №: 16	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 965 IX
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
III		The mouth of the second sitting man from the right is wide open.
		Field №: 4	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 965 XI
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
IV		The colored dot next to the left frame, above letters S and C in DEUTSCHE.
		Field №: 11	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 965 VIII
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
V		Like Type I but in this case, the left window frame is broken.
		Field №: 3	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 965 III
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
VI		White inner frame broken below letter T in DEUTSCHE.
		Field №: 9	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 965 VII
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
75 pf., dark violet blue
I		The hat of the third man from the left is torn.
		Field №: 17	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 966 II
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
II		The white line below the elbow of the standing scribbler.
		Field №: 5	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 966 VII
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
III		The colored spot below the standing man’s chin.
		Field №: 25	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 966 IV
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
IV		Colored dot on the edge of the barrel, above the first letter ‘s’ in Budenzinses.
		Field №: 16	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 966 VIII
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
V		Letter z in Schätzung broken.
		Field №: 2	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 966 V
		Notes: –
		Value €: –

2 March 1948. Leipzig spring fair.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
50 pf., deep blue
I		Sloping line over the lower part of the letter Z in LEIPZIGER.
		Field №: 12	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 967 II
		Notes: –
		Value €: –

22 May 1948. Hannover export fair.

 

CONSTANT VARIETIES
24 pf., deep carmine
I		Colored spot on the curved part of numeral 2.
		Field №: 10, plate C	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 969 I
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
II		The left balancing screw is missing.
		Field №: 45, plate B	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 969 V
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
III		Broken left chain.
		Field №: 35, plate D	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 969 IV
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
50 pf., dark blue
I		Colored spot on the right leg of the man in the center.
		Field №: 18	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 970 II
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
II		The blue dot in the upper curve of the letter “e” in Deutsche.
		Field №: 22, plate B	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi. 970 III
		Notes: –
		Value €: –

UNLISTED VARIETIES
24 pf., deep carmine
1	Colored spot on the curved part of numeral 2 and a white spot above the letters P and O in EXPORTMESSE.

 

References

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Bibliography

1. Michel Deutschland-Spezial 2005, Band 2: Ab Mai 1945 (Alliierte Besetzung bis BRD), Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH, ISBN 3-87858-145-9