Allied Control Council Postage Stamp Issues 1946/48
February-May 1946. The first definitive issue: numbers in oval circle.
| CONSTANT VARIETIES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 pf., black | |||
| I |  |
Thin and prolonged letter T in POST. | |
| Field №: 81 | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.912I | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| UNLISTED VARIETIES | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2 pf., black | ||
| 1 | Letter I in PFENNIG partially missing. |  |
| 6 pf., purple | ||
| 1 | Letter P in PFENNIG partially missing. |  |
| 2 | Whitening left from letter P in PFENNIG. |  |
| 3 | Letter C in DEUTSCHE deformed. |  |
| 4 | Letter S in POST shorter on top. |  |
| 8 pf., red orange | ||
| 1 | Broken oval frame and colored spot below letter P in PFENNIG. |  |
| 15 pf., green | ||
| 1 | Upper left part of the ornament missing. |  |
| 16 pf., slate green | ||
| 1 | Top frame at the upper left corner damaged. |  |
| 20 pf., light blue | ||
| 1 | Numeral 2 in denomination damaged on the left side of the horizontal stroke. |  |
| 30 pf., brown olive | ||
| 1 | Part of the ornament in the upper right corner missing. Field 24. |
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| 50 pf., dark green | ||
| 1 | The first letter E in DEUTSCHE damaged. |  |
| 2 | Letter O in POST open on top. |  |
| 3 | Letter S in POST open at the bottom. |  |
| 4 | Upper stroke of letter S in DEUTSCHE shorter. |  |
| 5 | Ornament below letters D and E in DEUTSCHE partially missing. |  |
| COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES | ||
|---|---|---|
| 12 pf., carmine | ||
| 1 | Underinking |  |
5 March 1947, 1948. Leipzig Spring Fair.
| CONSTANT VARIETIES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 + 40 pf., ultramarine | |||
| I |  |
White cross on arch. | |
| Field №: 1-3 | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.942I | |||
| 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.946I | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| 16 pf., dark blue green | |||
| I |  |
White dot below the trowel. | |
| Field №: 20 | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.949I | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| 60 pf., red brown | |||
| I |  |
White spot on worker’s shoulder above letter C in DEUTSCHE. | |
| Field №: 74 | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.956III | |||
| 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.957II | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| COLOR VARIETIES | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 Mark, olive | ||
| I, II, III |  |
Multiple color varieties can be observed under UV light:
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| 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. |
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| 3 | Colored spot close to the right frame below the dot of Pf. Found on field 34. |
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| 4 | Broken hatching on woman’s head scarf, right above the right eyebrow. Found on field 62. |
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| 24 pf., brown | ||
| 1 | Upper left corner damaged. |  |
| 2 | White spot on the left frame, just below the denomination value. |  |
| 50 pf., ultramarine | ||
| 1 | Numeral 5 in denomination value connected to left frame, colored spots on man’s face. Field 94. |
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15 May 1947. Commemorative issue: 50 years of the death of Heinrich von Stephan.
| CONSTANT VARIETIES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 pf., orange brown | |||
| I |  |
White spot at the end of the lower curve of letter S in POST. | |
| Field №: 3, 7 | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.963II | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| II |  |
Serif of the foot of the letter P in POST almost missing. | |
| Field №: 45, 46 | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.963III | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| III |  |
Vertical stroke of letter E in HEINRICH broken. | |
| Field №: 27 | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.963IV | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| UNLISTED VARIETIES | ||
|---|---|---|
| 75 pf., dark blue | ||
| 1 | Top inner frame above letters A and N in STEPHAN broken. |  |
| 2 | Letter H in HEINR. damaged. |  |
2 September 1947. Leipzig autumn fair.
| TYPES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 pf., carmine | |||
| I |  |
White spot between the right sitting man’s elbow and the arm of the chair missing. | |
| Field №: 3, 8, 13, 18, 23 | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.965II | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| CONSTANT VARIETIES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 pf., carmine | |||
| I |  |
Red dot on the right white inner frame, right from the letter D in DEUTSCHE. | |
| Field №: 6 | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.965IV | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| II |  |
Red dot on letter M of Messeprivileg. | |
| Field №: 16 | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.965IX | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| III |  |
Mouth of the second sitting man from the right wide open. | |
| Field №: 4 | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.965XI | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| IV |  |
Colored dot next to the left frame, above letters S and C in DEUTSCHE. | |
| Field №: 11 | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.965VIII | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| V |  |
Like Type I, additionally, left window frame broken. | |
| Field №: 3 | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.965III | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| VI |  |
White inner frame broken below letter T in DEUTSCHE. | |
| Field №: 9 | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.965VII | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| 75 pf., dark violet blue | |||
| I |  |
Hat of the third man from the left torn. | |
| Field №: 17 | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.966II | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| II |  |
White line below the elbow of the standing scribbler. | |
| Field №: 5 | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.966VII | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| III |  |
Colored spot below standing man’s chin. | |
| Field №: 25 | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.966IV | |||
| 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.966VIII | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| V |  |
Letter z in Schätzung broken. | |
| Field №: 2 | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.966V | |||
| 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.967II | |||
| 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.969I | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| II |  |
Left balancing screw missing. | |
| Field №: 45, plate B | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.969V | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| III |  |
Broken left chain. | |
| Field №: 35, plate D | Pane: N/A | ||
| Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.969IV | |||
| 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.970II | |||
| Notes: – | |||
| Value €: – | |||
| UNLISTED VARIETIES | ||
|---|---|---|
| 24 pf., deep carmine | ||
| 1 | Colored spot on the curved part of numeral 2 and white spot above letters P and O in EXPORTMESSE. |  |
References
Bibliography
- Michel Deutschland-Spezial 2005, Band 2: Ab Mai 1945 (Alliierte Besetzung bis BRD), Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH, ISBN 3-87858-145-9
