Joint issues by the US and Great Britain, for civilian use in areas under Allied occupation

A. Differentiation between printings

Differentiating between printings

Type I: Washington Printing	Type II: London Printing	Type III: Braunschweig Printing
Type I: colored triangle left from the right-sided letter P in PFENNIG, wide perforation: line 10¾-11, offset printing.	Type II: narrow perforation, line 14-14¾:14-14¾ photogravure printing.	Type III: white triangle left from the right-sided letter P in PFENNIG, wide perforation: line 11-11½, offset printing.

Differentiating between printings

Germany 1945 AM Post Washington printing

Type I: Washington Printing

Type II: London Printing

Type III: Braunschweig Printing

Type I:

colored triangle left from the right-sided letter P in PFENNIG,
wide perforation: line 10¾-11,
offset printing.

Type II:

narrow perforation, line 14-14¾:14-14¾
photogravure printing.

Type III:

white triangle left from the right-sided letter P in PFENNIG,
wide perforation: line 11-11½,
offset printing.

B. Constant varieties

1. WASHINGTON PRINTING (Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington D.C.)
PAPER AND GUM 1st printing run (19.3.1945): thin smooth white paper, 0.08-0.09 mm, lively colors: 5 pf. thick smooth white paper, 0.11 mm, lively colors: 6 pf., 8 pf., 12 pf 2nd printing run (20.6.1945): thick smooth white paper, 0.11 mm, lively colors: 3 pf., 4 pf., 10 pf., 15 pf., 25 pf thick rough porous, grayish/brownish paper, also with small splinters of wood, 0.10-0.12 mm, dull colors: 3 pf., 4 pf., 5 pf., 6 pf., 8 pf., 10 pf., 12 pf., 15 pf., 25 pf. PRINTING LAYOUT Printing sheets consisted of 400 stamps (4 sheets of stamps, each having 100 stamps in 10×10 layout). Sheets don’t bear markings, their respective position in a printing sheet is determined by indicators, such as constant varieties: TL: top left TR: top right BL: bottom left BR: bottom right
3 pf., lilac		Michel №	Field №	Pane №
I	Colored dot on inner frame, above letter U in DEUTSCHLAND.	1 III	18	TL
II	Top left ornament broken	1 VI	36	BR
III	Colored dot on letter E of the left-sided PFENNIG and on the second letter N of the right sided PFENNIG.	1 V	50	TL
IV	Vertical lines left from letter NN of the left-sided inscription PFENNIG broken.	1 I	58	BR
V	Dot on left three.	1 II	3	TL
4 pf., light gray		Michel №	Field №	Pane №
I	Inner frame left from the letter E of the right-sided PFENNIG broken.	2 I	33	BR
5 pf., emerald		Michel №	Field №	Pane №
I	Inner frame right from the second letter N of the right-sided PFENNIG broken.	3 II	8	TL
II	Inner frame left from the first letter N of the left-sided PFENNIG broken.	3 III	62	TL
8 pf., orange		Michel №	Field №	Pane №
I	Two breaks in upper limbs of “U” in “DEUTSCHLAND”.	5 III	37	TR
12 pf., rose violet		Michel №	Field №	Pane №
I	Thin line on the white frame below letter N in DEUTSCHLAND.	7 II	17	BL
II	White line broken next to the second N in the left-sided PFENNIG.	7 III	53	TL
15 pf., cerise		Michel №	Field №	Pane №
I	Thin colored line at the bottom of letter E of the right-sided inscription PFENNIG.	8 III	20	TR
II	Colored spot over the first letter N of the left-sided PFENNIG and over inner white frame.	8 IV	38	TL
III	Two thin colored lines on letter E of the right-sided inscription PFENNIG.	8 VI	60	TR
IV	Colored thin line over the second letter N of the left-sided PFENNIG.	8 VIII	90	TR
V	White frame right from the second letter D in DEUTSCHLAND broken.	8 IX	100	TR
25 pf., bright ultramarine		Michel №	Field №	Pane №
I	Colored spot at the top of the left-sided 2.	9 II	9	TL
II	Letter P in POST broken in the middle.	9 I	75	TL

2. LONDON PRINTING (Harrison and Sons, Ltd., London, England)
PAPER AND GUM 1st printing run: white paper with thick gum, 0.09-0.10 mm: 6 pf. thin, transparent white paper, smooth yellowish gum, 0.065-0.085 mm: 3 pf., 4 pf., 5 pf., 6 pf., 8 pf., 12 pf. 2nd printing run: thin, less transparent paper, lightly yellowish paper, whitish rough (cracked) gum: 3 pf., 4 pf., 6 pf., 8 pf., 12 pf. PRINTING LAYOUT Plate marks are on the border, above the second field of a sheet. They consist of the plate number and a letter, that indicates a position in a printing sheet: A: top left B: top right C: bottom right D: bottom left
3 pf., lilac		Michel №	Field №	Pane №
I	Letters P and O in POST connected by a dot.	10 III	19	6D
II	White frame right from the right-sided denomination broken.	10 IV	60	6C
III	Second “D” in “DEUTSCHLAND” thickened below.	10 II	39	6B
5 pf., deep emerald		Michel №	Field №	Pane №
I	Frame left from the letters NN in left-sided PFENNIG broken.	12 II	45	3D
6 pf., orange yellow		Michel №	Field №	Pane №
I	Colored spot on vertical lines right from the first letter N in right-sided PFENNIG.	13 IV	29	1B
8 pf., dark orange		Michel №	Field №	Pane №
I	White dot between the first letter N of the right sided inscription PFENNIG and the inner white frame.	14 III	72	4D
12 pf., rose violet		Michel №	Field №	Pane №
I	White hook at the bottom left side of the letter A in AM.	15 III	91	2A

3. BRAUNSCHWEIG PRINTING (George Westermann, Braunschweig, Germany)
PAPER AND GUM “Etiketten-papier”: whitish smooth thin paper, shiny streaky gum, 0.07-0.08 mm: 6 pf. “Alfelder Papier”: whitish paper: 0.07-0.095 mm: all values “Bremer Papier” (used in trial printings only): thick, a bit grayish paper, with rising striations, diagonally reticulated gum: 0.09 mm
1 pf., slate gray	3 pf., dull lilac	4 pf., light gray	5 pf., yellow green

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6 pf., yellow	8 pf., orange	10 pf., yellow brown	12 pf., lilac

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15 pf., rose carmine	16 pf., blue green	20 pf., blue	24 pf., brown

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25 pf., bright ultramarine	30 pf., olive green	40 pf., deep magenta	42 pf., green

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50 pf., slate green	60 pf., violet brown	80 pf.	1 m., dark olive green

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C. Panes

PANES
Washington Printing
3 pf.: BR (bottom right) 4 pf.: BR (bottom right), (unknown) 5 pf.: TL (top left) 6 pf.: (unknown) 15 pf.: TR (top right), TL (top left)
London Printing
5 pf.: 3D 6 pf.: 1D 8 pf.: 4A, 4D 12 pf.: 2A
Braunschweig Printing
1 pf.: Type 2, Type 4, Type 5 30 pf.: Type 6 60 pf.: (unknown)

Bibliography

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