Germany-Weimar 1923 Airmail - Pigeon-II
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- Label : "Deutsche Reichspost", airmail stamps of the issue "Wooden Pigeon-II"; stamp motives with a stylized wood pigeon after a template by Ernst Aufseeser (1880-1940); Issue of 1923 with watermark No. 2 (meshes, laying) and colored netlike underpress; issue of 3 stamps
Stamp datas:
- Issue date : 28 February 1923 (10 Mk, 25 Mk), April 1923 (100 Mk)
- Catalogue numbers : Michel: No. 235-237; Yvert & Tellier: No. PA3-PA11; Scott: No. C3-C11
- Nominal values and Colors :
- - 10 Mark: black red to blackreddish lilac / carmine (Michel No. 235)
- - 25 Mark: yellowish brown to siena / yellow to dull chrome yellow (Michel No. 236)
- - 100 Mark: dark olive to black brownish olive / dull orange red (Michel No. 237)
- Watermark : Germany No. 2 (meshes, laying)
- Postage validity :
- - to 30 September 1923 (10 Mk, 25 Mk, Michel No. 235, 236)
- - to 30 November 1923 (100 Mk, Michel No. 237)
- Designed by : Ernst Aufseeser (1880-1940)
- Printed by : "Reichsdruckerei", Berlin
- Print process : Letterpress printing
- Perforations : comb perforation, K 13 : 13¾
- Stamp Sizes (printed area of a single stamp): 21.5 x 28.0 mm (= greater format)
- Variants :
- - 10 Mk.: stamps as gutter pairs with advertisements
Airmail stamps of the issue "Wooden Pigeon-II"
(issue of 3 stamps)
Mint stamps
Used stamps
All stamp motives show each a stylized wooden pigeon after a template by Ernst Aufseeser (1880-1940).
