German Varieties -Flyspecker Group

Two blocks stamps MiNr 39II and 41II , German Allied Occupation (Bizone) issued 1948 with plate flaw AF PI.
AF PI - the posthorn loop is deformed and the distances between posthorns on the top and bottom row are increased.
I didn't get a good translation and any clarification is welcome. (how to translate "Markenreiche"?)

cupram, what reference are you using? My 2014 Michel does not mention an AF PI flaw. And I am not sure what you are pointing to. But the second posthorn in the 9th row has a flaw. Michel denotes that as II.2, "verzerrte" or distorted and there are several on a sheet of stamps. Maybe you mean "Markenreihe"? which translates to stamp row.

Germania, I'm sorry about the picture, taken by lamplight.
I think Markenreiche = row is correct.Plate flaw shown are on row 1.
I use Michel specialized 2019

Germania, the picture of Cupram above does show the word "Markenreiche" which does not seem to make any sense. Maybe that is a mistake in the Michel?


Peter

Block of 4 stamps MiNr 38 I.(Bizone)
On the side edge appears the number 7, which Michel calls DZ (druckerzeichen = printer's mark)
The catalogue does not show the number 7 in positive format.
Does anyone have additional information or is there a mistake in this catalogue edition?

It's is definitely "Markenreihe". Michel has a typo. It looks like your newer catalog has changed the designations for the PF's. Time for a new catalog!

I am fairly certain your sideways 7 is a Druckerzeichen. Maybe someone else can verify that or not?

Having done more research I believe the sideways 7 is a Gruppenpaarnummer, not a Druckerzeichen, as defined by Michel.

Germania-it's most definitely DZ.
It is mentioned in the catalogue that DZ can be found in the side of the 1/11, 10/20, 81/91 or 90/100 fields.
I have another block with 2 negatives (this one is in the catalogue)

Hi,

@cupram, overprint flaws I understand.

For the DZ it is A II c, 7 positive. Positive and Negative exist for the 7.

DZ found on 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 24, 25 Pfg

Positive only 1 and 7

Negative 1 to 8

A - Upper left side of the sheet

II - Beside position 1 or 11

c - Below the perforation between position 1 and 11

Here three examples of negative on Nr.946 and Nr.947

After that back to Plate flaws

AIa



AIIc



AIIb

Thank you hornet 785.
Not sure if the overprint of 8 Pf is genuine (waiting for a reply on another site)
The fact that for the original 8pf stamp (Mi 945) DZ 7 positive appears and for the 8 Pf with overprint it does not, leads me to 2 conclusions:
-catalogue error or
- false overprint applied on a wrong sheet.
Excuse me for developing this discussion in the "plate flaws" thread but I think this is the place where I can get a professional answer from German stamp collectors.

Here is another plate flaw from the Berlin Youth Vacation charity issue of September 15, 1959. This one is on the 20 + 10 (pf) value, and like the previous ones shown on page 14 of this thread, it is listed in the Schantl catalog, but not by Michel. Plate flaw is a series of arcing brown dots near the girl's arm, "field 33, pane with the form number 2, part of the printing".

Hi bookbndrbob,

Very nice. I really like this serie from Berlin.

Hornet

Thanks hornet. There are lots of printing mistakes to be found on this series, maybe a few are plate flaws.

Here is one more detail on the PF. The Schantl catalog illustration shows a brown dot and several other almost imperceptible "connecting" specks closer to the arm (the long brown streak) which appear to be part of the plate flaw. My PF stamp also has these, and none of my other examples of this stamp has them.

Hi bookbndrbob,

It is really Mi.Nr.195 II.

Salutations

Thanks again hornet. I guess I need to get a newer Deutschland-Spezial part II catalog.

Here is a recent find. It is the 100 pf value of the November 6, 1990 1st Anniversary of the Opening of the Berlin Wall. The Schantl catalog says "two white flecks in the blue by the left column, field 23, part of the printing, pane with the form number 1." This is the sheet stamp, not the one in the souvenir sheet.

Hi,

Two more of the same stamp which are PF II and III. Position 34 and 43 respectively.

Hornet