Germany "C" For "E" Variety

Another item of minimal value, but looking for confirmation from our German friends. SG tells me that 235 is also available in 235a which substitutes a "c" for the "e" in Reich. I have 4 plate blocks which all show the same error in the top stamp in the first position in column 1000 as shown. (The other three positions are normal.) Is this the correct error? Thanks in advance.

Whole Stamp (as part of block of 4)



A normal "Reich"



The "c" for "e" variety

Yes, it is.

Catalogue Value in Michel DS 2012 is: 3 EUR for the hinged, 10 EUR for the neve hinged.

However, the true value is much smaller, probably unrecognized.

But, you have a nice examples, although they seems not to be rare.

Thanks Filipo. Even my catalogs don't give it much value, but nice to see it confirmed. Do you know what error they are pointing out in 247II? (Is it the connected "c"?)

I don't have the catalog in my hands in this moment, but, it looks that connected "c" could be the only visible explanation.

I think that there is a dozen of different errors mentioned in catalog for this issue, and all are illustrated... your one is catalogized as number 1., so, I suppose that it is the most often one. Some others are really scarce!

Hi again. I just noticed that (3) of my (4) copies of this stamp are marked with a light red crayon, so it looks like someone identified the error. However, I also note that (3) of the four also have this error in the "5" of 50. Is this a listed variety also, because it is odd that only (3) copies of the "c substitute" also show this "5" issue. Thanks in advance.

Hi! This looks like an error, but, it isn't catalogized in the Michel Specialized. There is a complete book, devoted only to plate errors on these issues, but I am not so sure that someone of the active SFC member have it. Possbily PostmasterGS? Title of that books is "Die Plattenfehler der Grossziffer-Marken im Queroffsetdruck 1922/1923", written by Dr. H. Petschke, and issued by "INFLA-Buecherei" as Band 23.

Filipo, thanks for your help on this one. If someone happens to have this book, please speak up ... Otherwise, I'll just file it away for future research.

I would use the term plate flaws or anomalies rather than "error".