Germany MI 318 With Plate Error

Anybody knows exactly name or number of this error?

Could you let us know what the error is?

Peter

Sorry, I thought that it is easy visible.. on the 3rd stamp..

The third stamp is MiNr 318 A P HT. The base stamp is 318, "A" denotes perforation, "P" denotes plate printing, "HT" denotes the "sprung rosette" error. "Sprung" means "crack" in German.



The first stamp also has a sprung rosette in a slightly different location, but it's not listed in Michel. There are so many plate flaws on these issues that there are entire books listing them. Michel only lists a few major ones.

It's also possible the first and second stamps could be MiNr 318 A P KT. "KT" denotes a repaired plate to close the "sprung rosette". I'd need a much higher-res scan to make that determination, though.

I should note, the "sprung rosette" I marked above is the major one which occurs across the entire set, and the only one Michel specifically gives a number to. The remaining ones tend to be random, and so aren't as easy to catalog.

Postmaster, it is a shame that filipo took the original picture away. But I believe that on the close-up he substituted there is second "sprung rosette" very close to the other one?

Peter

Thank you very much for the detailed expertize, PostmasterGS.

Peter, I didn't remove it by purpose... I just have uploaded picture with the same name as the original one, so the close-up has erased it.

Unfortunately, on this scanner, this is the best what I can do...