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| Title: | 1919 Wartime printings of 3 Mark Value 96AI & AII | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted By: | Giles du Boulay (giles.duboulay@btinternet.com) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted On: | 10/01/2007 at 17:27:59 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Message: | Dear Russell I am not an expert in Germania stamps as such, but as a collector of Danzig, I have some understanding of them from the early Free City of Danzig overprints. Perhaps I am misunderstanding you but I don't quite follow your thread when you consider Mi.96AII as an example of a 'peace printing' by virtue of its May 1919 printing date. War privations continued in Germany for a long period after the formal end of the war. I look upon the so-called 'peace printings' more as 'pre-war printings'. Also I am puzzled that you seem to say that some stamps showing the characteristics of the wartime printings are considered peace printings. The Michel catalogue is clear on the differences and goes on to say (as translated in the new English version)that "Stamps which cannot be clearly assigned as Peace printings usually rank as War printings". As for the 25/26 perforation differences there may be a clue in the remark given by Michel in connection with the 1900 Mark values (Mi.63-66)to the effect that differences arose in the size of the printed image as a result of pulling the wet gravure paper through the press. Hope this helps a little Giles du Boulay Chairman Germany & Colonies Philatelic Society. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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