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Post by greenbottle on Oct 15, 2014 12:14:13 GMT
Hello, I found in my albums some precancels. There are some comments in German on the pages. As I found out they were canceled because of change of rollers in printing house in 1923. I also have list of differences between, I believe, old rollers and new ones. What do you think of them? Are precancels interesting for some reason? 1923 it was the time after the World War, so I can't imagine why they had to change rollers. Or it was because of some progress in printing? Do you think they are interesting for some historical reason? I think they are authentic, why would anyone falsify precancels. Looking forward for some answers, greetings! images
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Oct 15, 2014 17:07:24 GMT
Hello, I found in my albums some precancels. There are some comments in German on the pages. As I found out they were canceled because of change of rollers in printing house in 1923. I also have list of differences between, I believe, old rollers and new ones. Hi Greenbottle, I had a look at 3, they appear to be an in depth study of German Inflationary period, overprints. A very professional study and layout possibly for a German specialist to comment on. Very nicely done and worth keeping.
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Post by greenbottle on Nov 10, 2014 12:56:51 GMT
Thanks, I can't imagine why I didn't thought of the inflation in 1923. Someone told me how they printed in Germany those surcharges - several private companies were chosen to do them by the government and the differences are the results of various printers.
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Ryan
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What I collect: If I have a catalogue for it, I collect it. And I have many catalogues ....
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Post by Ryan on Nov 10, 2014 23:50:12 GMT
This is indeed a very nicely done study of some hyperinflation-era overprints. These hyperinflation stamps are favourites among German collectors, there is an excellent club with many study groups (unfortunately for those who don't speak it, primarily in the German language only). www.infla-berlin.de/They have a large library of study books available, including some that study single issues in great detail. There are also some illustrations of plate flaws of the overprints, although they don't approach the level of detail shown in greenbottle's posted .JPG files. It's no wonder that there are so many varieties of these hyperinflation stamps to study - production was necessarily on a very rapid time schedule in order to meet the changes in value of the currency. Here's a famous photo that illustrates the problem. Ryan
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