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Officials	1920	1921 - 1922	1923		OPD-Printings

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German Empire Mint Never Hinged / OPD-Printings

In September 1923 the Reichsdruckerei in Berlin was not able to print enough stamps. Therefore eleven privat printing works were instruct to overprint available stamps with a new value. It is possible to differ them because of the top margin of sheet overprints, overprint errors and / or the overprint colour.

Top Margin of Sheet Overprints

without overprint (Breslau, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Konigsberg, Munster, Stuttgart)

three thin lines (Breslau, Munich)

two thin bars (Munich)

4,5 mm thick bar (Erfurt, Frankfurt, Konigsberg, Munster)

6 mm thick bar (Frankfurt)

small numerals (Leipzig)

big numerals (Stettin)

1st Local Issue

100 000 Mark on 100 Mark light violet

250 000 Mark on 200 Mark red

250 000 Mark on 300 Mark green

250 000 Mark on 400 Mark brown

250 000 Mark on 500 Mark orange

800 000 Mark on 200 Mark red

800 000 Mark on 400 Mark brown

2 Million Mark on 300 Mark green

without overprint
three thin lines
4,5 mm thick bar
6 mm thick bar
small numerals
big numerals

2nd Local Issue
PFlat Press Print, Perforated					Flat Press Print, Rouletted

5 Billion Mark on 4 Million Mark green olive	5 Billion Mark on 10 Million Mark orange red	10 Billion Mark on 20 Million Mark blue	10 Billion Mark on 50 Million Mark dark green	10 Billion Mark on 100 Million Mark grey	5 Billion Mark on 10 Million Mark orange red	10 Billion Mark on 20 Million Mark blue	10 Billion Mark on 50 Million Mark dark green