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Design Print Changes: the same postage stamps issued chronologic with different design prints

Design Print Size Changes: the same postage stamps issued chronologic with the same design print in different sizes

Design Print Colour Changes: the same postage stamps issued chronologic with the same design print in different colours

Edition 1973: design print size 29 x 24 mm
Edition 1980: design print size 21,5 x 17,5 mm

Edition 02.1946: red or blue design print
Edition 04.1946: grey or yellow design print

Edition 1921: red lilac/ blue design print
Edition 1925: lilac/ black design print

Partly Design Print Colour Changes: the same postage stamps issued chronologic with the same design print partly in different colours

Design Print Colour Shade Changes: the same postage stamps issued chronologic with the same design print in different colour shades

Edition 05.1959: carmine red/ red brown
Edition 08.1959: red orange/ red brown

Edition 1850: blue green
Edition 1851: pale blue green
Edition 1852: yellow green

Edition 1876: dull natural colours
Edition 1894: synthetic colours

Design Print Text Changes: the same postage stamps issued chronologic with different design print texts

Edition 1875: monetary unit "PFENNIGE"
Edition 1880: monetary unit "PFENNIG"

Edition 1900: country name "Reichspost"
Edition 1902: country name "Deutsches Reich"

Edition till 1971: value in "d"
Edition from 1971: value in "p"

Design Print Design Changes: the same postage stamps issued chronologic with different design print designs

Edition 03.1999: parcel with string
Edition 12.1999: parcel without string

Edition 07.1956: wrong notes
Edition 10.1956: corrected notes

Edition 2005 - 2016: tulip and tagetes
Edition 2017 - 2021: winter aconite and bluebell

Desing Print Quality Changes: the same postage stamps issued chronologic with the same design print in different qualities

Edition 1867: rough design print
Edition 1874: fine design print

Early Edition: clear design print
Later Edition: cloudy design print

Edition 1905 - 1914: pre-war printing
Edition 1915 - 1920: wartime printing

Design Print Kind Changes: the same postage stamps issued chronologic with different design print kinds

Edition 1964: positive design print
Edition 1966: negative design print

Early Edition: bicoloured design print
Later Edition: monocoloured design print

Design Print Print Method Changes: the same postage stamps issued chronologic with the same design print in different printing methods

Edition 1915: engraving
Edition 1920: offset printing

Edition 1920: typography
Edition 1921: lithography

Edition 1926: engraving
Edition 1930: photogravure