Content of Michel Catalog Plattenfehler Bund/Berlin:

All currently listed stamps of the Federal Republic of Germany and Berlin, which have plate errors

Description:

• First edition
• Specialized knowledge about the most popular collection areas of Germany
• Based on the latest results of philatelic research
• Only clearly visible, from experts confirmed plate flaws have been listed
• Latest price quotations – the new findings and the market situation were taken into account
• Numerous colour images and detailed views
• About 400 images and 1000 price quotations

The Michel Catalog Plattenfehler Bund/Berlin is a handbook that provides guidance about what can – and cannot – be included in a plate flaw collection. Only deviations confirmed as plate flaws are catalogued. Yet a true plate flaw should be visible. Therefore the MICHEL Editorial Team only presents striking plate flaws that are clearly distinctive to anyone with a 20-20 vision and without a magnifying glass.

Target Group:

Stamp collectors specialized in varieties, plate flaws stamps and postal history of Germany, experts, dealers, thematic collectors, study groups, teachers

Additional Information:

Edition: 1st Edition, in colour.
Pages: 176
Size: 155 mm x 203 mm, hardcover
Publisher: Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH
Publication Date: 11 May 2017
Language: German
ISBN: 9783954021635

Press Release

In 1838 The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen was published in Copenhagen. “All the soldiers were almost identical“, Andersen wrote, “only one was a bit different; he only had one leg since he had been cast last, (...) and he was the very one people took notice of.“ Andersen might as well have been a collector of plate flaws.

Stamps are almost identical, and if one of them stands out from of the crowd, it is impressive. Plate flaws – deviations in the image of the stamp due to flawed print forms – make for curious little highlights in any collection. Stamps with plate flaws are special, not despite but rather because of their flaws – just like the steadfast tin soldier.

This MICHEL reference book intends to make it easier for all collectors of plate flaws in the areas of Berlin and the Federal Republic of Germany to search for objects of their desire and was designed with that special target group in mind. In addition to the basic cataloguing of the issues, any essential special information about the recorded plate flaws are depicted and explained in detail.

Therefore this handbook provides guidance about what can – and cannot – be included in a plate flaw collection. Deviations in the images exist in huge numbers, and not nearly, all of them are plate flaws. Chipped paint, paint bubbles or sailings on the plate (Butzenauflagen), for instance, are print accidents; even though they look impressive, too, unlike plate flaws they differ too much to be systematically recorded. Only deviations confirmed as plate flaws are catalogued. Yet a true plate flaw should be visible. Therefore, the MICHEL Editorial Team only presents striking plate flaws that are clearly distinctive to anyone with a 20-20 vision and without a magnifying glass.

The plate flaw research is currently in a transition phase. Hans Zerbel, the print expert of Deutsche Post, retired from his services as a consultant providing confirmations on March 1^st, 2017. In the long run, this information void will most likely only be filled by the establishment of a research group that records the deviations on stamps in numbers and various levels of preservation, thus substantiating real plate flaws. In order to make it easier for individuals interested in this research group to connect, MICHEL would like to provide the initial point of contact: Please write to us if you want to become a founding member.

But for now: Enjoy reading this handbook and your discoveries!

Schwaneberger Verlag
The Editorial Team

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Plattenfehler Bund/Berlin

Inhalt:

Alle aktuell katalogisierten Ausgaben der Gebiete Bundesrepublik Deutschland und Berlin, die Plattenfehler aufweisen.

Beschreibung:

• Erstauflage
• Spezialwissen zu beliebten deutschen Sammelgebieten
• Auf Grundlage neuester Forschungsergebnisse
• Nur eindeutige, bestätigte Plattenfehler wurden aufgenommen
• Zahlreiche Farbabbildungen und Detailansichten
• Aktuellste Preisnotierungen, die neue Erkenntnisse und die Marktlage berücksichtigen

Produktinformation:

Edition: 1. Auflage, in Farbe
Seiten: 174
Format: 225 x 150, Paperback
Verlag: Schwaneberger Verlag
Erscheinungsdatum: 11 Mai 2017

Presse Information

1838 erschien in Kopenhagen Hans Christian Andersens Standhafter Zinnsoldat. „Der eine Soldat glich dem andern leibhaft“, schreibt Andersen, „nur ein einziger war etwas anders; er hatte nur ein Bein, denn er war zuletzt
gegossen worden, (...) und gerade er war es, der sich bemerkbar machte.“ Andersen hätte Plattenfehlersammler sein können.

Briefmarken gleichen einander, und wenn eine aus der Masse heraussticht, beeindruckt sie. Plattenfehler – Normabweichungen im Markenbild aufgrund fehlerhafter Druckformen – setzen kuriose kleine Glanzlichter in einer Sammlung. Marken mit Plattenfehlern sind etwas Besonderes, nicht trotz, sondern wegen ihres Fehlers. Ganz wie der Standhafte Zinnsoldat.

Das vorliegende MICHEL-Handbuch will allen Plattenfehlersammlern der Gebiete Berlin und Bund ihre Suche erleichtern und wurde für diese besondere Zielgruppe konzipiert. Neben den grundlegenden Katalogisierungen der Marken werden alle wichtigen Spezialinformationen zu den für sie erfassten Plattenfehlern ausführlich dargestellt und erklärt.

So bietet das Handbuch Orientierung, was in eine Plattenfehlersammlung aufgenommen werden kann – und was nicht. Abweichungen im Markenbild gibt es in enormer Zahl, und bei weitem nicht alle sind Plattenfehler. Abgesprungene Farbe, Farbbläschen oder Butzenauflagen etwa zählen zu den Druckzufälligkeiten; auch sie sehen beeindruckend aus, sind jedoch – anders als Plattenfehler – zu variabel, um systematisch erfasst zu werden. Katalogisiert werden nur als Plattenfehler bestätigte Abweichungen. Doch auch ein echter Plattenfehler sollte sichtbar sein. Die MICHEL-Redaktion präsentiert deshalb nur auffällige Plattenfehler, die für normalsichtige Menschen ohne Lupe gut erkennbar sind.

Die Plattenfehlerforschung befindet sich derzeit im Umbruch. Zum 1. März 2017 beendete Herr Hans Zerbel, Beauftragter der Deutschen Post für Druckexpertisen, seine Berater- und Bestätigungstätigkeit. Diesem Informationsvakuum kann langfristig wohl nur durch die Gründung einer Forschungsgruppe begegnet werden, die Abweichungen auf Marken zahlenmäßig und in diversen Erhaltungsstufen erfasst und so das Vorliegen echter Plattenfehler untermauert. Um die Vernetzung der an dieser Forschungsgruppe Interessierten zu erleichtern, möchte MICHEL einen ersten Anlaufpunkt bieten: Bitte schreiben Sie uns, wenn Sie Gründungsmitglied werden möchten.

Doch zunächst: Genießen Sie die Lektüre und werden Sie fündig!

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