Deutsche Reich year 1920 – 2.5M stamp -purple brown Mint never hinged
Germany (Deutsches Reich) did issue a **2.50 Mark (often written “2.5 M”) postage stamp in 1920, and one of the common colour varieties is described as purple-brown (purplish brown).
🇩🇪 Deutsches Reich — 1920 2.50 M Purple-Brown Stamp
Issue year: 1920
Country: German Empire / Deutsches Reich post-World War I transitional period
Denomination: 2.50 Mark (2.50 M)
Catalogue: Michel Nr. 115 for this value in the 1920 Germania/definitive series — several colour and shade variants are noted by specialists.
🟪 Colour: Purple-brown / bräunlich-lilac (many dealer descriptions and listings use terms like purple brown or bräunlichlila for this shade).
⚙️ Design context:
- The stamp is part of the Germania definitive issues produced in March–May 1920, depicting the typical Germania figure or similar motifs used on high-value definitive stamps.
- During this transitional post-WW I period, postal use was still using definitive designs rather than inflation overprints, before the massive inflation-era overprints of 1922–1923.
📌 Collecting notes:
- Variants of the 2.50 Mark 1920 exist in multiple colour/shade types, and specialised catalogues (e.g., Michel) list these under Mi 115 with sub-variations.
- Mint never hinged (MNH) copies — especially in correct perforation and genuine colour — are collected but generally common for the issue.
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