1900 30pf Germania Vignette Offset

[MikeC99]

I have been examining my Germania stamps and noted that in the 1900 Reichspost series of bicolor stamps that the 30pf vignette (Scott #58) is offset in 3 of the four copies that I have in my collection. Below is an example with a 25pf stamp showing what my other bicolor stamps in the series look like when the vignette is centered.

Note that the vignette in the 30pf is offset to the lower left inside of the frame.  I only have one other denomination in the 1900 Germania series that is also noticeably off center and it is a 40pf stamp. 

The Scott catalogue doesn't mention anything about offset vignettes so I am wondering if an offset vignette is a variety.

Mike

[PostmasterGS]

It's not really considered a major variety. The print quality is poor for most of the Germania issues, and alignment issues are rampant.

[Butterfly]

A variety to look for is the use of the fatter letters of REICHSPOST as used in the mono-color ones (53-56), as shown below


Casual observation doesn't work for me.  I have to really study the letters to figure out which one it is.  Checking for the smaller hole in the P for the fat letters seems to work best for me.

[kacyds]

Great observation Mike. Thanks for sharing.

[Gordon Lee]

Greetings Mr. MikeC99
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I believe the rule of thumb for colour shifts and offset errors is three-millimeters or more (that's almost a giant step in fly specking circles). Anything less is ho-hum and can be expected.
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You made me take a look at my frauleins. The only one that I can see not quite centered, and it's only a tad, is the 1919 green and black 75pf Germania (Scott 90). (Alas, I don't have a 30pf, centered or otherwise.)
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And yes, good observation.
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Respectfully,

Gordon Lee

[MikeC99]

PostmasterGS, thanks for clarifying that the offset vignette is not a major variety.

@butterflies, thanks for reminding me to look for the taller, thicker letters in Scott #57 to 61. Boy are they valuable.
Mike