Baden 9 Kreuzer error

The Baden- misprint 9 cruiser is a misprint in the year 1851. On 1 May 1851, the first Baden stamps, including the famous misprint appeared. Under " 9 Kreuzer blue green " means the philatelist the Farbfehldruck the value to 9 Kreuzer of the first stamp issue bathing in blue-green instead of pink color. The blue-green color was provided for the value to 6 Kreuzer and apparently there was a reversal of the paper. From this misprint only three stamped copies are known, but it must be several sheets of paper have been printed. The stamps bear the numbers " 106 " for Orschweier (now city Mahlberg ) and " 41 " for Ettenheim. Two of them are on letters. The misprint is one of the greatest philatelic rarities of the world. Its value is several million euros. It was not until 43 years after the issuance of the trademark of printing error was discovered. Recently changed in 1985, a letter with the brand 's owner, doing a sale price of £ 2.3 million was achieved ( starting price of 1.5 million DM ), which due to inflation would be 1.98 million euros today.

The always -to-read statement, you 've used the wrong way round, the pressure plate can not be true, since the brand was created in just one press. Rather, it can be assumed that the printer has inadvertently used the wrong pressure plate for the green paper: instead of 9 he had read a 6 ​​.

The stamped in Orschweier on July 20, 1851 letter is now in the Museum for Communication Berlin.