GDR - small collection of phase prints **
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From the DDR, titled "kleine Sammlung Phasendrucke", in mint never hinged (MNH) condition.
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small collection of phase proofs ** Michel value over €2,700.00
Buy-it-now for €102
What are phase proofs:
Anyone who enjoys picking up a brush themselves – whether as an artist or a DIYer – knows the undeniable truth: after the actual work comes the big cleanup – and it sometimes costs as much nerves as the work itself. It may be a small consolation that others aren’t doing any better. Every industry that handles colors faces the same problem. In the printing industry, color rollers and printing forms must be continuously cleaned to free the color droplets again and guarantee a constant color uptake capacity and print quality. Here, however, the cleaning is not done with rags and soap but with dry ice, ultrasound, or laser.
In stamp printing, these cleaning processes not only yield razor-sharp and high-quality postal stamps. They also create philatelic special features that beautifully document the production process of a stamp. After cleaning, the cleanliness of the printing forms is tested before the actual printing job begins. Thus, impressions, test prints, or phase proofs arise.
In multi-color printing, the image is gradually assembled using several printing forms. So, for one stamp, several control passes are necessary – after all, each color should come from a perfectly cleaned printing form. At the same time, the fit of the different printing forms should also be checked. Therefore, every phase of the print is tested individually. The result is the so-called phase proofs.
Using the DDR postage stamp issue, for example (not included here) “20 years of the Society for Sport and Technique” from 1972 illustrates the process graphically. The image of MiNr. 1777 consists of four colors: gray, turquoise blue, olive yellow, and violet ultramarine.
In the first step of quality control, only the gray color is applied to unperforated paper. It is still impossible to tell what motif it might be. The second phase adds gray and turquoise blue – creating an image that could depict a rotor. In the third phase olive yellow is added. Now we can clearly see that it’s about maritime affairs – and that the registration marks (the fit) are correct, the image parts interlock perfectly. The fourth and final phase shows the finished image and is – apart from the perforation – identical to the final stamp.
By the way, these phase proofs of MiNr. 1777 are mentioned for the first time in MICHEL-Deutschland-Spezial 2023. To illustrate the pricing principle, we reveal their price here exceptionally: a price range of €20 to €80 is stated. The low price applies to the first printing phase, i.e., the “stamp” in pure gray. The value then increases evenly up to the four-color phase, i.e., two-color costs €40, three-color €60, and four-color €80. Not bad when you consider that normal stamps cost a few cents.
Phase proofs, by the way, never had freelance postage value – even the four-color ones. They don’t have to. They’re beautiful even so.
Source Michel
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small collection of phase proofs ** Michel value over €2,700.00
Buy-it-now for €102
What are phase proofs:
Anyone who enjoys picking up a brush themselves – whether as an artist or a DIYer – knows the undeniable truth: after the actual work comes the big cleanup – and it sometimes costs as much nerves as the work itself. It may be a small consolation that others aren’t doing any better. Every industry that handles colors faces the same problem. In the printing industry, color rollers and printing forms must be continuously cleaned to free the color droplets again and guarantee a constant color uptake capacity and print quality. Here, however, the cleaning is not done with rags and soap but with dry ice, ultrasound, or laser.
In stamp printing, these cleaning processes not only yield razor-sharp and high-quality postal stamps. They also create philatelic special features that beautifully document the production process of a stamp. After cleaning, the cleanliness of the printing forms is tested before the actual printing job begins. Thus, impressions, test prints, or phase proofs arise.
In multi-color printing, the image is gradually assembled using several printing forms. So, for one stamp, several control passes are necessary – after all, each color should come from a perfectly cleaned printing form. At the same time, the fit of the different printing forms should also be checked. Therefore, every phase of the print is tested individually. The result is the so-called phase proofs.
Using the DDR postage stamp issue, for example (not included here) “20 years of the Society for Sport and Technique” from 1972 illustrates the process graphically. The image of MiNr. 1777 consists of four colors: gray, turquoise blue, olive yellow, and violet ultramarine.
In the first step of quality control, only the gray color is applied to unperforated paper. It is still impossible to tell what motif it might be. The second phase adds gray and turquoise blue – creating an image that could depict a rotor. In the third phase olive yellow is added. Now we can clearly see that it’s about maritime affairs – and that the registration marks (the fit) are correct, the image parts interlock perfectly. The fourth and final phase shows the finished image and is – apart from the perforation – identical to the final stamp.
By the way, these phase proofs of MiNr. 1777 are mentioned for the first time in MICHEL-Deutschland-Spezial 2023. To illustrate the pricing principle, we reveal their price here exceptionally: a price range of €20 to €80 is stated. The low price applies to the first printing phase, i.e., the “stamp” in pure gray. The value then increases evenly up to the four-color phase, i.e., two-color costs €40, three-color €60, and four-color €80. Not bad when you consider that normal stamps cost a few cents.
Phase proofs, by the way, never had freelance postage value – even the four-color ones. They don’t have to. They’re beautiful even so.
Source Michel
see photos
Details
Era
1900-2000
Geographic Origin
GDR
Condition
MNH (Mint never hinged)
Title
small collection of phase prints **
