GDR - small collection of phase prints ** (H2-1)
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Small collection of Phasendrucke (H2-1) from DDR, in MNH condition.
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small collection of phase prints Michel over €2200 ** (H2-1)
Immediate purchase for €88
What are phase prints:
Anyone who loves to pick up a brush – whether as an artist or as a DIY enthusiast – knows the inescapable 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 plates must be continuously cleaned to expose the color droplets again and thus guarantee constant color uptake capacity and print quality. The cleaning here, however, is not done with rags and soap, but with dry ice, ultrasonic or laser.
In stamp printing these cleaning processes not only yield sharply defined and high-quality postage stamps. They also create philatelic special features that wonderfully document the production process of a stamp. Because after cleaning, the cleanliness of the printing forms is tested before the actual print job begins. This is how proofs, test prints or phase prints come about.
In multi-color printing the image of the brand is gradually assembled with the help of several printing forms. So for one stamp several inspection cycles 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 be checked. So every phase of the print is tested individually. The result are the so-called phase prints.
Using the postage stamp issue of the GDR, for example (not included in the lot here) “20 Years of the Society for Sport and Technology” from 1972, the process can be visualized. The stamp image of MiNr. 1777 consists of four colors: gray, turquoise blue, olive yellow and violet ultramarine.
In the first step of print quality control only the gray color is applied to unperforated paper. It is still impossible to tell what the motif might be. The second phase adds gray and turquoise blue – the image could represent a rotor. In the third phase olive yellow is added. Now we clearly recognize that it is about shipping – and that the color register lines up, the image parts fit together perfectly. The fourth and final phase shows the finished image and is – apart from the perforation – identical to the final stamp.
These phase prints of MiNr. 1777 are, by the way, first revealed in the MICHEL Germany Special 2023. To illustrate the valuation 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 rises evenly as the phase print reaches four colors, i.e. the two-color costs €40, the three-color €60 and the four-color €80. Not bad when you consider that normal stamps are in the cent range.
Phase prints, by the way, never had postage value power – not 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 prints Michel over €2200 ** (H2-1)
Immediate purchase for €88
What are phase prints:
Anyone who loves to pick up a brush – whether as an artist or as a DIY enthusiast – knows the inescapable 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 plates must be continuously cleaned to expose the color droplets again and thus guarantee constant color uptake capacity and print quality. The cleaning here, however, is not done with rags and soap, but with dry ice, ultrasonic or laser.
In stamp printing these cleaning processes not only yield sharply defined and high-quality postage stamps. They also create philatelic special features that wonderfully document the production process of a stamp. Because after cleaning, the cleanliness of the printing forms is tested before the actual print job begins. This is how proofs, test prints or phase prints come about.
In multi-color printing the image of the brand is gradually assembled with the help of several printing forms. So for one stamp several inspection cycles 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 be checked. So every phase of the print is tested individually. The result are the so-called phase prints.
Using the postage stamp issue of the GDR, for example (not included in the lot here) “20 Years of the Society for Sport and Technology” from 1972, the process can be visualized. The stamp image of MiNr. 1777 consists of four colors: gray, turquoise blue, olive yellow and violet ultramarine.
In the first step of print quality control only the gray color is applied to unperforated paper. It is still impossible to tell what the motif might be. The second phase adds gray and turquoise blue – the image could represent a rotor. In the third phase olive yellow is added. Now we clearly recognize that it is about shipping – and that the color register lines up, the image parts fit together perfectly. The fourth and final phase shows the finished image and is – apart from the perforation – identical to the final stamp.
These phase prints of MiNr. 1777 are, by the way, first revealed in the MICHEL Germany Special 2023. To illustrate the valuation 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 rises evenly as the phase print reaches four colors, i.e. the two-color costs €40, the three-color €60 and the four-color €80. Not bad when you consider that normal stamps are in the cent range.
Phase prints, by the way, never had postage value power – not even the four-color ones. They don’t have to. They’re beautiful even so.
Source Michel
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Details
Era
1900-2000
Geographic origin
GDR
Condition
MNH (Mint never hinged)
Title
small collection of phase prints ** (H2-1)
Has certificate
No
Has expert signature
No
