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Stramp of the German Empire - German post offices abroad (China); 1898; issue German Empire from 1889 with overprint
Stamp: German Empire - German post offices abroad (China), Michel: No. 2II; AFA No. 2 (DR-CHI); "Reichspost"; drawing of 1889 (Michel No. 46c, Number in standing oval with imperial crown); stamp with single-line 56°-transverse black overprint "China" in Latin letters
Color: blueish green
Nominal value: 5 Pfennig
Watermark: none

Postage validity: from December 1898 until 31 March 1902
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1898-12-00T00:00:00Z/10,P582,+1902-03-31T00:00:00Z/11
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Author Deutsche Reichspost - Deutsche Post in China
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Public domain This work of bildende Kunst (visual art) or photography was published in Germany before the Law on Copyrights and Neighboring Rights (UrhG) came into effect on January 1, 1966. It does not indicate its author and was published by a legal entity under public law (§ 5 KUG; for details see Wikipedia:Bildrechte). Therefore according to § 134 Satz 2 UrhG, copyright expires 70 years after publishing.

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The author died in 1917, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

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  • The same stamp without overprint (Michel No. 46, mint, color variant)
    The same stamp without overprint (Michel No. 46, mint, color variant)
Picture description Reichspost - drawing from 1889; Number in standing oval with Imperial crown; with overprint (single-line, 56°-transverse, black, Latin letters) "China"
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Publisher Deutsche Reichspost - Deutsche Post in China
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Printer Reichsdruckerei Berlin
Printing technique letterpress printing
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Perforation comb perforation; K 13½ : 14¼

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