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Stamp of Germany; 1916; postal area "Oberbefehlshaber Ost" (= "Ober-Ost"), Michel Germany No. 98 with two-line black overprint in German type "Postgebiet / Ob.Ost"
Stamp: Germany, German occupation issues 1914/18 for postal area "Ober-Ost", Michel No. 1 (=Michel No. 98 (Germany) with overprint; = Yvert & Tellier No. 97 with overprint)
; Germania-Issue (Deutsches Reich) without striped background
Color: grey to brownolive-grey
Watermark: Germany No. 1 (rhombs)
Nominal value: 2½ (Pfennig)

Postage value: from 1 August 1916 until 28 December 1918
date QS:P,+1916-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1916-08-01T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1918-12-28T00:00:00Z/11

Postmark: Mitau, (Mitau = contemporary Jelgava in Latvia)
Date (date of postmark)
Source scan of original
Author Deutsche Reichspost
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  • The same stamp without overprint - mint (Michel No.98)
    The same stamp without overprint - mint (Michel No.98)
  • The same stamp without overprint (Michel No. 98)
    The same stamp without overprint (Michel No. 98)
Picture description Germania-drawing (= the actress Anna Führing) with inperial crown and with two-line black overprint in German type "Postgebiet / Ob.Ost"

(=Michel No. 98; Yvert & Tellier No. 97; with overprint)

First day of issue
Publisher Deutsche Reichspost
Design
Paul Waldraff  (1870–1917)  wikidata:Q1316547
 
Alternative names
Paul Eduard Waldraff
Description German graphic designer and postage stamp designer
Deutsch: deutscher Grafiker der Reichsdruckerei in Berlin, Entwerfer der Germania-Briefmarkenserie.
Date of birth/death 16 July 1870 Edit this at Wikidata 2 June 1917 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Bad Wurzach
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creator QS:P170,Q1316547
Printer Reichsdruckerei Berlin
Printing technique letterpress printing
Circulation ?
Perforation comb perforation K 14 : 14¼
MICHEL Nr. Deutsches Reich - Deutsche Besetzungsausgaben 1914/18 - Postgebiet Oberbefehlshaber Ost, No. 1

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