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Stamp of Memelland (Klaipeda); 1923; Lithuanian occupation; definitive stamp of Memel, 1923 (Lithuanian horseman drawing in circle) with black three-lines overprint of a new currency "double-fess + double-fess / 50 / CENT."; "CENT." in great characters with serifes
Stamp: Michel, Memel No. 191 (= Memel No. 150 with overprint); AFA No. 190 (KL) (= KL No. 149 with overprint)
Color: light blue with black overprint
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 50 Centų on 1000 Markių

Postage validity: from May 1923 until 31 August 1925
date QS:P,+1923-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1923-05-00T00:00:00Z/10,P582,+1925-08-31T00:00:00Z/11

Postmark: Klaipeda (Memel),
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(date of postmark)
Source scan of original
Author Postal administration of Lithuania
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  • The same stamp without overprint (Michel No. 150, mint, color variant)
    The same stamp without overprint (Michel No. 150, mint, color variant)
Picture description Lithuanian horseman drawing in circle
First day of issue
Publisher Postal administration of Lithuania
Design ?
Printer Lithuanian state press, Kowno ("Lithuania press" = Lietuvos valstýbės spaustuvė, Kaunas)
Printing technique lithographic printing (stamp)

letterpress printing (overprint)

Circulation 200,000
Perforation line perforation, L 11
MICHEL Nr. Memel, Nr. 191

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