Germany-Allied Occ 1947 Leipzig Tade Fair 1947

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Label : "Deutsche Post"; 1947; semi-postal commemorative stamps of the General Issues for the American, British, and Soviet Occupation zones in Germany; issue to the "Leipzig Trade Fair 1947"; issue of 2 stamps

Stamp datas:

  • Issue date : 05 March 1947
  • Catalogue number : Michel: No. 941IIB (brown) , 942IA (blue); Yvert & Tellier: No. 28, 29 (DE-TZ); AFA: No. 50 (DE-ABF, blue)
  • Colors : dark brown red/reddish brown to carmine brown - dark lilac ultramarine/ultramarine to dark violet blue/violet blue
  • Watermark : Allied Occupation Zones No 7 (steep stairs, falling)
  • Nominal value : 24+26 (Reichspfennig) - 60+40 (Reichspfennig)
  • Postage validity :
- to 22 June 1948 (American + British Zone)
- to 31 July 1948 (Soviet Zone)
  • Designed by : Erich Gruner (1881-1966)
  • Engraved by : K.Wolf
  • Printed by : "Staatsdruckerei", Berlin
- Attention: The Leipzig print is sensitive to water.
  • Print process : Copper intaglio printing (recess would had finer lines)
  • Perforations :
- Line perforation, L 13¼ (=Michel No. 941 II B)
- Line perforation L 13 (=Michel No. 942 I A)
  • Print run :
- Michel No. 941 II B (Berlin print): 2,500,000
- Michel No. 942 I A (Berlin print) : 1,200,000


Stamps

Postmarked stamps

Michel No. 941 II B, postmarked at "(10b) Leipzig C1", 05-03-1947
Michel No. 942 I A, postmarked at "(10b) Leipzig C1", 05-03-1947

First Day Postmark

"(10b) Leipzig C1", 05-03-1947, diameter 40.0 mm


To the stamp motives:
- brown : Award of thhe Market Right to the town Leipzig by the then Marchgrave Otto von Meissen in the year 1160.
- blue : Protection of foreign fair visitors by the then Landgrave Dietrich von Landsberg in the year 1268.