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
First Day Postmark
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.