Germany-Unified 1996 Tiepolo

• Label : “Deutsche Bundespost”; 1996; commemorative stamp of the issue “300th Anniversary of birth of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.”:
  

(issue of 1 stamp + 1 small-sheet à 10 stamps)

Stamp datas:

• Catagolue numbers : Michel: No. 1847 (small-sheet: No. 1847KB); Yvert & Tellier: No. 1697; Scott: No. 1921; AFA No. 2788
• Colors : multicolored
• Watermark : none
• Nominal values : 200 (Pfennig)
• Postage validity : 07 May 1996 – 30 June 2002
• Designed by : Fritz Lüdtke (* 1920)
• Printed by : “Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei”, Leipzig
• Print process : Offset printing on luminescent paper
• Print runs :

- single stamps: 14,8550,000

- small sheets : 1,485,500 small-sheets à 10 stamps (2x5)

• Perforation : Comb perforation, K 13 : 12½
• Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp without yearline) : 39.0 x 21.5 mm

Commemorative stamp of the issue “300th Anniversary of birth of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.”:
(issue of 1 stamp + 1 small-sheet à 10 stamps)

Stamp

Mint

Michel No. 1847, mint

Postmarked

Michel No. 1847, postmarked

Small sheet

File:Germany-Unified 1996 Tiepolo 2a1.jpg Michel No. 1847KB, mint

File:Germany-Unified 1996 Tiepolo 3a1.jpg Michel No. 1847KB, postmarked

First Day Cover

To the single stamp-motive:
- 200 (Pfennig) : detail from a ceiling fresco by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo in the “Imperial Hall” of the “Prince-Bishop’s Residence”, Würzburg; created in 1751 or 1752 in the style of the Roccoco