Wanfried (DE)

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Wanfried is a town (4,174 inhabitants end 2019) in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in northeasternmost Hesse, Germany. It is classified as a Landstadt, a designation given in Germany to a municipality that is officially a town (Stadt), but whose population is below 5,000. It literally means “country town”. In 1806 it came under the sovereignty of the Grand-Duchy of Hesse (Grossherzogtum Hessen-Darmstadt) GH Read more @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanfried

Postmarks in Germany

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Meter cancels

Meter cancel Wanfried 1, 3442 in 1988

Postmarks in German Empire (1872-1945)

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Postmark in North German Confederation

Since 1 January 1868.

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Postmarks in Prussia (July- December 1867)

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Postmarks by Thurn und Taxis

It used a postal code 79, district of Eschwege.

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Cover

DC and numeral 79 on a 1865 cover.

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