File:DR PSC Belgien 1914 MiNr086 unused B002.jpg

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Postal Stationary Card (PSC) of the German "Landespost in Belgien" = German occupated territories in Belgium during the World War I - German military postal service; 1914; postal stationary card with imprinted definitive stamp of the Germania-issue (German Empire, Michel No. 86 from 1905) with overprint "Belgien" and the Belgian currency "Centimes" (written out with value) in German type font; Germania with striped background; unused
Stamp (imprinted on PSC): Michel No. 3 (for "Landespost in Belgien" = German Empire, Michel: No. 86 with overprint); Yvert & Tellier (BE-OA) No. 3; AFA: (DR-BE) No. 3; Scott: (BE), No N3
Color (imprinted): carmine to red with black overprint
Watermark: none (postal stationary)
Nominal value: 10 Centimes on 10 (Pfennig) (overprint type I)

Postage validity: from 1 October 1914 until 11 November 1918
date QS:P,+1914-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1914-10-01T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1918-11-11T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp picture size (imprinted stamp): 18.5 x 22 mm
Date (first issue day of the PSC)
Source scan of original
Author

German "Landespost in Belgien"

Paul Waldraff  (1870–1917)  wikidata:Q1316547
 
Alternative names
Paul Eduard Waldraff
Description German graphic designer and postage stamp designer
Deutsch: deutscher Grafiker der Reichsdruckerei in Berlin, Entwerfer der Germania-Briefmarkenserie.
Date of birth/death 16 July 1870 Edit this at Wikidata 2 June 1917 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Bad Wurzach
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creator QS:P170,Q1316547
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Public domain

The author died in 1917, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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Picture description Germania (the actress Anna Führing with imperial crown); overprinted; Germania on striped background
First day of issue
Publisher "Landespost in Belgien"
Design
Paul Waldraff  (1870–1917)  wikidata:Q1316547
 
Alternative names
Paul Eduard Waldraff
Description German graphic designer and postage stamp designer
Deutsch: deutscher Grafiker der Reichsdruckerei in Berlin, Entwerfer der Germania-Briefmarkenserie.
Date of birth/death 16 July 1870 Edit this at Wikidata 2 June 1917 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Bad Wurzach
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q1316547
(designer of the Germania stamp)
Printer Reichsdruckerei Berlin
Printing technique Letterpress printing
Circulation ?
Perforation none (postal stationary)
MICHEL Nr. Deutsche Besetzungsausgaben des Ersten Weltkrieges 1914/1918 - Landespost in Belgien, No. 3
SCOTT Nr. Belgium (German occupation), No. N3

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