File:GER 1945 Plauen MiNr005 mt B002.jpg

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Stamp of Germany; 1945; stamp of the local issue for the city of Plauen (Soviet occupation zone); stamp with charity surcharge for the German "Volkshilfe" (= social fund for the rebuilding); drawing showing the Holy George as dragon slayer; mint with economy gum (German: "Spargummi")
Stamp: Michel: No. 5 (Plauen)
Color: reddish carmine (shades) on thick paper with economy gum
Nominal value: 12 + 8 Pfg. (Pfennig) (8 Pfennig as surcharge for the "Volkshilfe")

Postage validity: from 15 December 1945 until 5 April 1946
date QS:P,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1945-12-15T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1946-04-05T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp picture size (rectangle): 17 x 20.5 mm
Date (first issue day of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author Deutsche Post under supervision of the Allied Control Authority for Germany - Soviet Zone
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Previous public domain rationale, no longer applicable
Public domain This stamp is in the public domain in Germany because it was released by a postal administration of the Allied Occupation Zones in Germany whose legal successor is the Federal Republic of Germany. Thus it is an official work according to German copyright law (§ 5 Abs. 1 UrhG).

Diese Briefmarke wurde in Deutschland zwischen 1945 und 1949 von der alliierten Verwaltung in einer Besatzungszone herausgegeben. Rechtsnachfolgerin ist die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Als amtliches Werk ist sie nach § 5 Abs. 1 des deutschen Urheberrechtsgesetzes gemeinfrei.

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Picture description Saint George the dragon slayer
First day of issue
Publisher Deutsche Post under supervision of the Allied Control Authority for Germany - Soviet Zone
Design Grossmann, Schmidt
Printer printery M. Wieprecht
Printing technique Letterpress printing
Circulation 768,000
Perforation Comb perforation, K 12½
MICHEL Nr. Deutschland - Deutsche Lokalausgaben ab 1945 (Plauen), Nr. 5

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