FR 1921 Memel MiNr037 B002a - public domain postal stamp scan
Summary
Stamp of Memelland 1921; definitive stamp of France of the issue "Allegorical subjects (Type Merson)" with five-lines, red overprint "MEMEL / fest / fess / 3 Mark / fess"; "MEMEL" in normal and "3 Mark" in italic Latin characters with serifes; "Mark" with great initial letter; old currency value double fessed; old inscription "Republique Française" single-fessed
Stamp: Michel: No. 37 (= Michel France No. 138 (1920) with overprint); Yvert & Tellier: No. 35 (KL); AFA: No. 35 (KL)
Color: violett / blue with red overprint
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 3 Mark on 60 Centimes
Postage validity: from May 1921 until 31 March 1923 date QS:P,+1921-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1921-05-00T00:00:00Z/10,P582,+1923-03-31T00:00:00Z/11
Postmark: Heydekrug, 1 June 1921 (Heydekrug = then district capital in the "Regierungsbezirk Gumbinnen", East Prussia, Germany; contemporary Šilutė in Lithuania/district Klaipeda)
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