POSTAGE STAMPS
(1935)

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MICHEL 568
SAAR VOTING
(MOTHER WITH CHILD)
25Rpf

BACKGROUND: This is the last of 4 stamps that was issued to commemorate the SAAR vote on 13th Jan 1935. These stamps were the only official self-adhesive stamps designed by a woman during the Third Reich period. Fraülien Emmy Glintzer designed these stamps, but she also designed another stamp, a pre-printed stamp used on the official WHW P254 series of postcards. The imagery is meant to represent the German Empire (mother) welcoming the Saarland (daughter) back into the arms of the German family.

VALIDITY: 16th Jan 1935 to 31st Dec 1936
VALUE: 25Rpf
COLOUR: dark violet ultramarine
WATERMARK: Swastika
PERF: 14.
AVAILABILITY: Engraved sheets (10x10)
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

VARIATIONS

Michel 568 Uu: Imperforate

PLATE FLAWS

There are no major plate flaws

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

All stamps from here until the end of the page are from my collection

CANCELLED / USED

ABOVE: Mi 568 Cancelled in HÜTTENKOFEN a town near STRAUBING, north-east of LANDSHUT on New Years Eve 1936, the last day that this stamp was valid for use.