POSTAGE STAMPS
(1939)

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MICHEL 686
INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE/MOTORCYCLE EXHIBITION
6Rpf + 4Rpf

BACKGROUND: The following Meerwald stamp is the first of three stamps issued on 17th Feb 1939 to commemorate the International Automobile and Motorcycle Show held in Berlin. There was also a special postmark used for the duration of the show, from 17th Feb 1939 until 5th Mar 1939.

The design on the stamps shows the first Automobiles produced by Carl Benz (1885) and Gottfried Daimler (1886).

See Also Michel 695 which is the same stamp but now overprinted "Nürburgring=Rennen" - "Nürnburg Race"

VALIDITY: 17th Feb 1939 until 31st Dec 1940
VALUE: 6Rpf + 4Rpf
COLOUR: black blue green
WATERMARK: Swastika
PERF: K14
AVAILABILITY:
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

VARIATIONS

There are no major variations

PLATE FLAWS

There are no major plate flaws

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

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

MINT / UNUSED

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