POSTAGE STAMPS
(1943)

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MICHEL 854
DAS BRAUNE BAND VON DEUTSCHLAND
The BROWN RIBBON RACE
42Rpf + 108Rpf

BACKGROUND: The 10th Brown Ribbon Race was commemorated with a stamp issued on 27th Jul 1943. Designed by Prof. Klein this stamp was engraved at the State Printing Office in Vienna.

VALIDITY: 27th Jul 1943 until May 1945
VALUE: 42Rpf + 108Rpf
COLOUR: sienna (shades)
WATERMARK:
PERF: K 14
AVAILABILITY: Sheets (5x10)
QUANTITY PRINTED: Unknown

SPECIAL CANCELLATION: There were two special handstamps as well as a special slogan used for this event. The first handstamp was used only on the day of the race, 1st Aug 1943. Earlier in the meeting, on the 25th of Jul a second handstamp was used, again only for the day, to commemorate the 'German Alpine Prize' race.

VARIATIONS

ABOVE: 854 U - imperforate

PLATE FLAWS

ABOVE: 854 I - small black dot in centre of lower reigns

STAMPS FROM MY COLLECTION

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

POSTALLY UNUSED - MINT

PLATE FLAWS

ABOVE: 854 I - small black dot in centre of lower reigns (stamp on the right)

RELATED SPECIAL HANDSTAMPS

There were two special handstamps available at the 1943 running of the brown ribbon race.



ABOVE LEFT: First design special handstamp (P)
ABOVE LEFT: Second design special handstamp (P)

UNRELATED SPECIAL HANDSTAMPS

The following special handstamp was used in METZ



ABOVE: METZ special cancel (P)