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Stamp of Memelland; French mandate administration; definitive stamp 1920, Germania issue of the German Empire with two-lines, black overprint in Gothic letters "Memel=/gebiet", striped background
Stamp: Michel: No. 14 (= German Empire, No. 141 (1920) with overprint); Yvert & Tellier: No. 3 (KL); AFA: No. 14 (KL)
 Color: yellow orange to red orange
Watermark": Germany No. 1 (rhombs)
 Nominal value: 10 (Pfennig)

Postage validity: from 1 August 1920 until 30 October 1920
date QS:P,+1920-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P580,+1920-08-01T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1920-10-30T00:00:00Z/11

Postmark: Heydekrug, (Heydekrug = then district capital in the "Regierungsbezirk Gumbinnen", East Prussia, Germany; contemporary Šilutė in Lithuania/district Klaipeda)
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Author Postal administration of the High Commission of the League of Nations (Memel Territory)
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Public domain This work of bildende Kunst (visual art) or photography was published in Germany before the Law on Copyrights and Neighboring Rights (UrhG) came into effect on January 1, 1966. It does not indicate its author and was published by a legal entity under public law (§ 5 KUG; for details see Wikipedia:Bildrechte). Therefore according to § 134 Satz 2 UrhG, copyright expires 70 years after publishing.

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The author died in 1917, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1930.

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    The same stamp from another location (Michel No. 14, color variant)
Picture description Germania-issue (1920) with black two lines overprint in German letters "Memel=/gebiet", striped background
First day of issue
Publisher Postal administration of the High Commission of the League of Nations (Memel Territory)
Design
Paul Waldraff  (1870–1917)  wikidata:Q1316547
 
Alternative names
Paul Eduard Waldraff
Description German graphic designer and postage stamp designer
Deutsch: deutscher Grafiker der Reichsdruckerei in Berlin, Entwerfer der Germania-Briefmarkenserie.
Date of birth/death 16 July 1870 Edit this at Wikidata 2 June 1917 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Bad Wurzach Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q1316547
Printer Reichsdruckerei Berlin
Printing technique letterpress printing
Circulation 344,000
Perforation comb perforation K 14 : 14¼
MICHEL Nr. Memel, Nr. 14

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