File:FR 1921 Memel MiNr037 B002a.jpg

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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, (Heydekrug = then district capital in the "Regierungsbezirk Gumbinnen", East Prussia, Germany; contemporary Šilutė in Lithuania/district Klaipeda)
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(date of postmark)
Source scan of original
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 1920, 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, 1929.

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Picture description Allegorical subjects (Type Merson) with overprint
First day of issue (Memel stamp)

(original stamp in France)

Publisher Postal administration of the High Commission of the League of Nations (Memel Territory)
Design
Luc-Olivier Merson  (1846–1920)  wikidata:Q390904 s:fr:Auteur:Luc-Olivier Merson
 
Luc-Olivier Merson
Alternative names
Luc Olivier Merson; Olivier Merson; Merson
Description French painter and illustrator
Date of birth/death 21 May 1846 Edit this at Wikidata 13 November 1920 / 14 November 1920 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris 5th arrondissement of Paris
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q390904
Printer Imprimerie française des timbres-poste, Paris (original stamp + overprint)
Printing technique letterpress printing
Circulation 356,175
Perforation comb perforation, K 14 : 13½
MICHEL Nr. Memel, Nr. 37

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current04:22, 7 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 04:22, 7 January 2017663 × 402 (120 KB)Katharinaiv (talk | contribs)more darkness + color; more authentic
18:23, 4 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 18:23, 4 January 2017663 × 405 (172 KB)Katharinaiv (talk | contribs)sorry, error at upload
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