File:FR 1922 Memel MiNr-049 B002.jpg

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Stamp of Memelland; 1922; definitive stamp of France of the issue "Allegorical subjects (Type Merson)" of 1900 with twofold overprint; overprint 1: five-lines, black overprint "MEMEL / fess / fess / 60 Pfennig / fess", "MEMEL" and "Pfennig" in vertical characters with serifes, "Pfennig" with great initial letter, old currency value twofold fessed, original country name "REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE" single fessed; overprint 2: single line, dark blue overprint "fess 75"
Stamp: Michel No. 49 (= Memel No. 36a (= France No. 96x with overprint) with overprint); Yvert & Tellier: No. 42 (= France No. 119 with twofold overprint); AFA: No. 42 (= France No. 96 with twofold overprint)
Color: red/blue with black overprint with dark blue overprint
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 75 (Pfennig) on 60 Pfennig on 40 Centimes

Postage validity: from 27 January 1922 until 31 March 1923
date QS:P,+1922-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1922-01-27T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1923-03-31T00:00:00Z/11
(Memel stamp with 2nd overprint)
Date

(first issue day of the Memel stamp, 2nd overprint)
(first issue day of the Memel stamp, 1st overprint)

(first issue day of the original stamp in France)
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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Public domain

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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  • The same stamp without overprints (Michel France No. 96x, mint, color variant)
    The same stamp without overprints (Michel France No. 96x, mint, color variant)
Picture description Allegorical subjects (Type Merson) with twofold overprint
First day of issue (first issue day of the Memel stamp, 2nd overprint)

(first issue day of the Memel stamp, 1st overprint)
(first issue day of the 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
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creator QS:P170,Q390904
Printer Imprimerie française des timbres-poste, Paris (original stamp + overprints)
Printing technique letterpress printing (original stamp + 1st overprint)

lithographic printing (2nd overprint)

Circulation 202,500
Perforation comb perforation, K 13½ : 12
MICHEL Nr. Memel, Nr. 49

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