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
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 Postmark: Heydekrug, 1 June 1921 (Heydekrug = then district capital in the 'Regierungsbezirk Gumbinnen', East Prussia, Germany; contemporary Šilut in Lithuania/district Klaipeda) . May 1921 (first issue of the stamp) 1 June 1921 (date of postmark) 20 FR 1921 Memel MiNr037 B002a
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