<p>Stamp of the German Empire; 1900; definitive stamp of the Germania-issue with inscription "REICHSPOST"; postmarked with standard postmark from <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Altena" class="mw-disambig" title="Category:Altena">Altena (Westfalen)</a>, 1901<br><b>Stamp</b>: Michel No. 61; Yvert &amp; Tellier: No. 59 (DR); AFA: No. 61 (DR)<br><b>Color</b>: dark brown purple / black on white brownish red paper<br><b>Watermark</b>: none<br><b>Nominal value</b>: 50 (Pfennig)<br></p>
<b>Postage validity</b>:  from February 1900 until 31 December 1902 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1900-02-00T00:00:00Z/10,P582,+1902-12-31T00:00:00Z/11</div><br><b>Postmark</b>: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Altena" class="mw-disambig" title="Category:Altena">Altena</a> (Westphalia), <time class="dtstart" datetime="1901-03-07" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="white-space:nowrap">7 March 1901</time><i>(postmarked with two-circle postmark with passing through date fess, 26 mm outer circle)</i>
Deutsche Reichspost
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