<p>Stamp of Germany; 1948; definitive stamp of the Allied Control Authority issue for the occupated Germany - Soviet zone = common issue for the American, British and Soviet Zone with handstamp overprint for Thuringia ("<i>(Bezirk)</i> 16 <i>(= Oberpostdirektion Erfurt)</i> / <i>for</i> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Eisfeld" title="Category:Eisfeld">Eisfeld</a>"); mason and peasant woman; mint<br><b>Stamp</b>: Michel: No. 172; Yvert &amp; Tellier No. DD-ZS 14 V1<br><b>Color</b>: dark greenish blue to black green blue<br><b>Watermark</b>: Germany No. 6X ("DEUTSCHE POST", falling)<br><b>Nominal value</b>: 16 (Pfennig)<br></p>
<b>Postage validity'</b>: from 24 June 1948 until 1950 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1948-06-24T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div><br><b>Stamp picture size</b>: 18.5 x 22 mm
Allied Control Authority for the occupated Germany - Soviet Zone
scan of original