<p>Stamp of Germany; 1945; definitive stamp of thge Allied Control Authority for the occupated Germany - common issues for the American and British Zone (so-called "Bi-Zone"), type III = "German print"; postmarked in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Schwelm" title="Category:Schwelm">Schwelm</a>, 1946<br><b>Stamp</b>: Michel No. 23D (so-called "German print"); Yvert &amp; Tellier: No. 8 (DE-BIZ); Scott: No. 3N8 (DE)<br><b>Color</b>: dark (violet) purple<br><b>Watermark</b>: none recognizable<br><b>Nominal value</b>: 12 Pfennig<br></p>
<b>Postage validity</b>: from 25 August 1945 until 31 October 1946 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1945-08-25T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1946-10-31T00:00:00Z/11</div><br><p><b>Stamp picture size</b>: 19 x 22 mm<br></p>
<b>Postmark</b>: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Schwelm" title="Category:Schwelm">Schwelm</a> (North Rhine-Westphalia), <time class="dtstart" datetime="1946-02-01" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="white-space:nowrap">1 February 1946</time>, <i>(two-circle postmark with non-through date fess, great size, 29 mm outer circle)</i>
William A. Roach (1888-1969, design) and Edward H. Helmuth (1891-1978, engraving)
scan of original