<p>Stamp of the German Empire; 1918; definitive issue - Germania, Mark issues; drawing of the unveiling of the monument of Emperor Wilhelm I in Berlin after a painting from Wilhelm Pape; war quality; "A-perforation"; postmarked in Rheydt, 1919<br><b>Stamp</b>: Michel: 96AII; Yvert &amp; Tellier: No. 94 (without varieties); AFA: No. 96 (without varieties)<br><b>Color</b>: greyish violet on light grey paper<br><b>Watermark</b>: Germany No.1 (rhombs)<br><b>Nominal value</b>: 3 Mark<br></p>
<b>Postage validity</b>: from 9 October 1918 until 31 October 1922 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1918-10-09T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1922-10-31T00:00:00Z/11</div><br><b>Postmark</b>: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Rheydt" title="Category:Rheydt">Rheydt</a> (contemporary a suburb of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:M%C3%B6nchengladbach" title="Category:Mönchengladbach">Mönchengladbach</a>, North Rhine-Westphalia), <time class="dtstart" datetime="1919-10-14" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="white-space:nowrap">14 October 1919</time><i>(two-circle postmark with passing through date fess, 29 mm outer circle, striped inner area)</i>
Deutsche Reichspost
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