<p>Stamp of Germany; 1916; postal area "Oberbefehlshaber Ost" (= "Ober-Ost"), Michel Germany No. 98 with two-line black overprint in German type "Postgebiet / Ob.Ost"<br><b>Stamp</b>: Germany, German occupation issues 1914/18 for postal area "Ober-Ost", Michel No. 1 <i>(=Michel No. 98 (Germany) with overprint; = Yvert &amp; Tellier No. 97 with overprint)</i><br>; Germania-Issue (Deutsches Reich) without striped background<br><b>Color</b>: grey to brownolive-grey<br><b>Watermark</b>: Germany No. 1 <i>(rhombs)</i><br><b>Nominal value</b>: 2½ (Pfennig)<br></p>
<b>Postage value</b>: from 1 August 1916 until 28 December 1918 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1916-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1916-08-01T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1918-12-28T00:00:00Z/11</div><br><b>Postmark</b>: Mitau, <time class="dtstart" datetime="1916-09-05" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="white-space:nowrap">5 September 1916</time><i>(Mitau = contemporary <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jelgava" title="Category:Jelgava">Jelgava</a> in Latvia)</i>
Deutsche Reichspost
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