<p>Stamp of the German Empire; 1899; definitive stamp of the Germania issue with inscription "REICHSPOST"; postmarked with <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Rastatt" title="Category:Rastatt">Rastatt</a> (Baden-Württemberg), 1900<br><b>Stamp</b>: Michel: No. 59; Yvert et Tellier: No. 57 (DR); AFA: No. 59 (DR); Scott: No. 58 (DE)<br><b>Color</b>: red orange to dark reddish orange / black on white brownish red paper<br><b>Watermark</b>: none<br><b>Nominal value</b>: 30 (Pfennig)<br></p>
<b>Postage validity</b>: from December 1899 until 31 December 1902 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1899-12-00T00:00:00Z/10,P582,+1902-12-31T00:00:00Z/11</div><br><b>Postmark</b>: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Rastatt" title="Category:Rastatt">Rastatt</a>, <time class="dtstart" datetime="1900-10" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="white-space:nowrap">October 1900</time><i>(postmarked with two-circle postmark with passing through date fess, 26 mm outer circle, with vertical striped inner area)</i><br>
Deutsche Reichspost
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