<p>Stamp of the German Empire; 1900; definitive stamp of the Germania-issue with picture of the "Reichspostamt" in Berlin in ornamental frame; inscription "REICHSPOST"; building without flags on the wing towers; postmarked in Crefeld (= <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Krefeld" title="Category:Krefeld">Krefeld</a>), 1901<br><b>Stamp</b>: Michel No. 63a; Yvert et Tellier: No. 61 (DR); AFA: No. 63 (DR); Scott: No. 62 (DE)<br><b>Color</b>: dark vermillion (cinnabar) to red<br><b>Watermark</b>: none<br><b>Nominal value</b>: 1 Mark<br></p>
<b>Postage validity</b>: from 1 April 1900 until 31 December 1902 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1900-04-01T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1902-12-31T00:00:00Z/11</div><br><p><b>Postmark</b>: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Krefeld" title="Category:Krefeld">Crefeld</a>, <time class="dtstart" datetime="1901-01-29" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="white-space:nowrap">29 January 1901</time><i>(postmarked with two-circle postmark with passing through date fess, 26 mm outer circle, with vertical striped inner area)</i><br></p>
<b>Size of the stamp picture</b>: 34.5 x 21.75 mm (other printing variant: 33.75 x 22.25 mm)
Deutsche Reichspost
scan of original