<p>Stamp of the German Empire - Territory of the Saar Basin; 1920; definitive stamp of the Germania-issue with one-line, horizontal overprint "SAARGEBIET"; paper and print with war press quality; postmarked in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Saarbr%C3%BCcken" title="Category:Saarbrücken">Saarbrücken</a>, 1921<br><b>Stamp</b>: Michel: No. 48 (= German Empire, No. 145 with overprint); Yvert &amp; Tellier: No. 42; Scott: No. 51 (DE-SL)<br><b>Color</b>: carmine red (print of the Germania stamp with war quality (= plate II))<br><b>Watermark</b>: German Empire, No. 1 (rhombs)<br><b>Nominal value</b>: 40 (Pfennig)<br></p>
<b>Postage validity</b>: from 1920 until 30 April 1921 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1920-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1920-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1921-04-30T00:00:00Z/11</div><br><p><b>Stamp picture size</b>: 18.5 x 22.5 mm<br></p>
<b>Postmark</b>: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Saarbr%C3%BCcken" title="Category:Saarbrücken">Saarbrücken</a> <i>(capital of the Territory of the Saar Basin)</i>, <time class="dtstart" datetime="1921-02-05" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="white-space:nowrap">5 February 1921</time><i>(two-circle postmark with through date fess and empty inner area; great size, 29 mm outer circle)</i>
"Deutsche Reichspost" under supervision of the "Commission de gouvernement du Bassin de la Sarre" of the League of Nations
scan of original