<p>Stamp of Germany; 1948; definitive stamp for the Allied Occupation Zones of Germany - Soviet Zone (= Issue of the Allied Control Athority for the American, British and Soviet Zone - Common issue (so-called "Erste Kontrollratsausgabe") with three-lines, black overprint for the Soviet Zone "Sowjetische / Besatzungs- / Zone"; drawing of number in standing oval; watermark No. 6Y; postmarked in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Leipzig" title="Category:Leipzig">Leipzig</a>, 1949<br><b>Stamp</b>: Michel: No. 209Y (Soviet Zone); Yvert &amp; Tellier: No. 5 (DD-ZS); Scott: No. 10N19 (DD)<br><b>Color</b>: middle red (rubin red)<br><b>Watermark</b>: Germany (Allied Zones), No. 6Y (scipt: "DEUTSCHE POST", increasing from left below to right upper, seen and readable from the backside of the stamp)<br><b>Nominal value</b>: 45 Pfennig<br></p>
<b>Postage validity</b>: from September 1948 until 28 February 1950 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1948-09-00T00:00:00Z/10,P582,+1950-02-28T00:00:00Z/11</div><br><p><b>Stamp picture size</b>: 18 × 22 mm<br></p>
<b>Postmark</b>: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Leipzig" title="Category:Leipzig">Leipzig "aa"</a>, <time class="dtstart" datetime="1949-07-29" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="white-space:nowrap">29 July 1949</time><i>(two-circle postmark with non-through date fess; great size; 29 mm outer circle)</i>
"Deutsche Post" under supervision of the Allied Control Authority - Soviet Zone
scan of original