- Description
- Specifications
| ID Number: | PA01-0504 |
| Description: | Numeral in circle |
| Country or State: | North German Confederation |
| Year: | 17 February 1869 |
| Face Value: | 2 German groschen |
| Series: | Groschen issue |
| Subject/Theme: | Norddeutscher Postbezirk |
| Designer: | Carl Schwatlo |
| Perforation: | comb13¾ x 14¼ |
| Printing: | Typography |
| Dimensions (B x H): | 21.5 x 24.5 mm |
| Catalog Number: | Michel DE-NDP 17 Stamp Number DE-NDP 17 Yvert et Tellier DE-NDP 16 Stanley Gibbons DE-NDP 27 AFA number DE-NDP 17 |
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The North German Post District was set up in Article 48 of the Constitution of the North German Confederation as a unified state transport authority for the post and telegraph system. The Postal Act, the Post Tax Act, the Regulations on the Tax Act and other administrative laws of the North German Confederation came into force on January 1, 1868. The North German Post District existed until 1871 and was the forerunner of the Reichspost |
