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GERMAN EMPIRE
STAMPS
1902

MICHEL 82
GERMANIA / DEUTSCHES REICH

Issued: 1st Apr 1902 / Aug 1904: Regular Issue representing images of the German Empire (III). Like Mi79 only the inscription is in Roman characters rather than Gothic and the sun's rays have different shading.

Mi 82
2 Mark
blackish to black blue

NOTE: Don't confuse this stamp with the earlier Mi79 which looks very similar. This stamp is distinguished by it's "Roman" font as opposed to Mi79's "Gothic" font. For Mi82 the words "DEUTSCHES" and "REICH" are all upper case, for Mi79 the words "Deutsches" and "Reich" have an upper case "D" and "R" respectively at the beginning of each word, the rest of the letters are all lower case. The words "Seid Einig-Einig-Einig!" are also different in that for this stamp the script is simpler and the 'd's have straight backs, for Mi79 the script is more complex with curved vertical parts to the 'd' of 'Seid'.

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