Description: This carmine-brown and buff postage stamp is a definitive issue from the German Realm (Deutsches Reich). The central vignette features a highly stylized, large numeric digit 5 adorned with micro-hatching and a small banner flourish extending from its top apex. The numeral sits inside a shield-shaped background dense with horizontal and vertical security lines. The top header prominently features the state name "Deutsches Reich" executed in fluid Gothic typography, while the bottom base border is anchored by a delicate laurel spray wrapped in a central ribbon. This specific example appears to be in exceptionally clean condition with perfectly intact perforations.
Circa: 1920-1922
Condition: Unused, Mint Hinged
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