Medium:

paper; ink (slate, carmine)

Dimensions:

Height x Width: 1 x 1 7/16 in. (2.6 x 3.7 cm)

Type:

Postage Stamps

Place:

Germany (German empire)

Date:

1905

Description:

This 1905 stamp shows Kaiser Wilhelm II giving a speech in 1896 for the German Empire's 25th anniversary. Because of their high face value, the stamps were printed only in sheets of 20. The scarcity of inverted images like this one suggests the error occurred in just a few sheets.

Topic:

International Stamps & Mail  Search this

Object number:

0.319931.8.28.6

See more items in:

National Postal Museum Collection

On View:

Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8c561730f-c56e-4a11-ae23-323f6683eb3b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_0.319931.8.28.6