Military Permit Office Fiscal Stamp $2 on 12 pfennig 

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Military Permit Office Fiscal Stamp $2 on 12 pfennig
Military Permit Office Fiscal Stamp $2 on 12 pfennig
Military Permit Office Fiscal Stamp $2 on 12 pfennig
Military Permit Office Fiscal Stamp $2 on 12 pfennigMilitary Permit Office Fiscal Stamp $2 on 12 pfennig

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
8841999
Area
Miscellaneous
Title
Military Permit Office Fiscal Stamp $2 on 12 pfennig
Manufacturer / publisher
Collection / set
1947 AMG Travel Permit Stamps
Sub-set
Number in collection
2
Item
Revenue stamp [philately] (Fiscal stamp)
Year
1947
Dimensions
Theme
Country / area
Allied Occupation - Germany [American and british zone]
Language
Type
Zegel
Number of pages
Person
Designer
Material
Paper
Colour
Violet
Part
Details
1947, February 15th Decided in haste, the Allied Military Government, A.M.G., provided two obsolete AM POST issues of the Washington printing postage stamps for overprinting, the 8 pfennig and the 12 pfennig. These stamps were overprinted with six lines of black type: a bar through AM POST at the top of the stamp followed by “Military Permit Office Fiscal Stamp” and the value, $ 1 or $ 2. The stamps were then send to the permit offices in Amsterdam, Bern, Copenhagen, London, Oslo, Paris, Rome, Stockholm, The Hague, Brussels and other European cities. They were first used on February 15th, 1947.