German Empire, 1900
A woman in armour and a crown holding a sword, Germania.
Illustration of a historical stamp for learning, shown at screen size. Not valid for postage.
How to read it
REICHSPOST under the armoured Germania figure.
- 1REICHSPOST
- Inscription
- REICHSPOST · 3
- Meaning
- REICHSPOST means “Imperial Post”: the German Empire, which is not named.
- Issued by
- German Empire
- Today
- Germany Flag of Germany
- Year
- 1900. Issued 1900.
- Made by
- Paul Eduard Waldraff (design and engraving, died 1917)
One fact
The first Germania stamps of 1900 said REICHSPOST; from 1902 the inscription changed to DEUTSCHES REICH.
Source and public-domain rule
Creators died more than 70 years ago. Waldraff died 1917. Copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years, counted from 1 January of the year after death. Every named designer and engraver of the stamp died before 1 January 1956; any contributor who was never named counts as anonymous, whose term is 70 years from publication, and the stamp was published before 1956. Legal sources: Directive 2006/116/EC, Art. 1(1) life + 70 years; Art. 1(3) anonymous works 70 years from publication; Art. 7(1) comparison of terms for works from outside the EU; Art. 8 terms run from 1 January, Switzerland, Norway.
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