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1 Mark
| Issuer | Bosau, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Printer | Kunstanstalt H. F. Jütte, Leipzig, Germany |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress note with an ornate Art Nouveau border incorporating stylized foliate and knotwork corner devices. A central oval vignette presents a view of a church tower rising above a dense tree canopy, rendered in an expressionist woodcut style. Below the vignette, the denomination '1 Mark' appears in bold blackletter type within dark square panels at left and right, flanking the place name, date, and three manuscript signatures in the centre. |
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| Reverse description | Multicolour reverse printed in green and terracotta, with a dark border featuring a repeating geometric pattern in red. The central vignette, designed by Hugo Steiner-Prag, presents a bold expressionist view of the St. Petri-Kirche zu Bosau amid foliage, with the church roof in red-brown and the tower rendered in green tones. A scrolled banner at the top carries the Gothic-script inscription 'Kirchspiel Bosau', while vertical side panels bear additional descriptive text in Gothic lettering. |
| Reverse lettering | Kirchspiel Bosau Die Petrikirche zu Bosau erbaut durch Wizelin 1152 Kunstanstalt H. F. Jütte, Leipzig. HUGO STEINER-PRAG · 1921 |
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