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| Issuer | Stadt Calbe an der Saale (City of Calbe an der Saale) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Printer | Rats-Druckerei R. Dulce, Künstlerdruck, Glauchau, Germany |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Pf. Calbe a/S.! den 23. April 1917 – Nur gültig am Tage der Ausgabe. Der Magistrat: Zur Erinnerung im Jahre an die erste urkundliche Erwähnung von Calbe durch Kaiser OTTO I. 937 |
| Reverse description | Polychrome letterpress vignette, designated plate "2", set beneath an oak tree with spreading branches forming a natural border. Three figures in 17th-century costume converse with a woodcutter beside the oak trunk, with a panoramic view of the town of Calbe and its church towers visible in the left background; the legend "Stadt Calbe a. d. Saale" appears at lower left. A yellow scroll band at the foot carries a two-part rhyming verse in Gothic script, and the printer's imprint runs along the very bottom margin. |
| Reverse lettering | 2 Stadt Calbe a. d. Saale Gemächlich ging er aus zum Wald und fand dort eine Eiche bald. Nun höre, Meister Holzstecher, Daraus mach einen Roland Er! Rats-Druckerei R. Dulce, Künstlerdruck, Glauchau. |
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