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50 Pfennig Marburger Briefmarken und Notgeld Ausstellung
| Issuer | Stadt Marburg (City of Marburg) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Blue-ground notgeld printed in letterpress with four red-and-white decorated ceramic jugs placed in each corner against a blue field. A large white circle at centre carries the bold numeral '50' above the denomination in Gothic script 'Pfennig'. To the left and right of the circle, the validity restriction 'GÜLTIG NUR IM AUSSTELLUNGSGEBÄUDE' is set in black Gothic lettering. The printer's imprint 'W. J. BECKER'S KUNSTANSTALT MARBURG/L.' appears along the lower margin, with the designer's name 'KURT SCHMELZ' above it. |
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| Reverse description | Sepia-toned vignette printed in a fine line-engraving style, set within a thick black border. The central scene shows a rustic stone well in a village setting, with a thatched-roof building to the left and a standing male figure in period dress to the right; a scroll cartouche above the scene bears a four-line verse in German. The top border carries 'MARBURGER BRIEFMARKEN' and the bottom 'UND · NOTGELD · AUSSTELLUNG' in white uppercase lettering, while the exhibition dates '22.–24. OKT. 1921' are repeated vertically on both the left and right borders. |
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This note was issued specifically to accompany the Marburger Briefmarken und Notgeld Ausstellung — a philatelic and notgeld exhibition held in Marburg in 1921. Exhibition-tied notgeld of this kind were produced primarily as collector pieces from the moment of issue, part of the broader Serienscheine phenomenon in which German municipalities exploited collector demand to generate revenue with minimal risk of redemption. W. J. Becker's Kunstanstalt, a local Marburg printer, produced it, keeping the entire enterprise municipal in a notably self-contained way.
Designer Kurt Schmelz is a name almost entirely confined to regional Hessian printing work of this period.