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| Issuer | Karlsruhe, City of |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Size | 147 × 87 mm |
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| Reverse description | Black and yellow letterpress impression on white paper, with four architectural vignettes arranged in the corners: the Gothic Tower (upper left), the Nassau Palace (upper right), the Durlach Gate (lower left), and the Ettlingen Gate (lower right). Elaborate Gothic-script lettering and ornamental guilloche scrollwork fill the central field, with the large numeral 500 000 set prominently in the lower centre. The text 'NUR MIT TROCKENSTEMPEL GÜLTIG' appears inverted along the bottom edge. |
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| Protection type | Dry seal (Trockenstempel) |
| Protection description | Sonntagfliesen embossed dry seal (Keller #163), applied to the lower centre of the obverse |
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