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75 Pfennig Deutsch-Hanseatischer Kolonialgedenktag - B4: A. Lüderitz
| Issuer | Deutsch-Hanseatischer Kolonialgedenktag (Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Colourful letterpress vignette in yellow, green, and blue, centred on a stylised map of Africa with the former German colonial territories — Togo, Kamerun, Deutsch-Südwest, and Deutsch-Ostafrika — highlighted in red; the territories of Kiautschau and Deutsche Südseeinseln are also indicated. Tall palm trees frame the composition at left and right, with the legend 'AFRIKA' arching across the upper field. The lower panel carries the full event title 'DEUTSCH-HANSEATISCHER KOLONIALGEDENKTAG' above the cities 'HAMBURG BERLIN BREMEN', the denomination '75 PF.' in a central circle, the series and date 'Serie B. 4.XI.1921 IV', validity text, and a manuscript signature of the Geschäftsführung. |
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| Reverse description | Green and brown intaglio-style portrait vignette on a sage-green ground, with a central bust portrait of Adolf Lüderitz — the Bremen merchant and colonial entrepreneur — rendered in fine cross-hatched engraving by Kleinschmidt, flanked by palm fronds at either side. The name 'A. Lüderitz' appears in bold Gothic lettering within a green panel at the top, and the denomination '75 Pf.' is repeated in circular cartouches at lower left and lower right. The motto 'Gedenkt unserer Kolonien' is inscribed across the lower panel in Gothic script. |
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| Signature(s) | Franz Grewe |
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