Yellow Cathedral
Yellow Cathedral | |
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The one known full sheet of 100 Yellow Cathedral stamps | |
Country of production | Germany |
Date of production | 1948 |
Nature of rarity | unissued, nearly all printed copies were destroyed |
Number in existence |
103 (1 sheet of 100 and 3 single stamps) |
Face value | 5 Pfennig |
The Yellow Cathedral (German Gelber Dom) is an unissued stamp produced by the Deutsche Post. Beginning on September 1, 1948, a new stamp series, the so-called "building series", was introduced in the American and British Occupation Zones of Germany. A planned design was the Cologne Cathedral in yellow, with a nominal value of five Pfennig. The stamp was intended to be used as a surcharge stamp for airmail delivery.
The actual issued stamp was blue (Michel catalogue number 75) and all but a few copies of the yellow printed stamps were destroyed. There have been only three known auctions of single stamps.
Between September 20 to 22, 2007 the only complete sheet of stamps was on display at the Cologne fair Philatelie und MünzExpo (Philately and Coin Exposition). The displayed copy was from Bonn's Archive of Philately. The insured value of that sheet is one million euros.[1]
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References
- ↑ "Sicherheitsstufe 1 für den Briefmarkenbogen "Gelber Dom"" (in German). Bund Deutscher Philatelisten e.V. 2007-09-20. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
External links
(In German)
- Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger: Gelber Dom schlägt blaue Mauritius ("Yellow Cathedral beats Two Pence Blue")
- Pressemitteilung: Vorsicht: gelb, gezackt und wertvoll! (mit Bildern) (Press release: Attention: yellow, serrated, and precious! (With images))