FR 1922 Memel MiNr061 B002

Stamp of memelland 1922; definitive stamp issue of france ("semeuse lignée") with four-lines, black overprint "fess + fess / memel / 50 / pfennig"; "memel" + "pfennig" in italic characters; striped background with sun stamp: michel: no. 61 (= michel france no. 143 with overprint); yvert & tellier: no. 54 (kl); afa: no. 61 (kl) color: blue with black overprint watermark: none nominal value: 50 pfennig on 50 centimes postage validity: from 24 january 1922 until 31 march 1923 postmark: heydekrug, (heydekrug = then district capital in the "regierungsbezirk gumbinnen", east prussia, germany; contemporary šilutė in lithuania/district klaipeda). Date: January 1922 (first issue of the stamp); 17 July 1922 (date of postmark).