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Turning the handle of the stamp machine, 1937

An older man in a dark suit leans close to read the small printed instructions on the machine, then grasps the crank beside the label 6-Rpf. Briefmarken; in close view his hand turns the handle, whose plate reads Herumdrehen bis Glockenzeichen ertönt, turn until the bell rings, and the strip of stamps emerges from the slot below. The six-pfennig stamps of the day carried the portrait of Paul von Hindenburg.

Period
c. June 26, 1937–October 8, 1937
Credit
Julien BryanLibrary of CongressDigitalisierung und Bearbeitung: © zb Media GmbH

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