Stamp of the day. Germany Scott 2186. Hildegard Knef from the Famous Women series of 1986. I really like this definitive series.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard_Knef

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home delivery was not a normal service for early postal services. for quite a while. private carriers offered delivery to home or office for additional charges. this is a private carrier stamp from Berlin ca. 1900 #philately #stampcollecting #germanstamps

one of the subcategories of German Stamps are the stamps of the Saar when under French administration. there were periods of this following both #worldwars . i recently acquired a partial collection of Saar stamps in order to improve my own collection.
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