Dear collectors,
I'm lost because I cannot find the stamp in the picture. I read the part in a Michel-catalogue on Bayern but I do not see this 'Staatswapen auf Ornament' with two postal horns in the left and right corner above. I do believe it is a 3 Pf. stamp and not a cutting from a postcard or something like that, but I'm not sure. I think so because the shield in the middle is a so called 'Prägedruck', the paper has the same thickness as a regular stamp, is has been 'entwertet' in a normal way with a regular stamp (March 93) and it has a watermark in its paper (Wz 4, three lying waveforms). So it has several characteristics of a normal stamp. Enclosed is a picture of it, the colour is more dark-red/brown (siena?) and not as yellow as the photo suggests.
Is there a reason why this is not described in the Michel? And does it have a status as a stamp or is it not worth collecting?
Hopefully there are some experts in this forum who can bring some light in the darkness.
I do read and understand German, so please use it. In writing myself I prefer English (I make to many faults in German).
Kind regards,
John Arnold