Europe | Universal Postal Union Set of Two Rhineland-Palatinate Germany Postage Stamps Issued 1949 Dark red and Prussian blue

Description

This set of two postage stamps was issued in post-war Germany in the French Occupation area of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union (UPU),
Date of issue: October, 1949
Size of each stamp: 22 x 26 mm
Colors: Dark red and Prussian blue
Designers: Ernst Meyer and Hannes Pixa
Emission: Commemorative
Perforation: 14 x 14?
Printing: Photogravure
Print run: 400,000
Mint, never hinged condition.