Bizone 50 Pfennig Netzaufdruck Overprint

Germany (Bizone) · 1948 · 50 pfennig

A 50 pfennig stamp from the Bizone, featuring a grid-pattern ('Netzaufdruck') overprint on an underlying design, likely a numeral or definitive series.

Issued in 1948 in the British-American Occupied Zone of Germany (Bizone), this stamp with a 'Netzaufdruck' (grid overprint) was part of measures to invalidate previous issues or prevent speculation in the post-WWII economic climate.