Philipp Melanchthon Commemorative
West Germany · 1960 · 20 Pfennig
The stamp depicts a portrait of Philipp Melanchthon, a German reformer, based on a painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder, with the denomination '20' and 'DPB' at the bottom.
Issued by West Germany in 1960, this stamp commemorates the 400th anniversary of the death of Philipp Melanchthon, a prominent theologian and scholar of the Protestant Reformation.
Printing Method
Photogravure
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Image: scanned by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:NobbiP" title="User:NobbiP">NobbiP</a> · License: Public domain
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