Philipp Melanchthon

Germany · 1997 · 100 Pfennig

The stamp features a portrait of Philipp Melanchthon, a German reformer, based on a painting by Lucas Cranach the Younger. The denomination '100 Pf' and 'Deutschland' are also visible.

This stamp commemorates Philipp Melanchthon, a prominent German humanist and theologian who was a key figure in the Protestant Reformation and a close collaborator with Martin Luther.