Saar 1949 Volkshilfe - The Sick Child

Saar Protectorate · 1949 · 10F + 5F

The stamp features a reproduction of Gabriel Metsu's 17th-century painting 'The Sick Child', depicting a young girl in bed with an adult figure beside her.

Issued as part of the 'Volkshilfe' (People's Aid) series, this stamp carried an additional surcharge to fund social welfare programs in the post-WWII Saar Protectorate.