Bizone Worker with Hammer Overprint

Allied Occupation Zones in Germany (Bizone) · 1948 · 50 Pfennig

The stamp depicts a worker holding a hammer, symbolizing labor. It is overprinted with a post coach horn drawing and a net of small posthorns, with the inscription 'DEUTSCHE POST'.

Issued in 1948 for the Bizone (American and British occupation zones of Germany), this stamp reflects the post-WWII period of Allied administration and the efforts to rebuild the German postal system.