150th birthday - Germany / Saarland 1958 - 1,200 Pfennig

Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, the man who created the German cooperative society and developed it to economic prosperity, in order to strengthen the capital-weak circles of the middle class in the competition with the large enterprises of industry and trade, is honored by this mark to its 150. Birthday. The task of designing a portrait brand was entrusted to a graphic artist and two artist groups. Hermann Eidenbenz submitted a draft, the graphic designers Müller and Blase provided two, the graphic artists Michel and Kieser three suggestions. The judges were unanimous in their opinion that the design of Hermann Eidenbenz, in its classically strict form, would yield an excellent mark. The Federal Minister of Posts and Telecommunications decided in favor of his execution. The stamp has been executed in the Bundesdruckerei Berlin in a monochrome intaglio printing process with a green color. Since November 20, 1947, the French currency was 1 Franc = 100 centimes on the Saarland stamps. the editorial board therefore records the nominal values ​​from catalog number 226 in centimes.