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Postage stamps and postal history of Allenstein

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The plebiscite was held on 11 July, and produced 362,209 votes (97.8%) for East Prussia and 7,980 votes (2.2%) for Poland. The stamps became invalid on 20 August. Despite the short period of use, almost all of the stamps are cheaply available both used and unused.
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inside an oval whose border gave the full name of the plebiscite commission. Each overprint was applied to 14 denominations ranging from 5
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German stamps and sold from 3 April. One kind of overprint read
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plebiscite
Region of Allenstein
East Prussia
Region of Marienwerder
that province
Poland
postage stamps
overprinting
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Second World War
Potsdam Agreement
Olsztyn
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Postage stamps
postal history
Ă…land
Albania
Allenstein
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bohemia and Moravia
Bosnia and Herzegovina

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