Norddeutscher Postbezirk ½ + 1 Groschen – Mi 3, Mi 4 (Michel 60€)

Norddeutscher Postbezirk, ½ Groschen (ochre) and 1 Groschen (carmine) – classic issues from 1868.
Michel numbers: Mi 3 and Mi 4 (total catalogue value 60€).

Both stamps used, with clear cancellations and full design elements still visible.
Typical hinge marks on reverse.
These early German federal-area stamps were issued shortly before the foundation of the German Empire, representing the transitional postal administration of Northern Germany under Prussian leadership.

Historical note:
The North German Confederation postal district (NPB) existed from 1868 to 1871 and introduced unified postage rates for the northern states.
Its issues became the direct predecessors of the first stamps of the German Empire (Deutsches Reich, 1872).

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