40 pfennigs first issue of stamps for Germany after WW II. German printing, red lilac, perforated L 11 : 11 1 / 2, paper z, counter sheet type 9 oere right without sheet counting number, field 93 plate flaw XIX and field 98 plate flaw XXI, further plate flaw are exactly in the certificate titled and find be on the fields 71, 78, 95, 99 and 100, mint never hinged, very fine, expertise Dr. Thomas Koch VP (2025) "complete counter sheet in this type rank among the large rarenesses of the assembly area. genuine and immaculate", Michel 20.000.- (without additional charges for the plate flaw)