9 Kreuzer dark brown, large shield as a single franking on cover from "Frankfurt/Main 18.9.73" to France used, the stamp is excellent embossed and centered, they shows left above a pasted up particular corner perforation, the cover shows traces of usage and a scotch tape patch at the upper margin, photo expertize Brugger BPP "correctly franked single franking the 9 Kr. stamp in the rarer dark brown colour. "