GERMANY, encased postage
    For a brief period after World War I many European (and other) nations experienced coin shortages which they alleviated in various ways, including encased postage stamps.  These items are scarce relative to, say, metal notgeld.

GERMANY, encased postage, 25 pfennig S-70 in 33mm tin plate Al, AUTOMOBILE FAHRRÄDER OPEL, Frankfurt a/M, c. 1910?,  minor spots, VF 48.00 sold
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

GERMANY, encased postage, 32mm tin plated, ND (c. 1921),  5 pfennig S137 / BRIEFMARKEN-KLEINGELD ... HÄNEL & SCHWARZ BERLIN ..., advertising agency, AU $36.50 sold
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5 pfennig S-137 in 33mm plastic, WALTER REBENSBURG, BARMEN, VF+ 36.00 sold
 
 








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