The Germania 80pf black and red on rose from the 1899-2000 ‘Reichspost’ printing
A group of stamp designers waited on tenterhooks in the hall, each displaying his artwork for a new definitive stamp.
Eventually the door was flung open, and in burst Kaiser Wilhelm II, looking extremely annoyed at having to attend to such a trivial matter.
He dashed past each of the hopefuls before storming back towards the door, only to turn around, point at one design and mutter: ‘This one’.
