Unofficial issue

Category - Touch/Sight
Subcategory - Unofficial Issue / Stamps with NFC technology 

Germany 2020 250th Anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven Birth

Issue date 02 January 2020

 Deutsche Post has issued a special stamp marking the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven which pictures a stylized version of the famous Beethoven portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler, a musical clef and the lettering “250 Jahre BTHVN” (250 Years of Beethoven). Ludwig van Beethoven often signed letters and scores using the “BTHVN” abbreviation, which is printed on the stamp in a special “metallic silver” color..

A set of 250 unique stamp pieces were issued as a private with the NFC chip attached at the back and available for sale from a Dealer Nordfrim.com (Denmark). The number of stamps issued was reportedly 250 pieces with a NFC chip attached at the back of stamp and when scanned with an NFC enabled Smartphone and one can listen to Beethoven's symphony no. 5 'Fate'.  This issue with the NFC chip is not officially issued by Deutsche Post. 

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Stamps with NFC technology

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