These are revenuestamps from 1949. Saar is an area between Germany and France which was independent since World War I. After World War II both Germany and France wanted the area, at the end the people chose to be a part of Germany somewere in the 50'ties.
They are listed in the Scott Catalogue under official mail stamps. I don't have my catalogue handy to look up the numbers, but they are from the French occupation following WWII. "Dienst-Marke" as written on the top of the stamps is German for "official mail", more or less.
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