Guess It's Not A Postal Stamp

What might it be? LVB led me to think of a tram ticket: "Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe".

Dear Rob Roy

I think it is not a bus or tram ticket. I have found an example of a ticket from 1942 in the web:

http://www.heimatsammlung.de/fahrka...-leipzig.jpg

But maybe you can ask there Herbert, Christine or Max if your item is known.

Best regards from Switzerland

André

Rob Roy; Is there a watermark or something in the shield?...

Thanks a lot, André and Perf.

A ticket was a long shot, I know. My hints were that the kiloware was mainly German, "Oktober" seemed German, and the date was mid-WWII. I guess it is some kind of tax/donation stamp to place in a notebook. Finding out what's LVB is the key, I think.

The shield is in the form of relief, that's why when it was torn the tear followed the lines of the relief.
I'm not a very good collector, so no watermark kit.

Looks like a lion in profile inside?

According to this article, LVB does represent a transportation network in Germany. Doesn't solve the mystery of the stamp but might provide some clues:

http://wikitravel.org/en/Leipzig

I think you're right Perf. And it reminds me of the Belgian coat of arms stamps of that time. And in Duch, close to Flemish, they write "Oktober" too.

The Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe or LVB, literally translated into English as the Leipzig Transport Authority

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leipz...ehrsbetriebe

The ticket theory is not valable because they were not perfed and plus they had number series on them.This is something else...

If it's about tax, there's"Land Value Tax", but that's in English, doesn't go with Okt 5, 1942.

Can it be war saving stamp?

Now the shield could be the emblem of Leipzig..

the lion is on the left with vertical bands on the right.
the 5.- is 5 Marks?

I suspect it's a revenue showing payment of insurance premiums to the Leipziger Verein-Barmenia insurance company. I'll check my references when I get home from work.

Any news about the Leipziger Verein-Barmenia insurance stamp?

OK. I haven't found that exact stamp, but it's probably a revenue for the Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (Leipzig Transport Authority). You can see several examples from the DDR period here.

These would have been attached to a permit to show that the holder has paid the fee to use a particular transit line, road, etc.

Thank you. This totally answers my question. Thnks for your effort.

Leipzig Transport Authority (LVB - Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe)

Leipzig Transport Authority (LVB) is the largest local public transportation company in Leipzig. Routes, schedules, tips about road work disruptions and detours, along with information about ticket prices and purchase can be found at http://lvb.de.
Leipzig Transport Authority (LVB - Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe)

Leipzig Transport Authority (LVB) is the largest local public transportation company in Leipzig. Routes, schedules, tips about road work disruptions and detours, along with information about ticket prices and purchase can be found at http://lvb.de.