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Item no. M333 (meter)

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Item no. M333 (meter)

Type: frankmark

Country: Germany (DDR)

Date of use: 22 December 1980

Red meter (on cover) advertising VEB Fotochemische Werke Berlin, a state enterprise manufacturing films and chemicals for photography. The factory occupied buildings and premises taken over from the former Kodak AG (Köpenick) company where DEKOPAN b/w films, x-ray films and chemicals were manufactured under Kodak brand name until mid-1960s. After political system transformation, the property was in 1992 returned to the rightful owner, the Eastman Kodak Company of Rochester (USA).