For more details please do also check my print publication "Holograms on Stamps"

In 1991 the German postal service commemorated the 200 year anniversary of the premiere of Mozart‘s operetta „Magic Flute“. It was also in commemoration of Mozart´s tragic death which happened 200 years before the stamp was issued in 1791. A picture of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is shown on the 100 Pfennig stamp (100 Pfennig = 1 Deutsche Mark) of this single stamp sheet. The border of the stamp sheet features Papageno with the magic flute and the program of the "Magic flute" premiere. On the day of issue a limited number of stamp sheets bearing a special hand cancel and a hologram of Mozart were applied to a printed card. This card was issued and distributed by Deutsche Postphilatelie GmbH, Wermsdorf/Sachsen.