This striking red official service stamp of the Deutsches Reich was issued for government and administrative correspondence sent under the Ablösungsverfahren (postal fee settlement system). The inscription “Frei durch Ablösung” indicates postage paid through official accounting rather than adhesive payment. Such stamps were used by state offices and public authorities during the early Weimar Republic period. The clean typographic design reflects functional German official postal issues of the 1920s. Collectors value these stamps for their postal history significance and administrative usage classification.