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2. Postage stamps and postal history of Germany - Wikipedia

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   Bavaria Scott #1, the first German stamp, 1849. This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Germany and philatelically related areas. The main modern providers of service were the Reichspost (1871–1945), the Deutsche Post under Allied control (1945–1949), the Deutsche Post of the GDR (1949–1990), the Deutsche Bundespost (1949–1995), along with the Deutsche Bundespost ...

3. Michel catalog - Wikipedia

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   Michel catalog. The Michel catalog ( MICHEL-Briefmarken-Katalog) is the largest and best-known stamp catalog in the German -speaking world. First published in 1910, it has become an important reference work for philately, with information not available in the English-language Scott catalogue .

4. Stamp numbering system - Wikipedia

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   Stamp numbering system. Philatelists ' traditional method of identifying postage stamps uniquely has long been to number each country's stamps consecutively; Norway #1 is the 4-skilling blue stamp issued in 1855, and so forth. However, this seemingly straightforward numbering system runs into immediate difficulties, which have been solved in ...

5. Pictorial list of postage stamps in Nazi Germany - Wikipedia

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   Toggle Postage stamps in Nazi Germany subsection. 1.1 1939. 1.2 1941. 1.3 1943. 2 Official stamps. Toggle Official stamps subsection. 2.1 1933. 2.2 1934. 2.3 1942 ...

6. Deutsche Post of the GDR - Wikipedia

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   The DP invented the practice of producing a specific stamp in a set at an intentionally low number – called a Sperrwert (limited issue stamp) – to artificially increase the value of the stamp and the set. The first Sperrwert was the Mi #464. An example of a Sperrwert is the 25 Pfennig stamp of the 1981 postal set Mi #2587. The other stamps ...

7. Postage stamps and postal history of the North German ...

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   One of the functions of the North German Confederation was to handle the mail and issue postage stamps, which it began doing, by means of the North German Postal Union (Norddeutscher Postbezirk), on 1 January 1868. To accommodate the different monetary systems in use by the various states, it issued a series valued in groschen for the Northern ...