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Article 10: Germany Women Definitives: The First Issue High Values This articles includes links to the main page for
the Germany Women and Sites Definitives, the Alte Leipziger correspondence, the detailed discussions of the Hensel 3.00 Marks value on piece, the 4.50 Marks, the 5.00 Marks, and a combined page for the 2.50 Marks, 3.50 Marks, and 4.00 Marks. |
Article 45: Germany Technik Definitive Series
These definitives were in use in West Germany beginning in1975 and well into the early 1990s. I show a page with small images, each with a thumbnail to a larger image. Quick links:
0.05 Mark / 0.10 Mark / 0.20 Mark / 0.30 Mark / 0.40 Mark / 0.50 Mark / 0.60 Mark / 0.70 Mark / 0.80 Mark / 1.00 Mark / 1.10 Mark / 1.20 Mark / 1.30 Mark / 1.40 Mark / 1.50 Mark / 1.60 Mark / 1.80 Mark / 1.90 Mark / 2.00 Mark / 2.30 Mark / 2.50 Mark / 3.00 Mark / 5.00 Mark |
Article 53: Selected Germany Women and Sites Postmarks, Mostly from Berlin All of the images shown here are selections from a small correspondence sent to X-Press Marketing in Berlin. An example of one of these covers (Berlin-Pankow, postal code 13187) is shown below. Except for a cover from
Oranienburg-165X5, and one postmarked at Briefenzentrum 13, all of the covers shown here are postmarked in the various offices of Berlin. Quick links to these (implicit for all these numbers is that they correspond to Berlin post offices [postal code in bracket as read from cover]): 126 / 4 [10115] / 10 [10585] / 304 [10779] / 62 [10827] / 443 [12051] / 42 [12099] / [12101] / 427 [12105] / 480 [12279] / 47 [12539] / Berlin-Kopenick [12555] / Berlin-Hohenschonhausen-3 [13051] / Berlin-Hohenschonhausen-2 [13055] / Berlin-Pankow [13187] / 510 [13405] / 26 [13437] / 260 [13439] / 27 [13507] / 271 [13507] / 20 [13581] / 201 [13589] / 301 [13589] / 191 [14039] / 332 [14195] / Potsdam 90 [14482] |
Article 59: Germany Hyperinflation Issue: the 250,000 Mark value on cover Here I show some covers with the 250,000 Mark value, which is amongst the most common on cover, along with one cover with 2,000,000 Mark values. I am not an INFLA expert. Therefore, all of the items shown here are presumed fake before declared genuine. This is especially the case for a few blocks I am showing as well. Quick links are for the main page, covers with rates of 250,000 Marks (September 27, 1923), 350,000 Marks (Late September, 1923), 750,000 Marks (September 22, 1923), 2,000,000 Marks (October 6, 1923), 4,000,000 Marks (November 2, 1923: seems too late for such a "low" rate), two covers; 6,000,000 Marks (cover 1, October 2, 1923) (cover 2, October 8, 1923), 7,000,000 Marks (October 12, 1923), and a whopping 40,000,000 Marks (October 11, 1923), which stands out as suspicious for the date, and blocks of the 1,000,000,000 Mark value, and of the 10,000,000,000 Mark value. |
Article 91: A small 1970s correspondence from Germany to Chicago Here is a small correspondence of registered covers from various cities in Germany to a single address in Chicago.
Most of the definitives are from the Castles series, and some are from the Technik series. Quick links:
main / cover 1 / cover 5 / cover 6 / cover 7 / cover 10 / cover 11 / cover 13 / cover 14 / cover 15 / cover 22 / cover 28 / cover 29 |
Article 110: Germany Sites 4,50 DM from Kiloware Here is a group of the Sites 4,50 DM from kiloware. Quick links: main page / 4-digit postmarks / postmarks by region: 00 and 10 / 20 and 30 / 40 and 50 / 60 and 70 / 80 and 90 |
Article 144: Bavaria (German State) 3 Kreuzer Red Brown I show here three specimens, with highlights of the design, backscans, highlights of the postmarks, and details showing plate flaws.Quick links: main page / postmarked "12" specimen / postmarked "142" specimen / postmarked "102" specimen |
Article 164: Germania Definitives This series received use in Germany between 1900 and the early 1920s. The specimens shown here are from the more common printings. Quick links: first page / second page |
Article 171: Bavaria First Issue, three items The three items shown here are a single 1 kreuzer Orange, a 6 kreuzer Brown on cover, and a 9 kreuzer Lime Green on cover. The 9 kreuzer cover is shown below. Quick links: main page / 6 kreuzer on cover / letter for 6 kreuzer cover / 9 kreuzer on cover |
Article 235: A sheet of the 10 milliarden Green Germany Infla stamp This is one of the most beautiful Germany Infla stamps, and is from the last issue of the series. This stamp was priced at 10 British billions (10 milliarden in German) in December of 1923, at the height of the hyperinflationary period that began in September of that year.
Quick links: main page /
plate errors to the 10 /
plate errors to the M of Milliarden /
other plate errors |
Article 254: Germany Butterfly Semipostals Germany is one of the most important issuer of semipostal stamps in the world. This iconic issue depicts butterfliies. Quick links: first page / second page |
Article 313: Germany Inflation 'INFLA' Stamps This small selection shown the '10 M 10' overprint stamps. These stamps, by virtue of how common they are, should be genuine. Expertizing these postmarks is best left to the specialists. |
Article 327: Germany Pacquebot Covers Part 1 These covers were mailed on the high seas, and contain interesting uses of German stamps outside of Germany. Quick links: first page / second page |
Article 372: Second installment of Germany Pacquebot covers Here is a small selection of these covers ( first page / second page ) |