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Definitive Stamps

 1872 - 1874 1905 - 1915 1916 - 1918 1919 1920 1921 01. - 06.1922 07. - 12.1922 01. - 07.1923 08. - 09.1923 10. - 12.1923

Official Stamps

 1920 1921 - 1922 1923

Collection / German Empire / Mint Stamps / Definitive Stamps 1920

10.03.1920 General Post Office or "Union of North and South", Watermark Lozenges
94 B II A 113

Issue 1905:
engraving

Issue 1920:
offset printing
Wasserzeichen Rauten A113 a 113 114 a 114 a

Lozenges

1 Mark red

1,25 Mark
green

1,50 Mark
yellow brown

1,50 Mark
brown
115 b 115 b 115 d 115 e 115 f

2,50 Mark lilac red

2,50 Mark magenta

2,50 Mark dark
purple

2,50 Mark red lilac

2,50 Mark brown
lilac
113113

off centre stamp

06.1920 Surcharged, Watermark Lozenges
Wasserzeichen Rauten 116 a 117 118 a 118 b

Lozenges

1,25 Mark on
1 Mark green

1,50 Mark on
1 Mark brown

2,50 Mark on
2 Mark brown lilac

2,50 Mark on
2 Mark lilac rose
116 a116 b   116 a   117117

normal and thin overprint

  

sheet corner

  

off centre stamp

06.04.1920 Bavaria Overprinted "Deutsches Reich", Watermark Wavy Lines
Wasserzeichen waagrechte Wellenlinien 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128

Horizontal
Wavy Lines

5 Pfennig
light green

10 Pfennig
orange

15 Pfennig
red

20 Pfennig
violet

30 Pfennig
blue

40 Pfennig
brown

50 Pfennig
vermilion

60 Pfennig
blue green

75 Pfennig
wine red

80 Pfennig
blue
Wasserzeichen senkrechte Wellenlinien 129 130 131 132 133 I 133 II

Vertical
Wavy Lines

1 Mark
red/grey

1¼ Mark
blue/grey

1½ Mark
blue green/
grey

2 Mark
violet/
brown

2½ Mark
black/olive,
typographed

2½ Mark
black/olive,
lithographed
Wasserzeichen waagrechte Wellenlinien 134 135 136 137 138

Horizontal
Wavy Lines

3 Mark
pale blue

4 Mark
orange red

5 Mark
orange

10 Mark
olive green

20 Mark
olive black

19.01.1920 Germania, Watermark Lozenges

one printing plate

two printing plates

One Printing Plate
Wasserzeichen Rauten 140 a 140 a 140 b 140 c 141 142 a 142 b

Lozenges

5 Pfennig
light brown

5 Pfennig
brown

5 Pfennig
dark
brown

5 Pfennig
orange
brown

10 Pfennig
orange

15 Pfennig
brown red

15 Pfennig
carmine
brown
143 a 143 b 144 II 145 II 146 II 147 148 II 149 aII

20 Pfennig
green

20 Pfennig
dark green

30 Pfennig
blue

40 Pfennig
red

50 Pfennig
grey lilac

60 Pfennig
olive

75 Pfennig
rose lilac

80 Pfennig
ultramarine
145 b145 b   140 a   147 II   149 aII149 aII

rough perforation

  

sheet corner with
"Anlage" marking

  

sheet counter

  

off centre stamp

horizontal tete-beche pairs

horizontal tete-beche strips of 3 with blank field in between

Two Printing Plates
Wasserzeichen Rauten 144 I 145 I 146 I 148 I 149 I 150 151 a 152 153

Lozenges

30 Pfennig
blue

40 Pfennig
red

50 Pfennig
grey lilac

75 Pfennig
rose lilac

80 Pfennig
ultramarine

1 Mark
red violet/
grey green

1¼ Mark
orange red/
carmine lilac

2 Mark
lilac red/
blue

4 Mark
black/
red
151 a151 a   151 a

off centre center

  

top margin of sheet
rotary press print
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