Postage stamp issues of the French zone in Germany

After the Second World War , southwest Germany was under French administration as the French occupation zone from April 1945 . From December 1945 a new series with 13 definitive stamps was issued. From spring 1947 local editions of the four regions of Baden , Württemberg-Hohenzollern and Rhineland-Palatinate as well as Saarland followed .

List of issues and motives

Image : An edited image of the brand mentioned. The ratio of the size of the stamps to each other is shown approximately to scale in this article.
Description : A brief description of the motif and / or the reason for the issue. In the case of issued series or blocks , the descriptions that belong together are indented with a marker.
Values : The face value of the individual stamp, still in Reichsmark currency .
Issue Date : The first date this stamp was sold.
Valid until : After this date the mark could no longer be used.
Edition : As far as known, the number of this edition offered for sale is given here.
Design : As far as is known, it is stated here who designed this brand.
MiNr. : This stamp is listed in the Michel catalog under the corresponding number.

Definitive stamps
image	description	Values in pennies	Issue date	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Community edition of the French zone Coat of arms of the Rhineland	1	January 11, 1946	June 20, 1948	21,600,000	Robert Louis	1
	Coat of arms of the Palatinate	3	January 11, 1946	June 20, 1948	44,800,000	Robert Louis	2
	Coat of arms of Württemberg	5	January 11, 1946	June 20, 1948	53,600,000	Robert Louis	3
	Baden's coat of arms	8th	January 11, 1946	June 20, 1948	43,300,000	Robert Louis	4th
	Coat of arms of the Rhineland	10	December 17, 1945	June 20, 1948	1,137,000	Robert Louis	5
	Coat of arms of the Palatinate	12	December 17, 1945	June 20, 1948	90,400,000	Robert Louis	6th
	Saarbrücken coat of arms	15th	January 11, 1946	June 20, 1948	22,300,000	Robert Louis	7th
	Coat of arms of Württemberg	20th	December 17, 1945	June 20, 1948	25,100,000	Robert Louis	8th
	Saarbrücken coat of arms	24	January 11, 1946	June 20, 1948	64,700,000	Robert Louis	9
	Baden's coat of arms	30th	December 17, 1945	June 20, 1948	20,500,000	Robert Louis	10
	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe	1 mark	December 17, 1945	June 20, 1948	1,044,325	Achille Ouvré	11
	Friedrich Schiller	2 marks	April 1, 1946	June 20, 1948	1,032,175	Achille Ouvré	12
	Heinrich Heine	5 marks	April 1, 1946	June 20, 1948	1,015,200	Achille Ouvré	13

Michel catalog Germany 2006/2007 (paperback), Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH (2006), ISBN 3-87858-035-5
Catalog de cotations des timbres des bureaux français, anciennes colonies, et zones d'occupation en Europe et Asie , Paris, Dallay Verlag, 2006–2007, pages 84–85 (on the postage stamps of the French zone).

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