Postage stamps from 1874 issued by the Deutsche Reichspost

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After no new postage stamps appeared in 1873, the postage stamp year 1874 of the Deutsche Reichspost is the second after 1872 in which postage stamps were issued in the German Reich. The common currency in the German Empire was the mark , but the postage stamps appeared until the end of 1874 with the two currency indications Taler and Groschen for Northern Germany and Gulden and Kreuzer for Southern Germany , as these were still in circulation. The two kingdoms of Bavaria and Württemberg retained their postal sovereignty until after the First World War and thus issued their own postage stamps (see Postal History and Postage Stamps of Bavaria and Postal History and Postage Stamps of Württemberg ).

In addition to the two currency indications "Kreuzer" and "Groschen", the issues are also differentiated philatelically according to the type of eagle coin . In the first phase, stamps with the so-called "small breast shield" and from June 1872 with the "large breast shield" were issued.

List of issues and motives

Legend

  • 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: In the north of the empire in thalers and groschen , in the south in guilders and cruisers .
  • Issue Date : The first date this stamp was sold.
  • Valid To : The date on which the validity ended.
  • 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.
Penny
image description Values in
groschen 		Issue
date (1874) 		Date of Expiry Edition draft MiNr.
DR 1874 29 gr breastplate imprint 2 1-2 Groschen.jpg large breastplate, groschen with print 2 ½ January 1st December 31, 1875 Shilling 29
cruiser
image description Values in
cruisers 		Issue
date (1874) 		Date of Expiry Edition draft MiNr.
DR 1874 30 gr breastplate imprint 9 Kreuzer.jpg large breastplate, cruiser with print 9 January 1st December 31, 1874 Shilling 30th

literature

  • Michel catalog Germany 2006/2007 (paperback), Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH (2006), ISBN 3-87858-035-5

Web links

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