Pictures from Germany (stamp series)

Pictures from Germany is a series of stamps from the Federal Republic of Germany, which shows the beauty and diversity of German landscapes with striking examples. It must not be confused with the stamp series Pictures from German Cities .

The first stamps appeared at the time of the German Federal Post Office in 1993 and by 2003 all stamps were designed by Heinz Schillinger (1929–2008). After a three-year break, Deutsche Post AG continued the series on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Finance with a 2006 block edition, which was designed by Joachim Rieß .

Almost all of the stamps designed by Heinz Schillinger were produced using offset printing in the Bundesdruckerei Berlin with a 13 3/4 to 14 comb perforation. In the first two years of issue 1993 and 1994, the stamps were still printed in normal stamp sheets with 25 stamps per sheet in 5 × 5 format. After the switch to small sheets, only 10 stamps per sheet in the 2 × 5 format were printed. The last stamp of the series designed by Heinz Schillinger from 2003 was printed by the Schwann-Bagel printing company in Düsseldorf with a 13 to 13½ comb perforation.

At the time of issue, all postage stamps had the value for a standard letter within Germany. The stamps issued on August 28, 1997 had already anticipated the postage increase on September 1, 1997. Standard letters were overpaid at 10 pfennigs between Thursday, August 28th and Monday, September 1st.

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.
• Value: The postage value of the individual stamp in the currency unit specified in the table header. A "+" means that it is an additional stamp (= postage value + donation).
• Issue Date: The date this stamp was first sold.
• 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.
• Mi.-No .: This stamp is listed in the Michel catalog under the corresponding number.

Special stamps (in DM)
image	description	Values in pennies	Issue date	Edition	draft	Mi no.
	Episode I. Rügen , Cape Arkona	100	July 15, 1993	25,750,000	Heinz Schillinger	1684
	Harz , Goslar	100	July 15, 1993	26,300,000	Heinz Schillinger	1685
	Hohe Rhön , Wasserkuppe	100	July 15, 1993	22,660,000	Heinz Schillinger	1686
	Episode II Neuschwanstein Castle and view of the Alps	100	July 14, 1994	19,980,000	Heinz Schillinger	1742
	Ore Mountains	100	July 14, 1994	19,500,000	Heinz Schillinger	1743
	Maintal, Wertheim	100	July 14, 1994	19,550,000	Heinz Schillinger	1744
	Mecklenburg Lake District , Müritz National Park	100	July 14, 1994	19,735,000	Heinz Schillinger	1745
	Episode III Franconian Switzerland , Tüchersfeld	100	July 6, 1995	38,584,000 including 324,000 on ETB	Heinz Schillinger	1807
	Havel landscape in Berlin, Pfaueninsel	100	July 6, 1995	40,534,000 including 324,000 on ETB	Heinz Schillinger	1808
	Upper Lusatia , Zittau Mountains	100	July 6, 1995	37,894,000 of which 324,000 on ETB	Heinz Schillinger	1809
	Sauerland , Hallenberg	100	July 6, 1995	41,714,000 including 324,000 on ETB	Heinz Schillinger	1810
	Episode IV Holstein Switzerland , Plön Castle	100	April 11, 1996	31,170,000	Heinz Schillinger	1849
	Saale landscape in Thuringia	100	April 11, 1996	30,600,000	Heinz Schillinger	1850
	Spreewald , Leiper Graben	100	April 11, 1996	29,480,000	Heinz Schillinger	1851
	Eifel , Maria Laach Monastery	100	April 11, 1996	30,750,000	Heinz Schillinger	1852
	Episode V Bavarian forest	110	August 28, 1997	94,720,000 of which 293,200 on ETB	Heinz Schillinger	1943
	Lueneburg Heath	110	August 28, 1997	49,150,000 of which 293,200 on ETB	Heinz Schillinger	1944
	North German moorland	110	August 28, 1997	67,500,000 of which 293,200 on ETB	Heinz Schillinger	1945
	Episode VI View of the three-river city of Passau	110	March 16, 2000	25,000,000	Heinz Schillinger	2103
	Episode VII View of the Saar loop near Mettlach	110	September 14, 2000	29,000,000	Heinz Schillinger	2133

Similar special stamps (in DM)
image	description	Values in pennies	Issue date	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	belongs to the series: Pictures from German cities Gendarmenmarkt , Berlin	100	August 14, 1996	25,590,000	Heinz Schillinger	1877

Special stamps (in euros)
image	description	Values in euro cents	Issue date	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	Episode VIII Industrial landscape in the Ruhr area	55	July 10, 2003	29,000,000	Heinz Schillinger	2355
	Block edition: Black Forest	55	August 10, 2006	4,300,000 including 105,000 on ETB	Joachim Riess	Block 68 with 2554

literature

• Michel catalog , Germany Special 2004, Volume 2: From May 1945 (Allied occupation up to FRG)