Postage stamp issues of the French zone Baden

Reconstruction of Freiburg im Breisgau (block numbers 1A and 1B)

German Red Cross (block number 2)

The stamp issues from the French zone of Baden were issued between May 1, 1947 and October 4, 1949. Before that, general editions were published between 1945 and 1947 that were valid in the entire French occupation zone, including today's Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland .

The total of 57 stamps and three stamp blocks, each with four stamps of the Allied Occupation Power , differ in two series. The first series (Michel numbers 1 to 13) was issued in Reichsmark currency from May 1947 and was valid until June 20, 1948. After that, only tenfold frankings were tolerated in very rare cases until June 23, 1948. With the currency reform and the introduction of the Deutsche Mark , new editions became necessary. The brands with the same motif differ mainly in their changed colors and in some cases new value levels. From October 3, 1949, these stamps could be used in the entire federal territory ( Trizone ) and in the Austrian customs-free areas ( Kleinwalsertal and Jungholz ) and from October 27, 1949 also in the western sectors of Berlin until the respective end of validity, a maximum of 31. March 1950.

By order 191/1949 of the central post office of the French zone, the postage stamps of the Federal Republic of Germany were also sold in Baden from September 19, 1949 . The compulsory surcharge mark Notopfer Berlin had to be used on July 1 and 2, 1949 and then from July 17, 1949 to March 31, 1956. Loud bathroom. Law and Ordinance Gazette 28/1949 of June 21, 1949, the income was intended not only for Berlin but also for Kehl .

The collecting area is closed philatelically. The Association of German Philatelists has its own working group on this topic.

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 postage value of the individual stamp:

Rpf = Pfennig to the Reichsmark , on the stamps only indicated as Pf.

ℛℳ = Reichsmark

Pf = Pfennig to the German mark

DM = German Mark

• Issue Date : The first date this stamp was sold.
• Valid until : This stamp could be used for franking up to this date .
• 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.
• Wed no. : This stamp is listed in the Michel catalog under the corresponding number.

Brands (values ​​in Reichsmarks)
image	description	value	Issue date	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Personalities and views from Baden (I) Johann Peter Lever	2 Rpf	December 1947	June 20, 1948	7,200,000	Vytautas Kazimieras Jonynas	1
	Bodensee traditional costume girl	3 Rpf	December 1947	June 20, 1948	10,100,000	Jonynas	2
	Hans Baldung	10 Rpf	December 1947	June 20, 1948	7,100,000	Jonynas	3
	Johann Peter Lever	12 Rpf	May 10, 1947	June 20, 1948	37,200,000	Jonynas	4th
	Bodensee traditional costume girl	15 Rpf	December 1947	June 20, 1948	10,000,000	Jonynas	5
	Rastatt Castle	16 Rpf	December 1947	June 20, 1948	6,000,000	Jonynas	6th
	Hans Baldung	20 Rpf	January 1948	June 20, 1948	10,100,000	Jonynas	7th
	Rastatt Castle	24 Rpf	May 1, 1947	June 20, 1948	35,000,000	Jonynas	8th
	Bodensee traditional costume girl	45 Rpf	July 1947	June 20, 1948	5,000,000	Jonynas	9
	Johann Peter Lever	60 Rpf	January 1948	June 20, 1948	5,000,000	Jonynas	10
	Hans Baldung	75 Rpf	June 1947	June 20, 1948	5,000,000	Jonynas	11
	Höllental in the Black Forest	84 Rpf	August 1947	June 20, 1948	5,000,000	Jonynas	12
	Freiburg Minster	1 ℛℳ	August 1947	June 20, 1948	5,000,000	Jonynas	13
Brands (values ​​in Deutsche Mark)
image	description	values	Issue date	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Personalities and views from Baden (II) Johann Peter Lever	2 pf	June 21, 1948	December 31, 1949	unknown	Jonynas	14th
	Bodensee traditional costume girl	6 pf	June 21, 1948	December 31, 1949	unknown	Jonynas	15th
	Black Forest girl	8 pf	July 1948	December 31, 1949	unknown	Jonynas	16
	Hans Baldung	10 pf	July 1948	December 31, 1949	unknown	Jonynas	17th
	Johann Peter Lever	12 Pf	June 21, 1948	December 31, 1949	unknown	Jonynas	18th
	Bodensee traditional costume girl	15 Pf	June 21, 1948	December 31, 1949	unknown	Jonynas	19th
	Rastatt Castle	16 Pf	August 1948	December 31, 1949	unknown	Jonynas	20th
	Hans Baldung	20 pf	August 1948	December 31, 1949	unknown	Jonynas	21st
	Rastatt Castle	24 Pf	June 21, 1948	December 31, 1949	unknown	Jonynas	22nd
	Black Forest girl	30 Pf	July 1948	December 31, 1949	unknown	Jonynas	23
	Stéphanie de Beauharnais	50 pf	June 21, 1948	December 31, 1949	unknown	Jonynas	24
	Johann Peter Lever	60 pf	August 1948	December 31, 1949	unknown	Jonynas	25th
	Höllental in the Black Forest	84 Pf	July 1948	December 31, 1949	unknown	Jonynas	26th
	Freiburg Minster	1 DM	July 1948	December 31, 1949	unknown	Jonynas	27
	Personalities and views from Baden (III) Johann Peter Lever	2 pf	November 1948	December 31, 1949	unknown	Jonynas	28
	Rastatt Castle	4 pf	November 1948	December 31, 1949	unknown	Jonynas	29
	Bodensee traditional costume girl	5 pf	November 1948	December 31, 1949	unknown	Jonynas	30th
	Bodensee traditional costume girl	6 pf	November 1948	December 31, 1949	unknown	Jonynas	31
	Black Forest girl	8 pf	July 1949	December 31, 1949	unknown	Jonynas	32
	Hans Baldung	10 pf	November 1948	December 31, 1949	unknown	Jonynas	33
	Hans Baldung	20 pf	November 1948	December 31, 1949	unknown	Jonynas	34
	Rastatt Castle	40 Pf	December 1948	December 31, 1949	unknown	Jonynas	35
	Johann Peter Lever	80 Pf	December 1948	December 31, 1949	unknown	Jonynas	36
	Höllental in the Black Forest	90 Pf	January 1949	December 31, 1949	unknown	Jonynas	37
	Reconstruction of the city of Freiburg im Breisgau Kornhaus in Freiburg	4 + 16 Pf	March 24, 1949	October 20, 1949	120,495	Lockpick	38A
	Freiburg Minster	10 + 20 Pf	March 24, 1949	October 20, 1949	123.458	Lockpick	39A
	Trumpet Angel Freiburg	20 + 30 Pf	March 24, 1949	October 20, 1949	121,529	Lockpick	40A
	Fischbrunnen Freiburg	30 + 50 Pf	March 24, 1949	October 20, 1949	117,783	Lockpick	41A
	Charity issue for the benefit of the German Red Cross Baden coat of arms	10 + 20 Pf	February 25, 1949	September 15, 1949	600,000	Eugen Bargatzky	42A
	Baden coat of arms	20 + 40 Pf	February 25, 1949	September 15, 1949	600,000	Eugen Bargatzky	43A
	Baden coat of arms	30 + 60 Pf	February 25, 1949	September 15, 1949	600,000	Eugen Bargatzky	44A
	Baden coat of arms	40 + 80 Pf	February 25, 1949	September 15, 1949	600,000	Eugen Bargatzky	45A
	International Engineering Congress Constance 1949 Cityscape	30 Pf	June 22, 1949	January 31, 1950	125,250	dog	46
	Special charity edition for the 200th birthday of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Relief by Johann Peter Melchior (1775)	10 + 5 Pf	August 12, 1949	March 31, 1950	400,000	unknown	47
	Drawing by Johann Heinrich Lips (1791)	20 + 10 Pf	August 12, 1949	March 31, 1950	400,000	unknown	48
	Relief by Angelika Facius after a bust by Rauch (1820)	30 + 15 Pf	August 12, 1949	March 31, 1950	400,000	unknown	49
	100th anniversary of the Baden Revolution Carl Schurz	10 + 5 Pf.	August 24, 1949	March 31, 1950	400,000	Jonynas	50
	Carl Schurz	20 + 10 Pf.	August 24, 1949	March 31, 1950	400,000	Jonynas	51
	Carl Schurz	30 + 15 Pf.	August 24, 1949	March 31, 1950	400,000	Jonynas	52
	100th anniversary of the death of Conradin Kreutzer (1780–1849)	10 pf.	August 27, 1949	March 31, 1950	400,000	Thorweger	53
	100 years of German postage stamps Four in hand - stagecoach	10 pf.	September 17, 1949	March 31, 1950	400,000	Meyer	54
	Post bus and plane	20 pf	September 17, 1949	March 31, 1950	400,000	Pixa	55
	75 years of the Universal Postal Union Post horn , globe, branch of peace	20 pf	October 4, 1949	March 31, 1950	400,000	Meyer and Pixa	56
	Post horn, globe, branch of peace	30 Pf	October 4, 1949	March 31, 1950	400,000	Meyer and Pixa	57

Postal stationery

The definitive stamps designed by Professor Jonynas were also used for the most common postcard postage levels. There were a total of six different main editions. From October 3 to December 31, 1949, these postcards could also be sent from the other federal states of the Federal Republic of Germany. All postcards were produced in the Franz Burda (today: Hubert Burda Media ) print shop in Offenburg .

image	Value in pennies	Issue date	Postal stationery type	Printing process	particularities	Michel no.
	8th	May 1949	postcard			P 1
	10	May 1949	postcard			P 2
	20th	May 1949	postcard			P 3
	8/8	May 1949	Postcard with reply card			P 4
	10/10	May 1949	Postcard with reply card			P 5
	20/20	May 1949	Postcard with reply card			P 6

literature

• Michel catalogs Schwaneberger, Munich:
  • Letters catalog Germany 1991 , ISBN 3-87858-445-8 .
  • Germany 1992/93 , ISBN 3-87858-021-5 .
  • Germany-Special 1999 , ISBN 3-87858-132-7 .
  • Postal stationery catalog Germany 1999 , ISBN 3-87858-632-9 .
  • Germany-Special 2004 - Volume 2: From May 1945 (Allied occupation up to FRG) , ISBN 3-87858-143-2

See also

General history:

• Germany 1945 to 1949
• Allied Control Council

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michel Germany Special 2004, Volume 2, p. 786
2. ↑ Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Französische Zone eV ( Memento of the original from August 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the Bund Deutscher Philatelisten eV  
3. ↑ Michel-postal stationery catalog Germany 1999, p. 375

Web links

Commons : stamp issues of the French zone Baden 1947  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Commons : stamp issues of the French zone Baden 1948  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamp issues of the French zone Baden 1949  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files