Allied Control Council stamp issues

Stamp exhibition Berlin 1946 (block number 12A perforated)

Postage stamp exhibition Berlin 1946 (block number 12B imperforated)

The Allied Control Council's stamp issues were issued from the beginning of February 1946 to May 1948. Previously there were local editions in the Soviet occupation zone and joint editions in the American and British zones, so-called bizones . The French occupation zone issued its own brands between the war and the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany . The total of 57 stamps are divided into 47 definitives , three of them as a miniature sheet and ten special stamps , two of which as a tenant 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.
• Value: The face value of the individual stamp in pfennigs . A "+" means that it is an additional stamp (= postage value + donation).
• Issue Date: The date this stamp was first 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.
• Mi.-No .: This stamp is listed in the Michel catalog under the corresponding number.

Special stamps
image	description	Value in pennies	Issue date	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Leipzig Spring Fair 1947 Leipzig receives 1160 by Margrave Otto of Meissen , the market law	24 + 26	March 5, 1947	unknown	3,700,000	Erich Gruner	941
	Protection of foreign merchants by a decree of Margrave Dietrich von Landsberg , 1268	60 + 40	March 5, 1947	unknown	3,700,000	Erich Gruner	942
	50th anniversary of the death of Heinrich von Stephan (1831–1897) Portrait of Heinrich von Stephan	24	May 15, 1947	unknown	30,000,000	Goldhammer	963
	Portrait of Heinrich von Stephan	75	May 15, 1947	unknown	10,000,000	Goldhammer	964
	Leipzig Autumn Fair 1947 Granted the trade fair privilege in 1497 by Maximilian I.	12	September 2, 1947	unknown	10,000,000	Erich Gruner	965
	Estimate and collection of rent, 1365	75	September 2, 1947	unknown	10,000,000	Erich Gruner	966
	Leipzig Spring Fair 1948 Before the Customs Barriers, 1388	50	March 2, 1948	unknown	12,000,000	Erich Gruner	967
	Construction of stacking stores, 1433	84	March 2, 1948	unknown	12,000,000	Erich Gruner	968
	Export fair Hanover On the beam balance , sculpture by Adam Kraft	24	May 22, 1948	unknown	12,000,000	HW Hoepfner	969
	On the beam balance, sculpture by Adam Kraft	50	May 22, 1948	unknown	12,000,000	HW Hoepfner	970
Definitive stamps
image	description	Value in pennies	Issue date	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Definitive series of digits in oval	1	February 11, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	911
		2	April 19, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	912
		3	February 11, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	913
		4th	February 10, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	914
		5	February 7, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	915
		6th	February 12, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	916
		8th	February 11, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	917
		10	February 11, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	918
		12	February 2, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	919
		12	April 14, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	920
		15th	February 11, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	921
		15th	April 14, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	922
		16	February 11, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	923
		20th	February 11, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	924
		24	February 11, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	925
		25th	February 11, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	926
		25th	April 19, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	927
		30th	February 11, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	928
		40	February 11, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	929
		42	February 11, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	930
		45	April 20, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	931
		50	February 11, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	932
		60	February 11, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	933
		75	April 25, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	934
		80	February 11, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	935
		84	April 10, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	936
		1 mark	May 12, 1946	unknown	unknown	unknown	937
	Workers Tree planter	2	March 1, 1947	unknown	unknown	Ludwig Brand	943
	Tree planter	6th	March 1, 1947	unknown	unknown	Ludwig Brand	944
	sower	8th	March 1, 1947	unknown	unknown	Heinz Luckenbach	945
	sower	10	February 1, 1948	unknown	unknown	Heinz Luckenbach	946
	Workers	12	March 1, 1947	unknown	unknown	Joseph Rogmann	947
	Tree planter	15th	February 1, 1948	unknown	unknown	Ludwig Brand	948
	Bricklayer and farmer's wife	16	March 1, 1947	unknown	unknown	Gerd Banach	949
	sower	20th	March 1, 1947	unknown	unknown	Heinz Luckenbach	950
	Bricklayer and farmer's wife	24	March 1, 1947	unknown	unknown	Gerd Banach	951
	Tree planter	25th	March 1, 1947	unknown	unknown	Ludwig Brand	952
	Workers	30th	February 1, 1948	unknown	unknown	Joseph Rogmann	953
	sower	40	March 1, 1947	unknown	unknown	Heinz Luckenbach	954
	Bricklayer and farmer's wife	50	February 1, 1948	unknown	unknown	Gerd Banach	955
	Workers	60	March 1, 1947	unknown	unknown	Joseph Rogmann	956
	Workers	80	March 1, 1947	unknown	unknown	Joseph Rogmann	957
	Bricklayer and farmer's wife	84	March 1, 1947	unknown	unknown	Gerd Banach	958
	Hands , chain and dove of peace	1 mark	May 1, 1947	unknown	unknown	HW Hoepfner	959
	Hands, chain and dove of peace	2 marks	May 1, 1947	unknown	unknown	HW Hoepfner	960
	Hands, chain and dove of peace	3 marks	May 1, 1947	unknown	unknown	HW Hoepfner	961
	Hands, chain and dove of peace	5 marks	February 1, 1948	unknown	unknown	HW Hoepfner	962

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  MiNr. VZd1 overprint

Remarks

1. ↑ The brands are divided into type I rotogravure and type II intaglio printing
2. ↑ The stamps in this series were first introduced by the Allied Control Council and continued with further stamps from autumn 1948 to 1949 by the Soviet occupation zone and in 1950 by the GDR
3. ↑ ^{a b c} The stamps for 20 Pf, 24 Pf and 40 Pf were also issued as a block of stamps
4. ↑ The name of the designer is shown differently in publications:

   Here the representation of the Michel catalog is chosen.

   • Lipsia catalog of the GDR (1957): Gerd Barach
   • OFFICE OF MILITARY GOVERNMENT FOR GERMANY : Gerd Barach
5. ↑ Philatelists differentiate between two colors, the 956 in red, the A956 in reddish brown

See also

general story

• Germany 1945 to 1949
• Allied Control Council

literature

• Michel catalogs Schwaneberger, Munich:
  • Germany-Special 2004 - Volume 2: From May 1945 (Allied occupation up to FRG), ISBN 3-87858-143-2 .

Web links

Commons : Allied Control Council postage stamp issues  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Results of the competition for the appearance of the new stamps
• Jan Hohmann: Mr Leurquin's rehearsals on the design of the first and second control council series (PDF)
• arge-alliierter-kontrollrat.de: Auction review: The samples of Mr. Lerquin (PDF; 469 kB)
• Research, publications and overviews on the control board edition by Bernd Wallrafen