Postage stamps from 1905 issued by the Deutsche Reichspost

In the postage stamp year 1905 of the Deutsche Reichspost , fifteen definitive stamps were issued. The fourteen definitive stamps from 1902 of the Germania series with ten stamps and four of the brands Representative Representations of the German Empire have now been printed on paper with watermarks. A new value for the Germania series is 60 Pfennig, which, however, together with the value of 3 Marks, was not officially issued until 1911. In addition, there were six official stamps for Baden , the design of the frame is identical to the Germania stamps .

As a definitive stamp series, four Germania values ​​were also used on postal stationery as value stamps for postcards , card letters and pneumatic tube envelopes .

Before the stamps with the inscription Deutsches Reich there were the series with the inscription Reichspost , these were valid until December 31, 1902.

Hints:

Philatelists differentiate between the definitive series Germania and Representative Representations of the German Empire in the sub-series Peace Print from 1905 and War Print from 1915, whose print and paper quality is noticeably poorer due to the shortage during the First World War . The stamps are marked with attached Roman numerals I (peace) and II (war pressure). Only No. 83 at 2 Pfennig was only issued as a so-called peace print in 1905. Since otherwise the 1915 stamp year of the Deutsche Reichspost is identical to that of 1905, this article applies to both years.

The fees for the mail between January 1, 1875 and June 30, 1906 were as follows:

• Postcards: 5 pfennigs
• Long-distance letters: 10 pfennigs (up to 20 g) and 20 pfennigs (up to 250 g)
• Registered mail: 20 pfennigs
• Return receipt: 20 pfennigs

To classify the remaining purchasing power at the time, see article: Goldmark .

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.

Definitive stamps
image	description	Values in pennies	Issue date (1905)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Definitive series: Germania	2	October	October 31, 1922	unknown	Paul Eduard Waldraff	83
		3	October	October 31, 1922	unknown	Paul Eduard Waldraff	84
		5	October	October 31, 1922	unknown	Paul Eduard Waldraff	85
		10	October	October 31, 1922	unknown	Paul Eduard Waldraff	86
		20th	October	October 31, 1922	unknown	Paul Eduard Waldraff	87
		25th	October	October 31, 1922	unknown	Paul Eduard Waldraff	88
		30th	October	October 31, 1922	unknown	Paul Eduard Waldraff	89
		40	October	October 31, 1922	unknown	Paul Eduard Waldraff	90
		50	October	October 31, 1922	unknown	Paul Eduard Waldraff	91
		60	September 30, 1911	October 31, 1922	unknown	Paul Eduard Waldraff	92
		80	October	October 31, 1922	unknown	Paul Eduard Waldraff	93
	Definitive series: Representative representations of the German Empire Reich Post Office in Berlin	1 mark	December	October 31, 1922	unknown	C. Frenzel	94
	Symbolic representations of north and south Detail from the painting Victoria by Anton von Werner	2 marks	December	October 31, 1922	unknown	W. Lipinsky	95
	Unveiling of the Kaiser Wilhelm I monument in Berlin, based on a painting by W. Pape	3 marks	March 21, 1911	October 31, 1922	unknown	Reichsdruckerei	96
	Commemoration of the founding of the empire in the white hall of the Berlin Palace , based on a painting by W. Pape	5 marks	December	October 31, 1922	unknown	Reichsdruckerei	97
Official stamps
image	description	Values in pennies	Issue date (1905)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Badges for Baden Frame of the Germania brands inscription Frei by detachment No. 16	2	January 1st	December 31, 1905	unknown	unknown	9
		3	January 1st	December 31, 1905	unknown	unknown	10
		5	January 1st	December 31, 1905	unknown	unknown	11
		10	January 1st	December 31, 1905	unknown	unknown	12
		20th	January 1st	December 31, 1905	unknown	unknown	13
		25th	January 1st	December 31, 1905	unknown	unknown	14th

1911 92 I.	Detail in comparison	1915 92 II

literature

• Michel catalog
  • Germany special
  • Letters catalog Germany
  • Postal stationery catalog Germany
• Andreas Hahn: Simple and gripping - the post horn series and the earlier stamp design of the Deutsche Bundespost , in Das Archiv , Ed .: DGPT 1/2009, p. 22 ff

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michel Germany Special 1999, p. 320
2. ↑ The Germania stamps from 1905 are identical to the stamps from 1902 except for the watermark (1902: no WZ, from 1905 WZ diamonds ). Some of the images here are therefore also taken from the series from 1902, as the content of the images is identical.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Although the 60 Pfennig and 3 Mark stamps were not issued until 1911, they belong to this set and therefore also to the 1905 year

Web links

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