Postage stamps from 1948 issued by Deutsche Post Berlin

The 1948 postage stamps issued by Deutsche Post Berlin comprised 20 definitive stamps ; no special stamps were issued in Berlin this year . All issues were overprinted postage stamps of the Allied occupation (1947–1948, MiNr. 943–962) and had the diagonally black overprint "BERLIN".

History of the post in Berlin

Main article: Postal history and postage stamps of Berlin

From August 2, 1945, there was a restricted, official postal service in Greater Berlin, which had to be adapted to the new circumstances from March 20, 1948, when the Soviet representative left the Allied command and thus ended Germany's four-power government. In addition, parcel and parcel shipping between Berlin and the four occupation zones was interrupted. On June 20, 1948, the currency reform was carried out in West Germany , the Soviet occupation decreed its monetary reform for June 23, 1948 in the Eastern Zone and Greater Berlin. The western allies declared the decision regarding Greater Berlin null and void. On June 25, the Deutsche Mark of the Bank deutscher Länder was introduced as legal tender in the western sectors of Berlin. The day before, on June 24th, 1948, the stamps of the Bizone - Control Council series 1947 with postal squirrel imprint - were handed in at the counters of the post offices in Berlin (West) . The Eastern Zone did not recognize these postage stamps and declared them and the entire postal administration in Berlin (West) to be illegal. On September 1, 1948, the following new stamps with the black overprint "BERLIN" were issued in Berlin (West).

The issues of the Allied and Soviet occupation zones were also valid for postage until March 21, 1949 , after which only Berlin's own postage stamps and postage stamps from the western zone and the then-founded Federal Republic of Germany were allowed for postage.

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 (1948)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Postage stamp series II with black imprint planter Original edition March 1, 1947, MiNr. 943	2	September 3	March 31, 1949	4,500,000	fire	1
	planter Original edition March 1, 1947, MiNr. 944	6th	September 3	March 31, 1949	9,000,000	fire	2
	sower Original edition March 1, 1947, MiNr. 945	8th	September 3	March 31, 1949	6,400,000	Luckenbach	3
	sower Original edition February 1, 1948, MiNr. 946	10	September 3	March 31, 1949	6,600,000	Luckenbach	4th
	Workers Original edition March 1, 1947, MiNr. 947	12	September 3	March 31, 1949	11,000,000	Rogmann	5
	planter Original edition February 1, 1948, MiNr. 948	15th	September 3	March 31, 1949	2,800,000	fire	6th
	Bricklayer and farmer's wife Original edition March 1, 1947, MiNr. 949	16	September 3	March 31, 1949	10,000,000	Banach	7th
	sower Original edition March 1, 1947, MiNr. 950	20th	September 3	March 31, 1949	3,300,000	Luckenbach	8th
	Bricklayer and farmer's wife Original edition March 1, 1947, MiNr. 951	24	September 3	March 31, 1949	11,200,000	Banach	9
	planter Original edition March 1, 1947, MiNr. 952	25th	September 3	March 31, 1949	1,200,000	fire	10
	Workers Original edition February 1, 1948, MiNr. 953	30th	September 3	March 31, 1949	2,300,000	Rogmann	11
	sower Original edition March 1, 1947, MiNr. 954	40	September 3	March 31, 1949	2,900,000	Luckenbach	12
	Bricklayer and farmer's wife Original edition February 1, 1948, MiNr. 955	50	September 3	March 31, 1949	3,600,000	Banach	13
	Workers Original edition March 1, 1947, MiNr. 956	60	September 3	March 31, 1949	3,900,000	Rogmann	14th
	Workers Original edition March 1, 1947, MiNr. 957	80	September 3	March 31, 1949	2,700,000	Rogmann	15th
	Bricklayer and farmer's wife Original edition March 1, 1947, MiNr. 958	84	September 3	March 31, 1949	1,500,000	Banach	16
	Hands and dove of peace Original edition May 1, 1947, MiNr. 959	1 mark	September 6th	March 31, 1949	1,300,000	Höpner	17th
	Hands and dove of peace Original edition May 1, 1947, MiNr. 960	2 marks	September 6th	March 31, 1949	1,100,000	Höpner	18th
	Hands and dove of peace Original edition May 1, 1947, MiNr. 961	3 marks	September 6th	March 31, 1949	900,000	Höpner	19th
	Hands and dove of peace Original edition February 1, 1948, MiNr. 962	5 marks	September 6th	March 31, 1949	1,000,000	Höpner	20th