Stamp year 1953 of the Saarland

The Saarland's 1953 stamp year comprised 7  special stamps . The definitive stamp series Views from Saarland was supplemented by a further nine issues.

After the Second World War , Saarland was a semi-autonomous country under the protectorate of France from December 1947 to the end of 1956 . Since it was economically attached to France (until July 1959), the French franc was the currency.

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 franking value of the individual stamp in Saar francs . 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	Values in francs	Issue date (1953)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Saarmesse Part of the exhibition grounds and Burbacher Hut	15th	March 23	March 31, 1955	1,500,000	H. Ring	341
	day of the stamp Bavarian and Prussian postilion around 1900	15th	May 3rd	April 30, 1955	350,000	Hermann Mees	342
	Red Cross 125th birthday of Henry Dunant (1828–1910)	15 + 5	May 3rd	April 30, 1955	300,000	French postage stamp printing company	343
	Volkshilfe Titian : Clarice Strozzi	15 + 5	November 16	October 31, 1955	250,000	French postage stamp printing company	344
	Peter Paul Rubens : Caritas Detail	18 + 7	November 16	October 31, 1955	250,000	French postage stamp printing company	345
	Peter Paul Rubens: The child with the bird	30 + 10	November 16	October 31, 1955	250,000	French postage stamp printing company	346
	Benedictine Abbey of St. Mauritius (Tholey) Fresco from the Montecassino monastery : St. Benedict sends St. Maurus to expand the order	30 + 10	December 18th	December 31, 1955	300,000	Schmidt	347
Definitive stamps
image	description	Values in francs	Issue date (1953)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Definitive series views from the Saarland (also called Saar V ) Shaft system	1	March 12, 1953	June 30, 1957	4,220,278	Scratch	319
	Ludwigsgymnasium Saarbrücken	2	March 13, 1953	June 30, 1957	4,978,874	Hermann Mees	320
	Bridge in Gersweiler	3	May 3, 1953	June 30, 1957	5,143,453	Frantzen	321
	Mettlacher Bridge	6th	August 1, 1953	June 30, 1957	4,947,790	Grittmann	324
	Ludwigsgymnasium Saarbrücken	10	December 19, 1953	June 30, 1957	2,969,768	Hermann Mees	325
	Main post office Saarbrücken	12	March 12, 1953	June 30, 1957	16,221,735	Geis	326
	Shaft system (with inscription at the bottom)	15th	November 1953	June 30, 1957	13,980,000	Scratch	328
	Saarbrücken University library building	30th	May 3, 1953	June 30, 1957	8,936,890	Hermann Mees	332
	Ludwigskirche Saarbrücken	500	August 1, 1953	June 30, 1957	207,305	Frantzen	337

See also

• Postage stamps from 1953 issued by the Deutsche Bundespost
• Postage stamps from 1953 from Deutsche Post Berlin
• Postage stamps from 1953 from the GDR Deutsche Post

literature

• Michel catalog Germany 2006/2007 (paperback), Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH (2006), ISBN 3-87858-035-5

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Although most of the stamps in this edition were not issued until 1953, 1954 or even 1955, they belong to this set and thus to the year 1952

Web links

Commons : Postage stamps from Saarland from 1947 to 1959  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps of Germany from 1953  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps from other countries 1953  - Collection of images, videos and audio files