Castles and palaces (definitive series)

Burgen und Schlösser is a German definitive stamp series , the issues of which were published from April 14, 1977 to July 15, 1982. The series appeared in rolls , but was also printed in booklets with stamps , and a small edition for collectors' purposes was also produced in sheets . Both the Bundespost and the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin issued 21 values each.

Although no new stamps appeared after 1982, and the follow-up series of sights covered the usual postage levels until 1989, individual values were reprinted until 1992. Editions from 1987 onwards were produced using the letterset printing process. There are six issues of the Bundespost and two issues of Berlin in letter set printing.

Furthermore, six motives of the West German brands as "value mark" for postal and picture postcards used in Berlin three subjects were issued more because of the Inner Berlin-Porto.

The Berlin stamps became invalid on December 31, 1991, the Bundespost stamps on June 30, 2002.

All brands were designed by Heinz Schillinger .

Motifs

Each postage stamp in the series shows a German castle or a German palace , in one color on a white background. The small portrait format of the stamps placed limits on accuracy. As a result, not all locks were shown in full size.

particularities

The stamps from the stamp booklet are cut at the top or bottom, depending on whether they come from the top or bottom row.
The series is very rich in accidental printing and plate defects.
With some brands there are minor color differences between the brands of Berlin and those of the Bundespost. Otherwise, the only difference between the values of Berlin is the word "Berlin" ; Motive and value are the same.
The series was the last series in which stamps of identical value were issued in order to comply with the agreement of the Universal Postal Treaty on the coloring of value levels (brown = domestic printed matter, green = domestic postcard, red = standard domestic letter and blue = standard foreign letter, the latter not being one “Double value step”) after the postage rates were increased on January 1, 1979.
During the production of this series of stamps, some values were printed on a type of paper that had different fluorescence. If the paper used was initially only given a fluorescent "coating" on the surface, the fluorescent components were added to the new paper during manufacture. Correspondingly specialized collectors differentiate between a number of values produced in letterpress printing, the type of paper of which can be recognized by different fluorescence and, in direct comparison, by the color of the paper (old: yellowish, new: pure white). However, they were not included in the catalogs, although the prints were officially marked as “with changed fluorescence”.
As with all brands, which were basically only produced in roll form, there was also a small edition in sheet form due to the perforation, which often did not meet the demands of collectors. This could only be purchased from the dispatch points for collector's stamps (later dispatch points for postage stamps). The horizontal pairs and marginal pieces of the stamps form a special collection area because they can be used to prove that the stamps come from sheets.

List of issues and motives

The values Bund and Berlin appear at the same time with the exception of the value of 20 Pf. The 20 Pf and 190 Pf values have the same motif.

All stamps were available in rolls and sheets, letterset prints were only available for rolls. Issues in stamp booklets were only cut at the top or bottom, so that there were only those stamps in stamp booklets that had an entry in the corresponding column.

A "PK" behind the Michel number means that the corresponding motif was used as a value stamp for a postal item (postcard or picture postcard).

Values in pennies	description	Issue date	Wed no. Bund, Berlin	Date of issues cut from stamp booklet above / below	Date of the letterset issue (only in rolls)	Date of the letterset issues cut from stamp booklet above / below
10	Glücksburg Castle	Apr. 14, 1977	913 532	June 1977	1987	1990 (federal only)
20th	Pfaueninsel Palace in Berlin	February 14, 1979 Berlin: April 14, 1977	995 533 PK	-	-	-
25th	Gemen Castle	Jan. 11, 1979	996 587	-	-	-
30th	Ludwigstein Castle	Apr. 14, 1977	914 534 PK	June 1977	1987	1990 (federal only)
35	Lichtenstein Castle	June 16, 1982	1139 673	-	-	-
40	Eltz Castle	Feb 16, 1977	915 PK 535 PK	-	-	-
40	Wolfsburg Castle	Feb. 14, 1980	1037 614 PK	-	-	-
50	Neuschwanstein Castle	17th May 1977	916 PK 536 PK	June 1977	-	-
50	Inzlinger moated castle	Feb. 14, 1980	1038 PK 615 PK	April 1980	1987 (federal only)	1990 (federal only)
60	Marksburg	July 14, 1977	917 PK 537 PK	-	-	-
60	Rheydt Castle	Nov 14, 1979	1028 PK 611 PK	October 1980	1987 (federal only)	-
70	Mespelbrunn moated castle	17th May 1977	918 PK 538 PK	-	-	-
80	Wilhelmsthal Castle	June 16, 1982	1140 674	June 1982	1987 (federal only)	-
90	Vischering Castle	Jan. 11, 1979	997 588	-	-	-
120	Schloss Charlottenburg	July 15, 1982	1141 675	-	-	-
190	Pfaueninsel Berlin Palace (like 20 Pf.)	Feb 16, 1977	919 539	-	-	-
200	Bürresheim Castle	Jan. 13, 1977	920 540	-	-	-
210	Schwanenburg Kleve	Feb. 14, 1979	998 589	-	-	-
230	Lichtenberg Castle	Nov 16, 1978	999 590	-	-	-
280	Ahrensburg Castle	July 15, 1982	1142 676	-	-	-
300	Herrenhausen Castle	June 16, 1982	1143 677	-	1987 (federal only)	-

swell

Michel catalogs
- Germany
- Postal stationery catalog Germany 1999

literature

Thomas Weimann: The “Castles and Palaces” study. Catalog, manual, motif information (= "sd" series on philately. Volume 2). Hobbing, Essen 1984, ISBN 3-920460-91-X .

Web links

Exemplary philatelic collection with the theme: "German castles and palaces - contemporary witnesses of legends and true stories"