Capitals of the federal states of the Federal Republic of Germany

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Under the name the capitals of the states of the Federal Republic of Germany which gave German Federal Post twelve different stamps out in 1964 and the 1965th Basically, noteworthy buildings from these cities were shown; but there were also general presentations, such as in Hamburg , Kiel and Stuttgart . All issues were valid until December 31, 1966. This series was only available as a sheet of stamps .

Despite the reservation of the former occupation powers, Berlin was a state of the Federal Republic of Germany according to the case law of the Federal Constitutional Court . The chosen motif of the stamp shows the Reichstag building . This edition was the only version issued by the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin .

Although not a capital of a federal state, there was a postage stamp with a motif of the then federal capital Bonn .

List of issues and motives

All motifs were designed by Heinz Schillinger .

description Values in
pennies 		Issue date Wed no.
Bund,
Berlin
Hanover , Old Town Hall ( Lower Saxony ) 20th April 29, 1964 416
Hamburg , Hafen (Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg) 20th May 6, 1964 417
Kiel , ferry port ( Schleswig-Holstein ) 20th May 6, 1964 418
Munich , National Theater ( Bavaria ) 20th May 6, 1964 419
Wiesbaden , Kurhaus ( Hesse ) 20th May 6, 1964 420
Berlin , Reichstag ( Berlin ) 20th September 19, 1964 421
236
Mainz , Gutenberg Museum ( Rhineland-Palatinate ) 20th September 25, 1964 422
Düsseldorf , Jan Wellem Monument ( North Rhine-Westphalia ) 20th October 24, 1964 423
Bonn , City Hall ( Federal Republic of Germany ) 20th May 17, 1965 424
Bremen , City Hall ( Free Hanseatic City of Bremen ) 20th May 17, 1965 425
Stuttgart , city ​​view ( Baden-Württemberg ) 20th May 17, 1965 426
Saarbrücken , Ludwigskirche ( Saarland ) 20th October 23, 1965 427

Commemorative coin series

Since 2006, today's federal states have been honored annually with a 2 euro commemorative coin . Two of the motifs chosen on the stamps were also used on the commemorative coins: in 2009 the Ludwig Church for Saarland and in 2010 the Bremen Town Hall .

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