Helper of humanity

The Helfer der Menschheit stamp series marked the beginning of the welfare stamps of the post-war Federal Republic of Germany and the Deutsche Bundespost . In the ten-year period, between 1949 and 1958, nine sets of four welfare stamps each were issued. While the first six sentences honored individual personalities, the last three sentences were more thematic: professions in medicine , mining and agriculture . From 1959 onwards, the Helfer der Menschheit (Helpers of Mankind) were replaced by the series Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm , however, on one stamp of this year there were portraits of the Brothers Grimm with the title Helfer der Menschheit , so that this brand set was both the “Helpers of Mankind” and the welfare stamps "fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm" counts.

In 1957 and 1958, at the same time, welfare stamps with the same motif were issued for the coal mining and agriculture series under the Oberpostdirektion of the federal state of Saarland . The stamps all bear the additional inscription Saarland , as well as values in F for Franc or Saar-Franconia .

The proceeds from the acceptance of the charity stamps go directly to charities.

List of issues and motives

The ratio of the size of the stamps to each other is shown approximately to scale in this article.

Helper of humanity
image	description	Values in Pfennig Saar-Franconia	Issue date	valid up to the federal state of Saarland	Edition federal Saarland	draft	MiNr. Federal Saarland
	Elisabeth of Thuringia (1207–1231) Landgravine , also called Elisabeth of Hungary , a saint of the Catholic Church	8 + 2	December 14, 1949	March 31, 1951	4,000,000	unknown	117
	Paracelsus of Hohenheim (1493–1541) Philippus Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim, doctor , alchemist , astrologer , mystic and philosopher	10 + 5	December 14, 1949	March 31, 1951	6,000,000	unknown	118
	Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852) Pedagogue , a student of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi	20 + 10	December 14, 1949	March 31, 1951	6,000,000	unknown	119
	Johann Hinrich Wichern (1808–1881) Theologian and founder of the Inner Mission of the Evangelical Church	30 + 15	December 14, 1949	March 31, 1951	4,000,000	unknown	120
	Vincent de Paul (1581-1660) Priest , he is considered the founder of modern Caritas	4 + 2	October 23, 1951	May 31, 1952	4,000,000	Hermann Zapf	143
	Friedrich von Bodelschwingh (1831–1910) Pastor and theologian	10 + 3	October 23, 1951	May 31, 1952	3,000,000	Hermann Zapf	144
	Elsa Brändström (1888–1948) Swedish philanthropist , known as the "Angel of Siberia " in the Russian prison camps of the First World War	20 + 5	October 23, 1951	May 31, 1952	3,000,000	Hermann Zapf	145
	Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827) Swiss educator , philanthropist , philosopher and politician	30 + 10	October 23, 1951	May 31, 1952	1,500,000	Hermann Zapf	146
	Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) British reformer of the prison system , known as the "Angel of the Prisons"	4 + 2	October 1, 1952	December 31, 1953	2,500,000	Leon Schnell	156
	Carl Sonnenschein (1876–1929) Catholic priest, "gypsy of charity"	10 + 5	October 1, 1952	December 31, 1953	3,500,000	Leon Schnell	157
	Theodor Fliedner (1800–1864) Protestant pastor , he is considered to be the renewer of the apostolic deaconess office	20 + 10	October 1, 1952	December 31, 1953	3,000,000	Piwczyk	158
	Henry Dunant (1828-1910) Humanist with a Christian character, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901	30 + 10	October 1, 1952	December 31, 1953	1,300,000	Leon Schnell	159
	August Hermann Francke (1663–1727) Protestant theologian , pedagogue and hymn poet	4 + 2	November 2, 1953	December 31, 1954	2,900,000	Fast	173
	Sebastian Kneipp (1821-1897) Theologian , hydrotherapist , eponym of Kneipp medicine	10 + 5	November 2, 1953	December 31, 1954	4,000,000	Hermann Zapf	174
	Johann Christian Senckenberg (1707–1772) Doctor and founder	20 + 10	November 2, 1953	December 31, 1954	3,150,000	Hermann Zapf	175
	Fridtjof Nansen (1861–1930) Norwegian polar explorer , zoologist , philanthropist , Nobel Peace Prize 1922	30 + 10	November 2, 1953	December 31, 1954	1,350,000	Hermann Zapf	176
	Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945) Artist , she made lithographs , etchings , copperplate engravings and woodcuts	7 + 3	December 28, 1954	December 31, 1955	3,100,000	Karl Hans Walter	200
	Lorenz Werthmann (1858–1921) Catholic priest and social politician, he was the founder and first president of the German Caritas Association	10 + 5	December 28, 1954	December 31, 1955	5,300,000	Karl Hans Walter	201
	Johann Friedrich Oberlin (1740-1826) Pastor from Alsace	20 + 10	December 28, 1954	December 31, 1955	3,700,000	Karl Hans Walter	202
	Bertha Pappenheim (1859–1936) Women's rights activist, social pioneer and founder of the Jewish Women's Association	40 + 10	December 28, 1954	December 31, 1955	1,550,000	Karl Hans Walter	203
	Amalie Sieveking (1794-1859) Co-founder of organized diakonia	7 + 3	November 15, 1955	December 31, 1956	3,500,000	Hubert Berke	222
	Adolph Kolping (1813-1865) Catholic priest and founder of the Kolping Society	10 + 5	November 15, 1955	December 31, 1956	6,000,000	Hubert Berke	223
	Samuel Hahnemann (1755–1843) Doctor , medical writer and translator , he is the founder of homeopathy	20 + 10	November 15, 1955	December 31, 1956	5,000,000	Hubert Berke	224
	Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) British nurse , considered a pioneer of modern nursing, honorary member of the American Statistical Association This stamp represents a small peculiarity in that the first name Florence was incorrectly printed as Florentine	40 + 10	November 15, 1955	December 31, 1956	1,600,000	Hubert Berke	225
	Medical professions Midwife with child	7 + 3	October 1, 1956	December 31, 1958	3,800,000	Bert Hunter	243
	Ignaz Semmelweis (1818–1865) Hungarian doctor , he was the first to introduce hygiene regulations for doctors and hospital staff	10 + 5	October 1, 1956	December 31, 1958	6,000,000	Bert Hunter	244
	Mother at the cradle	20 + 10	October 1, 1956	December 31, 1958	5,500,000	Bert Hunter	245
	Child sister with children playing	40 + 10	October 1, 1956	December 31, 1958	2,000,000	Bert Hunter	246
	Professions in coal mining Miner with miner's lamp	7 + 3 6 + 4	October 1, 1957	December 31, 1959 July 5, 1959	5,100,000 1,045,714	Bert Hunter	270 404
	Bergmann with Hammers	10 + 5 12 + 6	October 1, 1957	December 31, 1959 July 5, 1959	7,600,000 1,036,267	Bert Hunter	271 405
	Miner at the coal plane	20 + 10 15 + 7	October 1, 1957	December 31, 1959 July 5, 1959	7,350,000 1,058,289	Bert Hunter	272 406
	Slamper on the conveyor shaft	40 + 10 30 + 10	October 1, 1957	December 31, 1959 July 5, 1959	2,650,000 1,026,168	Bert Hunter	273 407
	Occupations in agriculture Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818–1888) Social reformer and local government official, he is one of the founders of the cooperative movement in Germany	7 + 3 6 + 4	October 1, 1958	December 31, 1960 July 5, 1959	6,650,000 1,106,351	Erich Meerwald	297 441
	Dairywoman at the churn	10 + 5 12 + 6	October 1, 1958	December 31, 1960 July 5, 1959	9,100,000 1,080,649	Erich Meerwald	298 442
	Winemaker with grapevine	20 + 10 15 + 7	October 1, 1958	December 31, 1960 July 5, 1959	7,400,000 1,091,568	Erich Meerwald	299 443
	Farmer with pitchfork	40 + 10 30 + 10	October 1, 1958	December 31, 1960 July 5, 1959	3,150,000 1,073,530	Erich Meerwald	300 444
	Fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm , Sterntaler Scenes from the fairy tale Sterntaler	7 + 3	October 1, 1959	December 31, 1961	6,950,000	Sporer	322
	Scenes from the fairy tale Sterntaler	10 + 5	October 1, 1959	December 31, 1961	10,200,000	Sporer	323
	Scenes from the fairy tale Sterntaler	20 + 10	October 1, 1959	December 31, 1961	8,400,000	Sporer	324
	Portraits of Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859) Fairy tale researchers and Germanists	40 + 10	October 1, 1959	December 31, 1961	3,900,000	Bert Hunter	325