Christmas postage stamp

Christmas stamps from Deutsche Post AG from 2004 with special cancellation of the Christmas post office in Himmelpfort

As Christmas stamps or only Christmas stamps are usually Wohlfahrtsmarken called that have a donation contract for a relevant charitable purpose in addition to the normal shipping postage value.

Germany

In 1969, the Deutsche Bundespost introduced a corresponding series in the Federal Republic and West Berlin:

• Christmas stamps of the German Federal Post Office 1969 to 1994
• Christmas stamps from the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin from 1969 to 1988

After the privatization of the Deutsche Bundespost, the series of Christmas stamps of the Federal Republic of Germany has continued until today .

literature

• »Nativity scenes on postage stamps«; Austrian Museum of Folklore ; Vienna 1986; ISBN 3-900359-36-9
• "Handbook for Christkindl collectors"; Christmas motif group, loose-leaf edition in two volumes; 2nd, completely revised edition; Hamburg 2012

Web links

Commons : Christmas stamps  - collection of images, videos and audio files