Hammer mark (Berlin)

For Berlin currency victims
( Michel block number 1)

The country's post office Berlin was from 1949 to 1954 under the label German Post and from 1955 to 1990 under the label German Federal Post Office Berlin 286 supplement brands from a total of 879 stamps out, which corresponds to approximately 32.54% of all overspent brands of Berlin.

Most of the surcharge stamps can be assigned to the series Jugend with 108 stamps, Welfare Care (106), Sport (29), Christmas (22) and Day of the Postage Stamp (5). Another 15 values ​​and one block cannot be assigned to a multi-year series and are listed in this article. All others are listed in the corresponding linked articles.

The stamps on the stamp block (Michel block no. 1) have a total value of 0.75 DM. However, the block was sold for 1 DM, which increases the actual surcharge by a further 25 pfennigs.

Brands

Only the brand motifs that have only appeared in Berlin are listed. The ratio of the size of the stamps to each other is shown approximately to scale in this article.

image	description	Values in pennies	Issue date	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Surcharges for the Berlin currency victims Sacrificial bowl in front of the Berlin bear	10 + 5	December 1, 1949	June 30, 1951	159,795	Goldhammer	68
	Sacrificial bowl in front of the Berlin bear	20 + 5	December 1, 1949	June 30, 1951	98.083	Goldhammer	69
	Sacrificial bowl in front of the Berlin bear	30 + 5	December 1, 1949	June 30, 1951	164.105	Goldhammer	70
	Reconstruction of the Berlin Philharmonic Harp and laurel branch	10 + 5	October 29, 1950	December 31, 1953	500,000	Goldhammer	72
	Ghent Altarpiece (detail) by Jan (around 1390–1441) and possibly his brother Hubert van Eyck (around 1370–1426)	30 + 5	October 29, 1950	December 31, 1953	500,000	Leon Schnell	73
	Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church the church on Breitscheidplatz before it was destroyed	4 + 1	August 9, 1953	December 31, 1955	1,200,000	Goldhammer	106
	the church on Breitscheidplatz before it was destroyed	10 + 5	August 9, 1953	December 31, 1955	450,000	Goldhammer	107
	the church on Breitscheidplatz after its destruction in World War II	20 + 10	August 9, 1953	December 31, 1955	450,000	Goldhammer	108
	the church on Breitscheidplatz after its destruction in World War II	30 + 15	August 9, 1953	December 31, 1955	300,000	Goldhammer	109
	25 years of the Diocese of Berlin Figure of the bishop St. Otto , (1060-1139), also apostle of Pomerania called Surcharges for the reconstruction of churches destroyed in the war	7 + 3	November 26, 1955	December 31, 1957	1,300,000	Gerhardt	132
	Figure of the Duchess St. Hedwig , (1174–1243), also the patron saint of Görlitz	10 + 5	November 26, 1955	December 31, 1957	1,300,000	Gerhardt	133
	Figure of the Apostle St. Peter , 1st Bishop of Rome	20 + 10	November 26, 1955	December 31, 1957	1,300,000	Gerhardt	134
	Berlin aid for the flood victims Liberty Bell (corresponds to MiNr. 77, 1951, in a different color and with overprint)	20 + 10	August 9, 1956	December 31, 1957	1,500,000	Leon Schnell	155
	Men from the history of Berlin (II) Ludwig Heck (1860–1951) biologist and zoo director in Berlin the only surcharge (for the Berlin zoo) in this set	20 + 10	September 7, 1957	June 30, 1960	2,000,000	Degner	168
	in favor of the mother's convalescence work Elly Heuss-Knapp , (1881–1952), founder of the German Mothers' Recovery Organization	20 + 10	November 30, 1957	December 31, 1959	2,000,000	Fast	178

See also

• Hammer mark (GDR)
• Surcharge stamp (Deutsche Bundespost)

literature

• Michel catalog , Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH
  • Junior Catalog 1998
  • Germany 2006/2007 (paperback), ISBN 3-87858-035-5