Type of 1872; Michel Number U5 I
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1872 Empire Telegraph Stamps
Hard to find in decent condition. Note the two types of "5." Values in Groschen. The black line indicates receipt and the reddish line indicates delivery.
1872 Number of Value - Values in Groschen
Used in the German Empire's Northern States. These are printed in hard to scan pale colors.
1872 Small Shield Issues - Values in Groschen
As I noted in a previous post, some of my specimens are in rough shape. I'm slowly upgrading these. In the early Empire period a large variety of postal marks and cancellation devices were used. The "box" shaped cancellations are railway post office cancels.
Empire - Small Shield Issues
The first stamps of the Unified German Empire depicted the national symbol, an eagle, with a shield on it's breast. These are found in small and large shield varieties. They are hard to find in 'perfect' condition. Alas, some of mine need to be upgraded.
This is a folded letter to New York City with three one Groschen small shield stamps paying the international rate.
During the "Lock Down."
Hi everyone,
In this era of social distancing, I cannot share my stamp collection with friends. This blog is my substitute for socializing with friends who also collect.
I'm a living antique. I started collecting in a 1937 Scott Modern Album, progressed to the Blue Scott International, volumes 1 and 2, then to the old Brown International Albums. Along the way I developed separate collections for Austria, France and Germany. I have a very specialized collection of Frankfurt am Main postage during its independence. I have a neglected album of World War One material. Can you tell, I just like to collect stamps?
So I'll show you 'bits' of my collection. I hope you enjoy this blog. Your comments are welcome.
Oh, the blog title? I outgrew the Blue Scott International Albums decades ago. Hence, the title.
German Empire
Revenue stamps were issued some weeks before the first postage stamps. I include Deutscher Wechsel Stempel revenues in my collection because they're were used to pay tax on currency exchange and are often found on postal money orders to or from the German Empire.
These are the issue of 1871 valued in Groschen. At unification Northern German States used Groschen, Southern States used Kreuzer. These are valued in Groschen.
These were printed in shades of violet with number of value in brown
with values from 1 to 300 Groschen. As you can see, there are many shades.
The 60 Groschen, bottom right, is so pale that it won't
successfully scan.
Stamps of this are also found with the number of value in black.
If you know more details, please leave a comment.
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