Here are a few of my German stamps.

Here is another page. (I have 2 more to post I believe?)

Here are the ones I might collect. Also the "Hitler heads" and the Reich's war machines.

Really cool stuff, I.L.S.

Ryan,

I suspect that the premium (or lack thereof) has to do with the manner in which these issues were distributed. At the time, it was common for the definitives to be available in sheets or rolls. Though the number of stamps produced in sheet form often outnumbered the rolls, the rolls were more common for everyday use. Hence, a premium for used horizontal pairs (which could only come from the sheets) but not for used vertical pairs (which were common because of the rolls).

I can't say for sure, but it's likely related to which stamps were available in multiple formats versus which ones weren't. The space shuttle stamp was only available in a sheet.

Germany, Sc1-51
Empire Era, 1872-1900
Arranged on Hagner Stock Sheet

Whatever else I might say here, I need to begin with a big thank you to: Peter (brightonpete ), Xavier (hrdoktorx ), Doe , and Mike (mikeclevenger ), all of whom either traded or outright gave me stamps for this collection.  I want to say that a sizeable portion of what is displayed here came from all of you.... so thank you!

I am still missing quite a fair number of not-too-expensive stamps for my pre-1930 period.  I plan to keep working on those, but I suspect from this point forward that buying mixed lots is going to yield very few keepers anymore.  I have learned that just because a stamp has a catalogue value (CV) of only $1.00-2.00, it isn't necessarily easy to find.  In some cases where I have the stamp of a particular design at a minimum CV of $0.20, and perhaps even 10-20 copies of that stamp, I don't have a single copy of that same stamp's cousin, which is a look-alike in appearance, but has a different watermark and is valued at $1.00-2.00.


Germany, Page 1
Row 1: Header (reproduction, but as it appeared in album originally published c.1901-1910)
Row 2: Germany, Sc4-5, Sc8, Small Shield Issues (missing Sc1-3, Sc6-7, Sc9-11)
Row 3: Germany, Sc15-19, Sc23, Large Shield Issues (missing Sc14, Sc20-22, Sc24-26)
Row 4: Germany, Sc28, 9-kr on 9-kr Brown (missing Sc27)
Row 5: Germany, Sc29-32, "Pfennige" Definitive Issues (missing Sc33-35)
Row 6: Germany, Sc36, 2-mk Brownish Purple
Row 7: Germany, Sc37-42, "Pfennig" Definitive Issues
Row 8: Germany, Sc45-46, Sc46a, Sc47-51, Definitive Issues

Germany, Sc80-117
Empire & WWI Eras, 1905-1920
Arranged on Hagner Stock Sheet

Here is the next installment of my finally organized collection of Germany.  Thanks again go to brightonpete , Doe , hrdoktorx , and mikeclevenger , all of whom were major contributors to the keepers that have ended up here.


Germany, Page 3
Row 1: Germany, Sc81-84, Germania Definitive Issues inscribed DEUTSCHES REICH, Wmk. Lozenges (missing Sc80, 2-pf Gray)
Row 2: Germany, Sc85-91, Germania Definitive Issues inscribed DEUTSCHES REICH, Wmk. Lozenges
Row 3: Germany, Sc92-93, 1-mk & 2-mk inscribed DEUTSCHES REICH, Wmk. Lozenges (missing Sc94-95)
Row 4: Germany, Sc96-101, Germania Definitive Issues with White Background inscribed DEUTSCHES REICH, Wmk. Lozenges
Row 5: Germany, Sc105-108, Republic National Assembly Issue, Unwmk.
Row 6: Germany, Sc112-114, 1.25-mk, 1.50-mk, & 2-mk inscribed DEUTSCHES REICH, Wmk. Lozenges (missing Sc111, 1-mk)
Row 7: Germany, Sc115-116, 1.25-mk & 1.50-mk Surcharges on 1-mk, inscribed DEUTSCHES REICH, Wmk. Lozenges (missing Sc117, 2.50-mk on 2-m)

Germany, Sc153-184
Weimar Republic Era, 1921-1922
Arranged on Hagner Stock Sheet

Here is the next installment of my finally organized collection of Germany. Thanks again go to brightonpete , Doe , hrdoktorx , and mikeclevenger , all of whom were major contributors to the keepers that have ended up here.


Germany, Page 5
Row 1: Germany, Sc153-154, Large Numeral of Value Issues, Wmk. Lozenges (missing Sc155, 20-mk Indigo & Green)
Row 2: Germany, Sc155-156, Large Numeral of Value Issues, Wmk. Lozenges
Row 3: Germany, Sc157-159, Large Numeral of Value Issues, Wmk. Lozenges
Row 4: Germany, Sc162, Sc164, Sc166-167, Sc170, Small Numeral Issues, Wmk. Network (missing Sc161, 5-pf; Sc163, 15-pf & Sc165, 30-pf)
Row 5: Germany, Sc168, Sc171-172, Sc175-176, Iron Workers, Miners & Farmers Designs, Wmk. Network (missing Sc173, 120-pf)
Row 6: Germany, Sc169, Sc174, Germania Definitive Issues, Wmk. Network
Row 7: Germany, Sc177-184, 2-mk through 50-mk, 2-Color Post Horn Design, Wmk. Network

Germany, Sc210-240
Weimar Republic Era, 1922-1923
Arranged on Hagner Stock Sheet

Here is the next installment of my finally organized collection of Germany. Thanks again go to brightonpete , Doe , hrdoktorx , and mikeclevenger , all of whom were major contributors to the keepers that have ended up here.


Germany, Page 7
Row 1: Germany, Sc212-215, 1.25-mk through 4-mk Munich Industrial Fair Issues, Wmk. Network (missing Sc216-217, 10-mk & 20-mk)
Row 2: Germany, Sc221-228, 5-mk through 50-mk, Iron Workers, Miners & Farmers Designs, Wmk. Network
Row 3: Germany, Sc229-234, 100-mk through 1,000-mk New Small Numeral Design Issues, Wmk. Network
Row 4: Germany, Sc237-238, 5,000-mk Deep Blue Wartburg Castle & 10,000-mk Brown Olive Cologne Cathedral Issues, Wmk. Network
Row 5: Germany, Sc238A, Sc239-240, 5,000-mk through 75,000-mk Another New Small Numeral Design Issues, Wmk. Network
Row 6: Germany (missing Sc242A, 8,000-mk on 30-pf Green, Wmk. Network)

Germany, Sc280-321
Weimar Republic Era, 1923
Arranged on Hagner Stock Sheet

Here is the next installment of my finally organized collection of Germany. Thanks again go to brightonpete , Doe , hrdoktorx , and mikeclevenger , all of whom were major contributors to the keepers that have ended up here.


Germany, Page 9
Row 1: Germany, Sc280-285, Rosette Numeral Inflationary Issues, 500thou-mk through 5mil-mk, Perf 14, Wmk. Network
Row 2: Germany, Sc286-293, Rosette Numeral Inflationary Issues, 10mil-mk through 500mil-mk, Perf 14, Wmk. Network
Row 3: Germany, Sc294-299, Rosette Numeral Inflationary Issues, 1bil-mk through 50bil-mk, Perf 14, Wmk. Network
Row 4: Germany, Sc301-304, Rosette Numeral Inflationary Issues, 10mil-mk through 200mil-mk, Serrated Roulette 13½, Wmk. Network
Row 5: Germany, Sc305-309, Rosette Numeral Inflationary Issues, 1bil-mk through 50bil-mk, Serrated Roulette 13½, Wmk. Network
Row 6: Germany, Sc310-315, Surcharged Numeral & Rosette Issues, 1bil-mk through 10bil-mk, Perf 14, Wmk. Network (missing Sc316 10bil-mk on 100mil-mk)
Row 7: Germany (missing Sc319-321, Surcharged Numeral & Rosette Issues, 5bil-mk & 10bil-mk, Serrated Roulette 13½, Wmk. Network)

Germany, Sc351-387
Weimar Republic Era, 1926-1930
Arranged on Hagner Stock Sheet

Here is the next installment of my finally organized collection of Germany. Thanks again go to brightonpete , Doe , hrdoktorx , and mikeclevenger , all of whom were major contributors to the keepers that have ended up here.


Germany, Page 11
Row 1: Germany, Sc351-355, Famous Germans Issue, 3-pf through 10-pf, Perf 14, Wmk. Network
Row 2: Germany, Sc356-362, Famous Germans Issue, 15-pf through 80-pf, Perf 14, Wmk. Network
Row 3: Germany (missing Sc363-365, I.A.A. Meeting Overprints, 1927)
Row 4: Germany, Sc366-371, Ebert & von Hindenburg Issue, 3-pf through 10-pf
Row 5: Germany, Sc372-378, Ebert & von Hindenburg Issue, 10-pf through 30-pf
Row 6: Germany, Sc379-384, Ebert & von Hindenburg Issue, 40-pf through 80-pf
Row 7: Germany, Sc385-386, Ebert & von Hindenburg Issue, Overprinted 30.JUNI.1930 (missing Sc387, 2-mk Dark Blue View of Cologne)

Thanks for the kind response, Rob (REL1948), and thanks to everyone for all the "likes".... I woke up to more than 50 hits on my profile this morning.  I think that's the most I have ever gotten at one time.  Thank you very much, indeed!

These posts have been a long time coming.... too long, really.  I had set out to organize my accumulation of Germany while were still living in France (2018-2019), and I made my first post of one of my stock sheets back in Aug-2019.

But I made a bit of a mess of that, trying to keep both unused and used copies together on the same sheets.  For whatever reason, that way of doing things didn't work well for me.  I kept getting confused as to which set was which, and it was taking much too long to make changes when I needed to, and I later discovered that some stamps ended up in the wrong places.  Then I got the nice big want-list giveaway from Mike (mikeclevenger), and I knew I needed a better way to organize and display my collection.

So I took a cue from Mike, and I decided that when I wanted to keep both unused and used copies of the same stamp, I would make them completely separate.  Mike posted about using two separate albums for his, and I now see the wisdom in doing that.  It is much easier to keep things straight that way--just treat it like two separate collections.

The stock sheets I have displayed in the earlier posts are mainly the unused stamps, where I have them, but used examples in cases where I only have a used one.  It means that I still need to do a separate layout for all of the used examples.  I will do that at a later time.  I will take a bit of a break from Germany now, I think, to do some other countries.

Overall, my collection of classic Germany is nothing all that noteworthy, but as a WW collector, I am happy with it.  I managed to cobble together some complete sets just from mixtures and trades, which was very satisfying.

So, I just wanted to share the results of all my time spent, which was considerable.  Thanks, all!

I pick this page in particular Chris  due to your layout . Not everyone will be fully aware that many of these issues occur in two different separation formats.   

Some issues are perforated with the usual punched holes, but also exist, as you show separately rows 4&5 , with zigzag cut rouletted teeth . Particularly when used there can be a tremendous difference in value.