daveg28
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What I collect: U.S., Canada, Great Britain & Commonwealth, France (esp. 1950-80), DDR, USSR
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Post by daveg28 on Apr 28, 2022 17:40:51 GMT
Well, I think I gave myself the answer to that question. I could be printing about 300 album pages. I'm pretty sure that the old Statesman album isn't anywhere near complete enough that I could pull those pages out to use.
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brightonpete
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Rest in Peace
On a hike at Goodrich-Loomis
Posts: 5,110
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Post by brightonpete on Apr 28, 2022 17:58:09 GMT
Album Easy should have the pages I made up for the DDR posted soon. They are from 1968 onwards. Prior years were done with Graphic,
I should say, they are sorted as per Michel.
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salentin
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collecting Germany,where I live and about 20 more countries,half of them in Asia east of the Indus
Posts: 5,615
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Post by salentin on Apr 29, 2022 12:33:53 GMT
I have to correct my post from February of last year: In the meantime I have removed the DDR stamps from the Schaubeck-binders and put them into stockbooks. I never liked binders very much,so all my collections except of two (Laos kingdom and Austria II.Republic) are now in stock-books. Here they are much more easily accessible,if I want to scan them f.i. All is fine,except for one souvenir sheet:
Issued Oct.6th,1964. (Mi.Bl.19,stamps 1059-73B)
It is so large (210 x 285 mm),that it does not fit into my stockbooks.
As far as catalogues are concerned,I think an ordinary "Michel Deutschland",not the (former) "Junior",will do. The "Deutschland-Spezial" may be O.K.,if you are a "fly-specker" or want special informations about sheet-arrangements, sheet margins,se-tenant combinations etc. Otherwise it does not contain more information,than the regular cat. Sometimes one or two years old unsold volumes are offered at a much lower price,than the latest issue.
If you want to spend money on obtaining DDR stamps,I strongly recommend not purchase any short sets,where the "Sperrwert",the one with a lower print and a restricted sale,is missing.If you later want the Sperrwert,you usually will have to pay the same as for a complete set.So it is best to stay away from collections,containing short-sets !
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rednaxela
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Posts: 175
What I collect: Germany in all its facets since 1871 (especially German Reich used including postal statinoneries, used), USSR, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Denmark, France. I design all album pages for my collection myself and partly make them available to the general public for use.
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Post by rednaxela on Mar 11, 2023 13:56:00 GMT
Ok, Germany experts. I request an explanation of terms. I know the following: DDR: East Germany/German Democratic Republic Deutschland Bundespost: West Germany Deutschland: post-unification? After the fall of the Berlin Wall? Deutsche Post: ? Deutsche Reich: ? I’m sure there’s more. Any help is appreciated. Thanks! As a newcomer I just have noticed this request an try an answer (and hope as a not native speaker that my English is understandable...).
Germany's eventful history has led to a large number of different countries, authorities or institutions, each issuing stamps with different markings of country or origin. A short overview is given below. Specialities such as former German States, German colonies, German occupations during WW I and WWII, Plebiscite areas after WWI, Danzig or Kleipeda/Memel are not taken into consideration.
German Empire 1871 until 1945:
The stamps of the German Empire from 1871 on were initially marked "Deutsche Reichs-Post".
In 1889, this marking was changed to "Reichspost".
From 1902, the stamps were marked "Deutsches Reich".
In 1944/1945, that was change to "Großdeutsches Reich".
Allied occupation zones 1945 to 1949
In 1945/1946, the four Allies separately issued stamps for their occupation zones.
In the U.S. and British occupation zones (the so-called "BiZone"), the stamps there initially marked "AM Post" ("Allied Military Post").
In the Soviet occupation zone, several authorities were responsible for issuing stamps in 1945/1946: - The stamps for Berlin (initially for whole Berlin, issued by the Magistrate of the City of Berlin) were marked "Stadt Berlin". They also were valid in Brandenburg.
- The stamps for East Saxony (Chief Postal Directorate [Oberpostdirektion] Dresden) bore the marking "Post".
- The stamps for West Saxony (Oberpostdirektion Leipzig) were marked "Deutsche Post".
- The stamps for the (former Prussian) Province of Saxony (Oberpostdirektionen Magdeburg, and Halle) can be identified by the marking "Provinz Sachsen".
- In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Oberpostdirektion Schwerin), the stamps bore the state name "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" (however, several stamps were also issued without any state identification).
Between 1946 and 1948, for the U.S., British, and Soviet occupation zones joint stamps were issued, the two so-called Control Council issues (numeral and workers). They are marked both with „Deutsche Post“.
Between 1948 and 1949, corresponding to the growing cold war between the western allies and the Soviet Union, separate issues were again issued in the BiZone (U.S. and British zones) on the one hand and in the Soviet zone on the other. These were initially the two Control Council issues, each with different overprints. The new issues that appeared afterwards bore the marking "Deutsche Post" in both the BiZone and the Soviet Zone despite their different origin.
In the French occupation zone, separate stamps were issued between 1945 and 1949. The French zone did not participate in the joint issues of BiZone and Soviet Zone 1946/1948.
In 1945, a joint issue for the entire territory of the French occupation zone (initially also for the Saar-Region) was issued, identified by the marking "Zone Française Briefpost").
From 1947 on until to the founding of the FRG separate issues can be identified for the following regions of the French Occupation Zone:
- South Baden (marking: „Baden“)
- Rhineland-Palatinate (new founded land; marking: „Rheinland-Pfalz“)
- Württemberg-Hohenzollern (marking: „Württemberg“)
The stamps for the French occupied Saar-Region from 1947 until 1956 (under different administration than the three mentioned regions) were marked „Saar“. After the plebiscite in the Saar-Region for the unification with the FRG the stamps in 1957 and 1958 were marked „Deutsche Bundespost Saarland“. From 1959 on no separate Saar-stamps were issued .
West Berlin
From 1949 on, stamps issued in West Berlin initially bore the marking "Deutsche Post", and between 1953 and 1954 the marking "Deutsche Post Berlin". From 1955 on until German reunification, the marking "Deutsche Bundespost Berlin" was used.
German Democratic Republic (GDR) 1949 until 1990
In the GDR the marking "Deutsche Post" was used for the stamps issued there in 1949. From 1950 until the creation of the inner-German monetary union on July 1, 1990, the stamps were marked with the country name "Deutsche Demokratische Republik". From July 1990 until German reunification (October 1990) "Deutsche Post" was used again.
Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) since 1949
The stamps issued in the FRG in 1949 initially bore the marking "Deutsche Post". From 1950 on and - even after German reunification - until 1995, the marking was "Deutsche Bundespost". In 1995, postal services in Germany were privatized and the former state-owned Deutsche Bundespost was replaced by the privately owned Deutsche Post AG. The official stamps of the FRG have since been issued by the Federal Ministry of Finance. Since 1995 and due to this reorganization of postal services in Germany, the country name on these stamps has been "Deutschland". Deutsche Post AG is allowed to issue own stamps to a certain extent. They can be recognized by the marking "Post".
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Post by clivel on Mar 11, 2023 18:15:43 GMT
rednaxela, Thank you, Germany, and German states etc, are such a complex area to collect, your concise explanation is a great help. Clive
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