Latest update: June 11th 2010
All prices in €.
C = price less than 0,25 €
Deutsches Reich.
From January 1900 a new serie of stamps Germania and motives from the German Kaiserreich was issued. The stamps were used to 1922. All values exist with different drawings, colours, watermarks, perforations or types of paper. The first serie issued in 1900 from January to October is easy to recognize as it has the inscription REICHSPOST. From 1902 Reichspost was changed to DEUTSCHES REICH. There are 14 values in the first serie and you can find more information on each value 2Pf., 3 Pf., 5 Pf., 10 Pf., 20 Pf., 25 Pf., 30 Pf., 40 Pf., 50 Pf., 80 Pf., 1 M., 2 M., 3 M. and 5 M. Only the most marked variations of each value are included.
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#40 - 1900 50 pf. no watermark perf.: 14x14,25 dark purple and black on brown ** 80,- * o 0,75 |
Type 1: inscription REICHSPOST.
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#40 - 1902 50 pf. no watermark perf.: 14x14,25 dark purple and black on brown ** 150,- * o 1,-
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Type 2: inscription DEUTSCHES REICH - no watermark and perforation 14x14,25 |
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#40 - 1905 50 pf. watermark 1 perf.: 14x14,25 dark purple and black on brown ** 80,- * o 1,- |
Type 3 as type 2 but with watermark 1. Perforation 14x14,25 |
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#40 - 1905 50 pf. watermark 1 perf.: 14x14,25 dark purple and black on white
** 2000,- * 600,- o 35,- |
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The difference between type 3 and 4 can be more or less easy to see. As an illustration of the differences is an enlarged part of the stamp described at each value. The diffences are not specific, but is the same in all values. |
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#40 - 1915 50 pf. watermark 1 perf.: 14x14,25 dark purple and black on brown ** 1,- * o 1,-
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Type 4 as type 3 - |
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Type 3. More details and finer lines.
Type 4. Fewer details and blurred lines.