Stamps of the Weimar Republic

postal history of Germany from 1490 to 1995

Postage stamps issued during the Weimar Republic, in the period 1919-1933.

Sorted and numbered according to the MICHEL Briefmarken-Katalog Deutschland, except the Airmail.

1919 issues edit

1920 issues edit

Inclusion of Bavaria in the German post (Reichspostgebiet) on 1 April 1920.

Issue April 1920 - Overprint Deutsches Reich on Bavaria stamps edit

Germania new colours in 1920 edit

1921-1922 issues edit

Overprint on Germania edit

Various designs edit

Filigrane lozenges Rauten (Wz. 1). Michel N°158-176.

Filigrane mesh Waffeln (Wz. 2). Some values are rare with real postmarks (1922, beginning of inflation period).

April 1922 Munich exhibition edit

May-Oct 1922 edit

Printed in 2 colours.

Oct-Dec 1922 edit

Figures in oval. Design by H.Haas. Filigrane lozenges. Offset.

1922-1923 edit

No background colour.

Welfare edit

Workers edit

Large figures in oval edit

Feb 1923 Charity overprints edit

Architecture edit

Engraved.

Mar-Sep 1923 edit

Hyperinflation overprints (Notausgaben) edit

24 Aug 1923 edit

1 Oct 1923 edit

Perforated zigzag roulette (Sägezahnartig).

Normal perforation.

Printed in 2 colours edit

Mi xyzA: perforated Mi xyzB: rouletted (zigzag)

Nov 1923 Overprints edit

Last hyperinflation issues, valid until end of the year. Mi xyzA: perforated Mi xyzB: rouletted

December 1923 Rentenmark edit

New (stable!) currency.

1924 issues edit

25 Feb 1924 edit

Charity stamps, illustrated by the life of Saint Elisabeth of Hungary. Design by Prof. E. Böhm.

Mar-Nov 1924 edit

Eagle design by S. v. Weech.

May-Oct 1924 edit

Heinrich von Stephan is co-founder of the Universal Postal Union in 1874.

1924-1925 Monuments edit

1925 issues edit

1926 issues edit

Charity issue designed by S. v. Weech.

1928 issues edit

Charity issue designed by S. v. Weech.

1929 issues edit

Charity issue designed by S. v. Weech.

Official stamps - Dienstmarken edit

Administrative use.

April 1920 issue for Prussia edit

Large value number, with a small number 21 für Preussen. Filigrane lozenges.

April–October 1920 general issue edit

Large value number. Filigrane lozenges.

April 1920 overprints on stamps of Bavaria edit

April 1920 overprints on stamps of Wurtemberg edit

1921-1922 edit

Inflation period- Infla-Dienstmarken edit

Aug-Oct 1923 edit

December 1923 New currency - Neue Währung edit

Serpentine overprint Dienstmarke.

March 1924 edit

Serpentine overprint Dienstmarke.

1927-1933 issues edit

New design with a white number in an oval. Mesh filigrane.

Airmail (Deutscheflugpost) edit

October 1919 edit

July 1922 edit

Pigeon design by Prof. Aufsesser. Typo.

Feb-Apr 1923 edit

Mi235:237

May 1923 Airmail edit

Without background colour.

11 Jan1924 edit

New, stable currency Rentenmark.