Stamps of the Grand Duchy of Baden

This page shows stamps issued in the Grand Duchy of Baden between 1851 and 1868.

Regular issues

First issue May 1, 1851 (1852)

Numerals, inscribed Deutsch = Oester. Postverein. Vertrag v. 6. April 1850. (Treaty on a Postal Union between Germany and Austria). Values 1 to 9 kreuzer on coloured paper.

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  1 kr sämisch paper, 5 Rings 21 Bühl. Fragment sold 580 SF in 2001.
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  3 kr, 5 Rings 21 Bühl. Fragment sold 150 SF in 1992.
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  3 kr, orange-yellow, 5 Rings 144 Thiengen.
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  9 kr pink used on fragment.
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  9 kr pink. 5 Rings 43 Freiburg. Luxus (margins!) item sold 360 SF in 1994.
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  9 kr pink, 5 Rings 104 Offenburg.

Sub-issue 1852

Same values on new paper colours.

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  1 kr brownish, 5 rings 17 Boxberg Mi1b
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  1 kr brownish, 5 rings 37 Endingen Mi1b
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  Fragment with 3 kr 1853 and 1 kr 1852, 5 rings 128 Schliengen. Sold 4,000 DM in 1979.
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  3 kr, pale yellow, upper page margin. 5 Rings 9 Berolzheim (Ahorn). Mi2b
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  3 kr, pale yellow, page corner. 5 Rings 106 Orschweier (Mahlberg). Mi2b
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  Fragment with 1 kr, 5 rings cancelled and E.B. Curs II in frame. Lot sold 260 SF in 2001.
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  6 kr green, 13 Tauberbischofsheim

1853

The 3 kr on green paper is the most usual of Baden numerals.

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  1 kr black on white paper, 5 rings 135 Staufen in Breisgau. Mi5.
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  3 kr on green paper, 5 rings 42 Ettlingen. Mi6.
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  Blue cancelled 110 Pfullendorf. Mi6.
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  Red cancelled 115 Rastatt. Mi6.
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  One ring cancelled 165. Mi6.
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  6 kr on yellow paper. Mi7.

August 1858

Last numerals, 3 kreuzer on blue or deep blue paper.

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  Cancel '25' (Konstanz)
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  Blue paper (Grobe 8a)
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  Red cancel of Rastatt. Luxus item sold 1,700 DM. Deep blue (Grobe 8b)

June 1860 - 1862

First with Coat of Arms, designed by Buhl and C.A. Weber. Typo by W. Hasper after recess (Stich) by L.Kurz. 1 to 9 kreuzer. Perf.13².

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  1 kreuzer black issue 1860, 5 rings 133 Sinsheim. Mi9.
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  3 kreuzer blue issue 1860, 5 rings 57 Heidelberg. Mi10a
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  6 kreuzer lachsrot, rings with zig-zag, 24 Karlsruhe. Mi11a.
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  6 kreuzer orange, 5 rings, 156 Weinheim. Mi11b.
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  9 kreuzer carmine, 5 rings, 57 Heidelberg. Mi12.

1862

Second Coat of Arms issue. 1, 6 & 9 kreuzer but Perf.10.

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  1 kreuzer black, rings cancelled 8 (Baden-Baden). Mi13a.
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  6 kreuzer blue, rings cancelled 121 (Bad Säckingen). Mi14.
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  9 kreuzer reddish-brown, rings cancelled 25 (Konstanz). Mi15a.

26 March 1862

Narrow perforations 13² on a 3 kreuzer of the next type.

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  One ring 164 (Railway). Mi16

1862-1865

CoA on a white background designed by L.Kurz. Values from 1 to 30 kreuzer.

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  3 kr rose, DC cancelled at FREIBURG. Mi18
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  3 kr, circle cancelled at MOSBACH. Mi18
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  3 kr, DC cancelled at BADEN. Mi18
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  9 kr, fragment circle cancelled at PFORZHEIM. Mi20
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  9 kr, deep brown. DC cancelled at ACHERN. Sold 750 DM in 1983. Mi20c

1 October 1868

The value is a short KR.

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  1 kr, cancelled at HEIDELBERG. Mi23
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  3 kr carmine, cancelled with expedition at BADEN. Mi24
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  3 kr, cancelled at CARLSRUHE. Mi24
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  3 kr, cancelled at ENGEN. Mi24
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  7 kr, DC cancelled at RASTATT. Mi25a