Deutschland - Allemagne
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10 p green 20 p red
Imperforated minisheet with two 'Faksimile'. The word 'Faksmile'
is written at the bottom of each stamp.
I have seen imperforate forgeries of both stamps with inscription 'FAUX' written at the bottom of the stamp.
10 p + 2 p green and black (image of 1 k black Bavaria stamp) 20 p red and blue (image of 3 k blue Bavaria stamp) 30 p blue and brown (image of 6 k brown Bavaria stamp)
I have seen imperforate forgeries of these stamps with inscription 'FAUX' at the left hand bottom corner.
30 p blue
I've seen a 'Reproduction' with inscription 'Reproduktion 1984' at the bottom, issued for the 'Salon der Philatelie' in Hamburg (1984).
2 p green 4 p brown 5 p lilac 6 p orange 8 p grey 10 p green 15 p violet 20 p red 25 p lilac Slightly larger size 30 p blue 40 p lilac 50 p blue 60 p brown 70 p yellow 80 p red 90 p green
The values 2 p to 25 p have solid background, the values 30 p to 90 p have a lined background. Some values exist printed on top or besides each other (from a stamp booklet consisting of two rows of 5 stamps: two 20 p stamps in the upper left, three 4 p stamps in the upper right, two 20 p stamps in the lower left and three 6 p stamps in the lower right). Another stamp booklet consists of 9 stamps (two rows of 5), with five 20 p stamps on top, a label with a green cross in the bottom left corner and four 10 p stamps in the rest of the bottom part.
The whole set exists as 'facsimile' (=forgery). These facsimiles seem to be quite common and were made in 1982 to commemorate the 30 years existance of these stamps. They are issued in two minisheets with an additional 'stamp' with inscription '30 JAHRE ZIFFERSERIE'. The first minisheet contains all the lower values and the second minisheet contains the larger sized stamps. If I'm well informed, the word 'FAKSIMILE' is written at the bottom of each stamp.
Another set of reprints was issued in 1986 to commemorate the 35 years existance of these stamps. These stamps have written 'Faksimile 1986' at the bottom. All values were issued on 2 mini-sheets (one for the lower values and one for the higher values). In the upper left hand side of each sheet an additional label is printed with inscription '35 JAHRE ZIFFERSERIE'.
'Reprint' of 2002
In 2002 another set of 500 'reprints' or 'replikate' was made by the Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Aktie Philatelie (Frankenberg, Eder) of all values, however with very peculiar perforation. They were pasted on 'first day covers' with the dates corresponding to the dates of the original stamps. The above image shows an example.
Here together with a 20 p Heuss stamp, reduced size
1 p grey
President Heuss, 1954 design
2 p green 4 p brown 5 p lilac 6 p brown 7 p blue 8 p grey 10 p green 15 p blue 20 p red 25 p brown 30 p blue 30 p green 40 p blue 50 p olive 60 p brown 70 p violet 80 p orange 90 p green Slightly larger design 40 p lilac 50 p grey 60 p brown 70 p green 80 p red 90 p green Larger design 1 M green 2 M blue 3 M lilac
I've seen the 5 p and 10 p printed together, either besides or on top of each other (other values also exist printed side by side, all originating from stamp booklets). I've also seen the 20 p with a 1 p numeral printed together with some space in between.
Reduced size
Saarland issue in a similar design
Similar stamps were issued for Saarland, one set with no currency indicated (1 green, 2 violet, 3 brown, 4 lilac, 6 red, 10 grey, 12 orange, 15 light blue, 18 red, 25 violet, 30 violet, 45 olive, 50 brown, 60 red, 70 orange, 80 green, 90 dark green, 100 red, 200 violet) and another with currency in 'F' (1 F green, 3 F blue, 5 F olive, 6 F brown, 10 F violet, 12 F orange, 15 F green, 18 F black, 20 F yellow, 25 F red, 30 F lilac, 35 F brown, 45 F blue, 50 F brown, 70 F green, 80 F blue, 90 F red, 100 F orange, 200 F green, 300 F blue). The 100 red, 200 violet, 100 F orange, 200 F green and 300 F blue are larger in size.
President Heuss, 1959 design
7 p blue 10 p green 20 p red 40 p blue 70 p violet
These stamps also exist with inscription 'DEUTSCHE BUNDESPOST BERLIN' (all values) to be used in Berlin.
President Heinemann, stamp for Berlin and West Germany in similar
designs 'DEUTSCHE BUNDESPOST BERLIN' and 'DEUTSCHE BUNDESPOST'.
With inscription 'DEUTSCHE BUNDESPOST' 5 p black 10 p brown 20 p dark green 25 p green 30 p red 40 p orange 50 p blue 60 p violet 70 p brown 80 p green 90 p red 1 DM green 110 p grey 120 p yellow 130 p light brown 140 p blue 150 p red 160 p orange 170 p orange 190 p brown 2 DM violet With inscription 'DEUTSCHE BUNDESPOST BERLIN' 5 p black 8 p olive 10 p brown 15 p olive 20 p green 25 p green 30 p brown 40 p light brown 50 p blue 60 p grey 70 p brown 80 p green 90 p red 1 DM green 110 p grey 120 p light brown 130 p light brown 140 p blue 150 p red 160 p orange 190 p brown 2 DM violet
5 p orange (fire) 10 p brown (falling from ladder) 20 p violet 25 p green (poison) 30 p red (falling stone) 40 p red (electricity) 50 p green 60 p blue (play and traffic) 70 p blue and green 100 p olive (heavy loads) 150 p brown (manhole)
2 p black (overprint black or red) 6 p lilac (overprint black or red) 8 p red (overprint black or red) 10 p (overprint black or red) 12 p grey 15 p brown (overprint black or red) 16 p green 20 p blue (overprint black or red) 24 p light brown 25 p yellow (overprint black or red) 30 p brown (overprint black or red) 40 p lilac (overprint black or red) 50 p blue (overprint black or red) 60 p brown (overprint black or red) 80 p (overprint black or red) 84 p green Larger size (with dove of peace) 1 M green 2 M violet 3 M red 5 M blue Different overprint type and surcharged
'10' on 24 p light brown '20' on 80 p blue '1' on 3 M red
Forged 'BERLIN' overprints are plentifull.
'5' on 45 p red
1 p black (Berlin Brandenburger Tor) 4 p light brown (Berlin Schoneberg Rudolf Wilde Pflatz) 5 p green (Berlin Tegel Schloss) 6 p lilac (Berlin Reichtagsgebaude) 8 p red (design as 4 p) 10 p green (Berlin Kollonaden am Kleistpark) 15 p brown (Berlin Tempelhof airport) 20 p red (Technische Hochschule Berlin Charlottenburg) 25 p orange (design as 5 p) 30 p blue (design as 10 p) 40 p lilac (design as 4 p) 50 p olive (design as 6 p) 60 p brown (Berlin Nationalgalerie) 80 p blue (design as 20 p) 90 p green (design as 20 p) Larger size 1 DM green (Berlin-Tempelhof airport) 2 DM lilac (Berlin-Gendarmenmarkt) 3 DM red (Berlin Brandenburger Tor) 5 DM blue (Berlin-Tegel Schloss)
10 p green 20 p red 30 p blue
Forgeries exist of all three values with inscription 'FAUX' at the bottom of the stamp. I've also seen them imperforate.
Imperforate forgeries with 'FAUX' written at the bottom.
12 p grey 16 p green 24 p light brown 50 p olive 60 p brown Larger size 1 DM green 2 DM lilac
Some 'reproductions' were made for the 'Salon der Philatelie in Hamburg 1984' (World Postal Congress). They consist of one minisheet with the values 12 p, 16 p, 24 p, 50 p and 60 p with inscription 'Reproduktion 1984' at the bottom of each stamp. Another minisheet exists with the values 1 DM and 2 DM, they also have written 'Reproduktion 1984' written at the bottom of each stamp.
This design exists in three different types (the bottom part of the bell is in the center, at the left, or at the right).