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LEIPZIG

Privat Brief Verkehr Leipzig

1886 Arms of Leipzig, inscription 'PRIVAT - BRIEF -VERKEHR LEIPZIG'

  2 p blue and yellow
  3 p blue and yellow

I have seen postal stationery in the design of the 2 p with inscription 'Privat-Post Leipzig'.

 

1886 Various designs, inscription 'PRIVAT BRIEF VERKEHR LEIPZIG'

 

  2 p black
  3 p black
  5 p black
  10 p black

These stamps exist in 2 p green, 3 p violet, 5 p red and 10 p blue. They were prepared, but not issued.

 

Courier Leipzig

1892 Inscription 'COURIER', number, no city name indicated


(reduced size)

  2 p grey
  3 p brown

Surcharged (1892)

  3 (red or green) on 2 p grey

 

1892 Postman on horse ('Reitender Bote'), inscription 'COURIER LEIPZIG'

  2 p brown
  2 p grey on yellow
  2 1/2 p lilac
  3 p blue
  3 p blue on yellow
  4 p brown
  5 p lilac
  5 p red on yellow
  15 p green

Overprinted with a violet 'star'

  2 p grey
  2 p brown
  2 p grey on yellow
  2 1/2 p brown
  3 p brown
  3 p blue
  3 p blue on yellow
  4 p brown
  5 p lilac
  5 p red on yellow
  15 p green
  3 (red) on 2 p grey (unissued?)
  3 (green) on 2 p grey (unissued?)

Overprinted 'H.B.'


The letters 'H.B.' stand for 'Herzberg & Bayer'.

  2 p brown
  2 p grey on yellow
  2 1/2 p lilac
  3 p blue
  3 p blue on yellow
  4 p brown
  5 p lilac
  15 p green

Overprinted 'H.B.' and surcharged

  '1' (red) on 2 p brown
  '1' (red) on 2 p grey on yellow
  '1' (violet) on 2 p grey on yellow
  '2' (violet) on 3 p blue

Other overprints exist with 'LC' in fancy letters (three types, sorry no pictures available yet).


(Stamp used in Delitzsch, reduced size)

LP overprint


Weissenfels overprint.

These stamps exist with fancy overprints (LP in fancy letters in 3 types in red, violet, blue or black and a star like pattern in violet).

I've seen a postcard 'Courier-Karte' with a 2 1/2 p horserider design (brown) with 'H.B.' perfin.

Horserider stamps used in other cities:

Overprinted with 'Oscar Naumann' to be used in Altenburg
  2 p brown
  2 p grey on yellow
  2 1/2 p lilac
  3 p blue
  3 p blue on yellow
  5 p red on yellow

Overprinted with anchor in ellipse to be used in Dahlen
  2 p grey on yellow
  3 p blue on yellow
  5 p red on yellow

Overprinted 'OTTO COLLER APOLDA' to be used in Apolda
  2 p brown
  2 p grey on yellow
  3 p blue
  3 p blue on yellow
  5 p red on yellow


(Stamp used in Wurzen, overprinted with a rose)

 

1893 Number, inscription 'LEIPZIG COURIER'

  2 p red
  3 p blue

Number stamps used in other cities:

Overprinted with 'Oscar Naumann' to be used in Altenburg  


(Reduced size)

  2 p red
  3 p blue

 

LIPSIA, Stadtbrief Beforderung

1893 Head of Lipsia, inscription 'STADTBRIEFBEFORDERUNG LIPSIA'


(Reduced size)

  2 p blue
  2 p violet
  2 1/2 p red
  3 p green
  5 p orange
  10 p brown

1893 King Albert, inscription 'JUBILAUMS- MARKE 1893 LIPSIA'

  3 p green and brown

1894 Lipsia with arms of Leipzig, perforated


(Reduced size)

3 p green, unissued

  2 p violet (lion in left part of arms)
  2 p violet ('L' in left part of arms)
  2 1/2 p red
  3 p green (lion in left part of arms)
  3 p green ('L' in left part of arms)
  5 p orange
  15 p blue

The 2 p and 3 p with 'L' imperforated (see picture above) are unissued stamps.

 

1897 Emperor Maximilian and vue of Leipzig, perforated


(Reduced size)

  3 p blue


(Postcard in a similar design)

 

PARCEL STAMPS:

With 'EINGELIEFERT LEIPZIG' cancels


(Reduced size)

Some parcel stamps were issued by Albert Meyer, from 1886 to 1923, some examples are shown above.


(Some cancels used by Albert Meyer)

Also parcel stamps with inscription 'PACKET EXPRESS VERKEHR' exist:

In 1909 a new local postal service was being set up, the "VEREIN STADTBRIEFBEFORDERUNG", however this was not very succesfull. A stamp of this company (the following values exist: 1 p brown, 2 p green, 2 1/2 p blue, 2 1/2 p yellow, 3 p violet, 5 p blue and 10 p red). I've seen them cancelled with a large circular cancel "VEREIN STADTBRIEFBEFORDERUNG * LEIPZIG" with no date.


(Reduced size)


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