Germany-Allied Occ 1945 Berlin-Brandenburg Definitives
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- Label : "Deutsche Post", definitive issues of the Alliied Occupation Zones for Germany 1945-1949; issue for Berlin and Brandenburg 1945-1946 (area of Groß-Berlin (no Soviet (Russian) Zone), and area of the "Oberpostdirektion" (OPD) Potsdam); issue of 7 stamps
<stamp datas:
- Catalogue numbers : Michel No. 1-7; Yvert & Tellier: 1-7; Scott: No. 11N1-11N7; AFA: No. 1-7
- Colors :
- - (dark) grey green - grey- to blue-violet - orange red - red brown - ...
- - ... - carmine red - blue to dark blue - (dark) brown oliv
- Watermark : none
- Nominal value : 5 - 6 - 8 - 10 - 12 - 20 - 30 (Pfennig)
- Designed by :
- - Alfred Goldammer (Nr. 1, 3, 7)
- - Heinz Schwabe (1910-1988) (No. 2, 4, 5, 6)
- Postage validity : 09 June 1945 - 31 October 1946
- Printed by : "Staatsdruckerei", Berlin
- Print process : Offset printing
- Perforation :
- - comb perforation, K 14
- - rouletted with 13½
- Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp): 18.0 x 22.5 mm
- Varieties :
- - stamps also imperforate and rouletted
- - stamps also bisected by rouletted perforation
- - different gums and paper sorts
- Print run : 100,000 sets imperforate
Mint stamps
Postmarked stamps
The stamp motives show each different representations of the Berlin Bear (heraldic animal) as symbol for the rebuilding.