Germany 1945 Definitives - Province Saxony - perforate

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  • Label : "Deutsche Post"; 1945; definitive stamps of the issue "Coat of arms, perforated"; usable only in the area of the "Oberpostdirektion" (OPD) Halle (until 21-07-1945, after "Postdirektion der Provinz Sachsen"). The "Provinz Sachsen" had three administrative districts, with those being Magdeburg, Merseburg, and Dessau.; issue of 12 stamps


Stamp datas:

  • Issue Date : December 1945
  • Catalogue numbers: Michel No. 73-84 (X and Y); Yvert & Tellier: No. 8-19 (Y = Var1); AFA: No. 8-19 (X and Y)
  • Colors :
- (blackish) grey blue to green blue - (dark) orange brown to yellow brown - (dark) olive green - grey violet -...
- ... - red orange to yellowish red - red to dark rose red - brown carmine -...
- ... - cobalt blue - brown orange - dark brown olive - (dark) carmine lilac
  • Watermark : Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany No. 1X (stairs falling) or 1Y (stairs increasing)
  • Nominal value : 1 - 3 - 5 - 6 - 8 - 12 - 15 - 20 - 24 - 30 - 40 Pfennig
  • Postage validity : to 31 October 1946
  • Designed by : Ewald Manz (1884-1968)
  • Printed by : "Giesecke & Devrient", Leipzig
  • Print process : Letterpress printing
  • Perforation : Comb perforation, K 13 : 12½
  • Stamp size : printed area of a single stamp : 18.0 x 22.0 mm
  • Print runs:
- 1 Pfennig : 4,000,000
- 3 Pfennig : 6,000,000
- 5 Pfennig : 5,000,000
- 6 Pfennig : 15,000,000
- 8 Pfennig : 6,000,000
- 12 Pfennig : 5,000,000
- 15 Pfennig : 15,000,000
- 20 Pfennig : 2,000,000 (therefrom Michel No. 80X : 5000)
- 24 Pfennig : 6,000,000
- 30 Pfennig : 4,000,000
- 40 Pfennig : 4,000,000


Stamps

Mint stamps

Michel No. 73X, 1 Pfennig, perforate, mint
Michel No. 74X, 3 Pfennig, perforate, mint
Michel No. 75X, 5 Pfennig, perforate, mint
Michel No. 76X, 6 Pfennig, perforate, mint
Michel No. 77X, 8 Pfennig, perforate, mint
Michel No. 78X, 10 Pfennig, perforate, mint
Michel No. 79X, 12 Pfennig, perforate, mint
15 Pfennig, perforate, mint
20 Pfennig, perforate, mint
24 Pfennig, perforate, mint
30 Pfennig, perforate, mint
40 Pfennig, perforate, mint

Postmarked stamps

Michel No. 75X, 5 Pfennig, perforate, postmarked in "Magdeburg", 17-12-(1945 ?)
Michel No. 76X, 6 Pfennig, perforate, postmarked at "Stendal 1", 12-1945
8 Pfennig, perforate, postmarked
12 Pfennig, perforate, postmarked at "Gräfenhainichen", 20-03-1946
Michel No. 83X, 30 Pfennig, perforate, postmarked at "Salzwedel", 01-03-1946