North German Confederation: varieties of postage stamps

Occupation of France (1871)

September – December 1870. Issued for occupied areas of Alsace (Elsaß) and Lorraine (Lothringen).

TYPES
All denominations.
		Type I: spikes of the background pattern pointing upwards. Type II: the spikes pointing downwards.
Type I	Type II

TYPES

All denominations.

Type I:

spikes of the background pattern pointing upwards.

Type II:

the spikes pointing downwards.

Type I

Type II

REPRINTS
All denominations
		Original: diagonal from top left to bottom right corner crosses foot of letter P in POSTES. Reprint: the diagonal crosses vertical line of letter P.
Original	Reprint

REPRINTS

All denominations

Original:

diagonal from top left to bottom right corner crosses foot of letter P in POSTES.

Reprint:

the diagonal crosses vertical line of letter P.

Original

Reprint

References

Bibliography

Michel Deutschland-Spezial 2007, Band 1: 1849 bis April 1945. Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH, ISBN 978-3-87858-151-2

Stamps of Germany

Old German States
Bavaria North German Confederation (Occupation of France) Saxony Thurn und Taxis
The German Empire
1872-1918 German Foreign Offices: China German Foreign Offices: The Ottoman Empire Colonies
Regional issues after WWI
Free City of Danzig Memel / Klaipėda French mandate Plebiscite area Upper Silesia Territory of the Saar Basin (Saargebiet)
Germany 1919-1945
Weimar Republic 1919-1933 Inflation period panes Third Reich 1933-1945
Occupied areas in WWII
Albania Bohemia and Moravia Boka Kotorska Jersey Macedonia Poland Serbia Slovenia (Ljubljana Province) Zadar (Zara)
Allied occupation
Allied Control Council issues Anglo-American Occupation Zone ⇒ The AM POST issue of 1945 ⇒ Post-currency reform issues ⇒ The Landmarks issue of 1948 French Occupation Zone ⇒ General Issues of 1945-1946 ⇒ The Saar Protectorate ⇒ Baden ⇒ Rheinland-Pfalz ⇒ Württemberg West Germany ⇒ Postage tax stamp Notopfer Berlin Soviet Occupation Zone ⇒ Berlin and Brandenburg ⇒ East Saxony ⇒ Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ⇒ Saxony Province ⇒ Thuringia (Thüringen) ⇒ West Saxony ⇒ General Issues Soviet Occupation Zone, local issues ⇒ Glauchau ⇒ Spremberg
German Democratic Republic
Commemorative issues ⇒ 1949-1955 ⇒ 1956-1960 ⇒ 1961-1965 ⇒ 1966-1970 ⇒ 1971-1975 ⇒ 1976-1980 ⇒ 1981 ⇒ 1982 ⇒ 1983 ⇒ 1984 ⇒ 1985 ⇒ 1986-1990
Definitive issues ⇒ Notable Personalities (1948/53) ⇒ The 5 Year Plan (1953/59) ⇒ Buildings of GDR, small format (1973) ⇒ Buildings and Monuments (1990)
Official stamps ⇒ Official stamps and stickers
Federal Republic of Germany, issues for Berlin
Issues for Berlin Buildings of Berlin (1949) Palaces and Castles (Deutsche Bundespost Berlin)
Federal Republic of Germany
Commemorative issues ⇒ 1949-1969 ⇒ 1970-1979 ⇒ 1980-1989 ⇒ 1990-1994 ⇒ 1995-1999 ⇒ 2000-2004
Definitive issues ⇒ Palaces and Castles (Deutsche Bundespost) ⇒ Historic Sites and Objects
Variable value stamps (ATM) ⇒ 1981/2002
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