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
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

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