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Definitive Stamps

 1905 - 1915 1916 - 1918 1919 1920 1921 01. - 06.1922 07. - 12.1922 01. - 07.1923 08. - 09.1923 10. - 12.1923

Officials

 1920 1921 - 1922 1923   OPD-Printings

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German Empire Mint Never Hinged / Definitive Stamps 1905 - 1915
85 Ia85 Ia 85 IIa85 IIa

Issues 1905 - 1914 Pre-war Printing:
clear and clean impression, high quality paper, clear showing watermark, white gum

Issues 1915 - 1920 Wartime Printing:
indistinct impression, rough paper, blurred showing watermark, yellowish gum

21.10.1905 Germania, Watermark Lozenges

Pre-war Printing
Wasserzeichen Rauten 83 I 85 Ia 86 Ib

Lozenges

2 Pfennig grey

5 Pfennig green

10 Pfennig carmine

Wartime Printing
Wasserzeichen Rauten 84 IIa 85 IIa 85 IId 86 IIa 87 IId 88 IIb 89 IIx

Lozenges

3 Pfennig brown

5 Pfennig green

5 Pfennig blue green

10 Pfennig carmine

20 Pfennig ultramarine

25 Pfennig orange/ black on yellow

30 Pfennig orange/ black on orange
90 IIb 91 IIx 92 IIb 93 IIb 94 BII 95 BIIa 96 BIIa 97 BII

40 Pfennig dark carmine/ black

50 Pfennig brown lilac/ black on brown

60 Pfennig dark lilac

80 Pfennig carmine/ black on red

1 Mark carmine

2 Mark dark blue

3 Mark dark violet

5 Mark green black/ carmine
94 B II A 113

Issue 1905: Engraving
clear impression, without flags on the towers

Issue 1920: Offset printing
blurred impression, with flags on the towers
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