1967Stamps: Germany [4th Post]

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today I have some stamps from early 1900's and 2 or 3 series from the III Reich...

the first group of stamps I want to show today is from the 1st German Pictorial series...there are 4 or 5 main designs that are repeated until 1920 with some light differences... in 1899 these designs were issued for the first time with values from 1M to 5M... in this first issue we have the label "REICHPOST" in all this high value stamps...in the stamp above , You can see that the label is "DEUTSCHES REICH"... there are differences among the stamps issued in 1899 , but let's focus only on the stamps I have to show... in 1901 we had another issue of this designs, and in both these first 2 issues, the stamps don't present wmk... fortunately , in these stamps the wmk is clearly visible and so we can see (in the examples abobe) a net of lozenges ...we can now conclude that this stamp is the deep blue or Bright Blue 2M and the Violet black 3M stamps of 1905...we can now list a group of procedures to classify these pictorial stamps that were issued along with the famous Germania Definitive series...

A) search for the "REICHPOST" or "DEUTSCHES REICH" labels...

B) search for the presence of wmk's

C) search for correct perforation

I just want to say one more thing about these pictorial series... in general I don't walk around through auctions to find the most beautiful stamp, in perfect conditions; the stamps appear right in front of me, and in most cases are part of larger European or World stamp lots... so , the only ones I can get are these stamps full of Postmarks... it damage the visibility (always remember to click the pictures) but in the end I like them...!! they are beautiful stamps and beautiful postmarks... to finish with these two stamps, I like to say that the designs were made following paintings of the Allegory of the Union of South and North Germany (2M) and the William I Memorial in Berlin (3M).....

1905 "Germania and Pictorial High Values" (16) [Engr (Prof. W. Roese)][Recess] Sc(93,94)

This is the complete 1920 issue...the first 3 values (1M,1.25M,1.50M) present us the same design representing the General Post Office in Berlin....all the 2 designs are re-drawn and present some differences from the original.. but I don't want to talk about them , because I think there is no need...this is an offset Printing , so any resemblance with the original [Recess] issues is pure coincidence... the printing is far less detailed (I had to take 300ppp scans instead of the usual [Recess] 600ppp)..The stamps are Wmk with lozenges...

1920 "Pictorial High Values" (4) [Offset][Sc(111,...,114)

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Let's now enter the domain of the III REICH stamps...

A beautiful Train series for the Topical collectors... very nice work of Design and engraving...

1935 "Centenary of the German Railway" (4) [Des (Karl Diebitsch)][Recess] Sc(459,...,462)

these are two of the stamps from a series of 9... I could say that I became very surprised with this series, specially with the simplicity of the engraving.... very , very beautiful stamps..!!

1936 "Winter Relief Fund" (9) [Des/Engr (G. Fritz)][Recess] Sc(B95,B98)