Bavaria 1888 Coat of Arms

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Description

  • Issue Date : 1 January 1888 - 1900
  • Designed by :
  • Printed by : Royal mint
  • Print Process : Typo, embossed, on reddish or white paper (1900)
  • Perforations : 14²
  • Watermark: short horizontal waves (Wz.4)
  • Catalogue numbers Michel 54-59, Yvert 59,61,63-65,69

Valid until 31 January 1893 (but the 10 and 20 Pfg until 30 June 1912). Other colours were issued in 1890.

Stamps

Reddish paper

3 Pfg yellow-green in 1889 at MURNAU Mi54
5 Pfg lilac in 1888 Mi55a
10 Pfg carmine rose at BAYREUTH in 1890 Mi56x
10 Pfg at EDENKOBEN Mi56x
20 Pfg ultramarine Mi57x
20 Pfg ultramarine in 1889 Mi57x
25 Pfg pale brown at PASSAU in 1889 Mi58
50 Pfg brown in 1888 at ERLANGEN Mi59x
50 Pfg brown in 1890 at KEMPTEN
50 Pfg deep brown in 1890 at PENZBERG Mi59x
50 Pfg deep brown at LANDAU in Palatinate Mi59

White paper in 1900

10 Pfg carmine rose used Mi56y
20 Pfg ultramarine at KALTENBACH, Palatinate in 1910 Mi57y