Saarbruecken (DE)

Town view on 1973 FDR issue

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Saarbrücken is the administrative, commercial and cultural centre of the small state Saarland, in Germany since 1957. The city (177,201 inhabitants end 2013) situated next to the French border. Saarbrücken was created in 1909 by the merger of three towns: Saarbrücken, St. Johann, and Malstatt-Burbach. It used to be the industrial and transport centre of the Saar coal basin.

Historically in the Département 101 La Sarre during French occupation before 1815, when it was given to Prussia. From 1920 to 1935, and again from 1947 to 1959, use of postage stamps issued specially for the SARRE territory.

Unified Germany

Briefzentrum 66 in 2009 with text.

West Germany

Postmarks

Saarbrucken 1953.

Saarbrucken 1966.

Special cancels

Special cancel 1991. Volksfest Landtag 1997

Slogan cancels

Slogan cancel 1951

Meter cancels (all periods)

Meter cancel 1935

Meter cancel 1936

Meter cancel 1937

Meter cancel 1952

Meter cancel 1953

Meter cancel 1953

Meter cancel 1955

Meter cancel 1958

Meter cancel 1959

Meter cancel 1991

Meter cancel 1995

Meter cancel 2003

Meter cancel 2003

Meter cancel 2012

Roller cancels

Roller cancel 1966

Saar - Saargebiet (1920-1935)

Bridge SAARBRÜCKEN 2 on the 1922 issue.

Bridge SAARBRÜCKEN 2 in September 1925.

Bridge SAARBRÜCKEN 3 in May 1925.

Bridge SAARBRÜCKEN 3 in June 1925.

SAARBRÜCKEN Lowercase cancellation

SAARBRÜCKEN

Bridge on the 1926 issue.

SAARBRÜCKEN 3 (ST. JOHANN) in 1928

Open Bridge type with Numeral in upper half SAARBRÜCKEN 2 * (BHF.) m on the 1923.

Dudweiler

DUDWEILER in May 1934.

DUDWEILER in 1926

Saarland (1947 - 1956)

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Postmarks in German Empire

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SAARBRÜCK (ST. JOHANN) post office opened in 1863. Here after 1880.

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Railway postmarks

Oval CÖLN (RHEIN) - SAARBRÜCKEN BAHNPOST ZUG 210 in 1901.

Postmarks in North German Confederation

Postmark 1909

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Postmarks in Prussia Rheinland province

Kreis SAARBRÜCK used a Postal code 1285, District of Trier. DUDWEILER post office opened in January 1859, and used code 1970, in Kreis Saarbrück.

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Postmarks in Bavaria Palatinate

ENSHEIM, the eastern part of Saarbrücken since 1974, was attributed to Bavaria in 1816. A post office opened in 1861 (code 739).

Code 739 on Bavaria 1867 issue.

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Brebach, a former municipality, today part of Saarbrücken, Germany

Meter cancels

Meter cancel Brebach 1948.