Bamberg (DE)

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Bamberg is a town in Bavaria, Germany, located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main. Its historic city center is a listed UNESCO world heritage site.

Postmark Examples

Meter cancels

Meter cancel Bamberg-2, 1936.
Meter cancel Bamberg-1, 1994.
Bamberg 1935
Bamberg 1933
Bamberg 1939
Bamberg 1943
Bamberg 1966
Bamberg 1987
Bamberg 1992
Bamberg 1995
Bamberg 2001
Bamberg 2005
Bamberg 2009

Allied Occupied Germany

Bamberg belonged to RPD Nürnberg, PLZ 13a, in the American Zone of occupation.

Bamberg (DE) AO a.jpg

German Empire era

Bavaria State era

A royal post office (k.b.Postamt) opened in 1808. BAMBERG used numerals 20 and 32 (after 1856) within a mill wheel (Mühlrad).

Closed mill wheel 20 on the 1850 issue
Open mill wheel 32 after 1856.
Open mill wheel 32 on the 1862 issue.
Open mill wheel 32 on the 1867 issue.
Circle BAMBERG II expedition 8 Nm (afternoon) on a 1876 issue.
DC 1906 on the 1908 Railway Official issue. Forgery?
BAMBERG 6 in 1911.

Covers