Bonn (DE)

BONN 1 cancel on Commemorative Year of the Child card.

The (Federal City of) Bonn is a city (311,287 inhabitants end 2013) on the Rhine, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The city is the second official residence of the President of Germany, the Chancellor of Germany, the Bundesrat, and the first official seat of six German federal ministries. Founded in the first century BC as a Roman settlement, Bonn is one of Germany's oldest cities. From 1597 to 1794, Bonn was the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and residence of the Archbishops and Prince-electors of Cologne.

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In 1949, the Parliamentary Council drafted and adopted the German constitution, the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn. Whilst Berlin was symbolically named the de jure capital, from 1949 to 1990, Bonn was the de facto capital of West Germany. After the Fall of the Iron Curtain, Bonn remained the seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999. In recognition of this, the former capital holds the one-of-a-kind title of Federal City (Bundesstadt).

The urban district of Bonn is divided into 4 administrative municipal districts (Stadtbezirk). These are Bonn, Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Bonn-Beuel, and Bonn-Hardtberg. In 1969, the independent towns of Bad Godesberg and Beuel as well as several villages were incorporated into Bonn, resulting in a city more than twice as large as before.

Postmarks in the Federal Republic of Germany

Slogan postmarks

Slogan cancel Bonn 1970 International Beethoven festivity.

Meter cancels (all periods)

Meter cancel Bonn, 1932

Meter cancel Bonn, 1956

Meter cancel Bonn, 1949

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Bonn 2007

"jazzfest bonn" 11-19 May 2012, 16 May 2012

"jazzfest bonn" 3-11 May 2013, 4 Apr 2013

"jazzfest bonn" 22 May - 1 Jun 2015, 26 May 2015

Meter cancel Bonn, 2015

Bonn-Lengsdorf

A quarter in Bonn-Hardtberg district.

Meter cancel at LENGSDORF-53 in 1969

Special postmarks

Souvenir postcard to the state visit of the Emperor and Empress of Japan in the FRG , 1971, postmarked at "53 Bonn 1", 11-10-1971

First Day Sheet with Michel No. 1094, postmarked in "5300 Bonn 1", 10-04-1981

Collège Français de Berlin 1990, postmarked 5300 BONN 12, 13-02-1990

50 years of youth playing music, first day cancel Bonn 1 Mar 2013

Roller cancels

Roller cancel Bonn 1977. International Beethoven Festivity.

Allied Occupation Postmarks

Bonn belonged to RPD Köln, PLZ 22 c (after October 1946), in the British Zone.

22 Bonn 1 a 8.6.46

Bonn 1 20.4.46

22 Bonn 1 27.12.45

Slogan Postmarks

Slogan Cancel 22 Bonn 1 -8.1.46.-? "Vermeidet Störungen d. Rundfunks!"

Slogan Cancel 22 BONN 1 a 4.2.46. "Ein Postscheckkonto spart Wege und Gebühren"

Meter Postmarks

Meter Postmark BONN b 1.2.46 Not Denazified

Postmarks in German Reich

Circle BONN in 1877.	BONN in 1878	BONN a in 1883
Bridge BONN BAHNHOF in 1922.	BONN 1 in 1923.
BONN in November 1923.	File:Bonn (DE) DRRH d.jpg

Cover

Inflation cover with 10 stamps on 22 August 1923.

Postmarks in North German Confederation

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Postmarks in Prussia Rheinland province

BONN used a Postal code 155, Kreis Bonn, District CÖLN.

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