Germany-Allied Occ 1945 French Zone, General Issues - Arms

• Label : “Deutsche Post” for the French Occupation Zone – General issues; 1945; definitive stamps of the issue “Coat od Arms of the different countries of the French Occupation Zone in Germany”;
  

(issue of 10 stamps in new currency)

Stamp datas:

• Catalogue numbers : Michel : No. 1-13;Yvert & Tellier: No. 1-13; Scott: No. 1-13
• Colors :

- 1 PF (Pfennig) : pale straw yellow / green / black

- 3 PF, 12 PF (Pfennig) : orange yellow / red / black

- 5 PF (Pfennig) : orange / dark brown / black

- 8 PF (Pfennig) : yellow orange / red / dark brown

- 10 PF (Pfennig) : pale straw yellow / green / brown

- 15 PF, 24 PF (Pfennig) : blue to violet ultranarine / orange red to red / black

- 20 PF (Pfennig) : middle red / orange / black

- 30 PF (Pfennig) : yellow orange / red / black

• Watermark : none
• Nominal values :

- 1 – 3 – 5 – 8 – 10 – 12 – 15 – 20 – 24 – 30 PF (Pfennig)

• Postage validity :

- 10 PF, 12 PF, 20 PF. 30 PF. (Pfennig): 17 December 1945 – 20 June 1948

- 1 PF, 3 PF, 5 PF, 8 PF, 15 PF, 24 PF (Pfennig): 11 January 1946 – 20 June 1948

• Designed by :

- Robert Louis (designer)

- Jules Piel (1882-1978) (engraver)

- Henri Cortot (engraver)

• Printed by : “Imprmerie de Timbres Poste”, Paris (France)
• Print process : Letterpress printing on different papers
• Perforation : Comb perforation, K 14 : 13½
• Print runs :

- 1 PF (Pfennig) : 21,600,000

- 3 PF (Pfennig) : 44,800,000

- 5 PF (Pfennig) : 53,600,000

- 8 PF (Pfennig) : 43,300,000

- 10 PF (Pfennig) : 1,137,000

- 12 PF (Pfennig) : 90,400,000

- 15 PF (Pfennig) : 22,000,000

- 20 PF (Pfennig) : 25,100,000

- 24 PF (Pfennig) : 64,700,000

- 30 PF (Pfennig) : 20,500,000

• Stamp size (printd area of a single stamp) : 17.0 x 21.0 mm
• Variants ; - stamps were also valid in the “Saarland” (Stamps of this issue with Saarland-postmarks are rarely.)

Definitive stamps of the issue “Coat od Arms of the different countries of the French Occupation Zone in Germany”;
(issue of 10 stamps in new currency)

Stamps

Mint

Michel No. 0001, mint	Michel No. 0001, mint, other
Michel No. 0002, mint	Michel No. 0002, mint, other
Michel No. 0003, mint	Michel No. 0003, mint, other
Michel No. 0004, mint	Michel No. 0004, mint, other
Michel No. 0005, mint, upper margin piece of a sheet
Michel No. 0006, mint
Michel No. 0007, mint	Michel No. 0007, mint, other
Michel No. 0008, mint	Michel No. 0008, mint, other
Michel No. 0009, mint	Michel No. 0009, mint, other
Michel No. 0010, mint	Michel No. 0010, mint, other

Postmarked

Michel No. 0001, postmarked

Michel No. 0002, postmarked

Michel No. 0003, postmarked

Michel No. 0004, postmarked

Michel No. 0005, postmarked

Michel No. 0006, postmarked

Michel No. 0007, postmarked

Michel No. 0008, postmarked

Michel No. 0009, postmarked

Michel No. 0010, postmarked

Sheet

Sheet to Michel No. 001, mint

Supplementaries

separate issue

Michel No. 11, mint

Michel No. 12, mint

Michel No. 13, mint

To the stamp motives:
All stamps show the inscription “Briefpost”.
- 1 PF, 10 PF (Pfennig) : coat of arms of the “Rheinland”
- 3 PF, 12 PF (Pfennig) : coat of arms of the “Pfalz”
- 5 PF, 20 PF (Pfennig) : coat of arms of “Württemberg”
- 8 PF, 30 PF (Pfennig) : coat of arms of “Baden”
- 15 PF, 24 PF (Pfennig) : coat of arms of the “Saarland”