Germany-Allied Occ 1948 Berlin-Brandenburg Definitives with overprint

• Label : "Deutsche Post" for the Allied Occupation Zones - Issues for the Soviet Occupation Zone Berlin/Brandenburg; overprinted stamps of the isue for Berlin and Brandenburg from 1945, now with 3-lines overprint "Sowjetische /Besatzungs/Zone" in letterpress printing by printeries "Giesecke & Devrient", Leipzig or "O.Noack" (wo ?); Issue of 7 stamps<br
  

Stamp datas:

• Catalogue numbers : Michel No. 200 - 206 (= No. 1A- 7A with overprint)
• Colors :

- (dark) blue green - grey violet to blue violet - orange red - red brown -....

- .... carmine red - blue to dark blue - (dar) brown olive

• Watermark : none
• Nminal values : 5 - 6 - 8 - 10 - 12 - 20 - 30 (Pfennig)
• Postage validity : 03 July 1948 - 28 February 1950
• Designed by :

- Alfred Goldammer (original stamps No. 200, 202, 206)

- Heinz Schwabe (1910-1988) (original stamps, No. 201, 203, 204, 205)

• Printed by :

- "Staatsdruckerei", Berlin (original stamps)

- "Giesecke & Devrient", Leipzig (overprints)

- printery "O. Noack", (where ?) (overprints)

• Print process :

- Offset printing (priginal stamps)

- Letterpress printing (overprint)

• Perfoarion : Comb perforation, K 14
• Varieties :

- overprints inverted

- overprints doubled

Mint stamps

File:Germany-Allied Occ 1948 Berlin-Brandenburg Definitives with overprint a1.jpg Michel No. 100, mint	File:Germany-Allied Occ 1948 Berlin-Brandenburg Definitives with overprint a1.jpg Michel No. 201, mint	Michel No. 202, mint	File:Germany-Allied Occ 1948 Berlin-Brandenburg Definitives with overprint a1.jpg Michel No. 203, mint
Michel No. 204, mint	Michel No. 205, mint	File:Germany-Allied Occ 1948 Berlin-Brandenburg Definitives with overprint a1.jpg Michel No. 206, mint

Postmarked stamps

Michel No. 200, postmarked	File:Germany-Allied Occ 1948 Berlin-Brandenburg Definitives with overprint a1.jpg Michel No. 201, postmarked	Michel No. 202, postmarked	Michel No. 5, postmarked
File:Germany-Allied Occ 1948 Berlin-Brandenburg Definitives with overprint a1.jpg Michel No. 204, postmarked	File:Germany-Allied Occ 1948 Berlin-Brandenburg Definitives with overprint a1.jpg Michel No. 205, postmarked	File:Germany-Allied Occ 1948 Berlin-Brandenburg Definitives with overprint a1.jpg Michel No. 206, postmarked

The stamp motives show each different representations of the Berlin Bear (heraldic animal) as symbol for the rebuilding.