Germany-Empire 1872 used

Description

• Issue Dates : 1 January - 1 June 1872, 1 Jan. 1874
• Designed by : H.G. Schilling
• Printed by :
• Print Process : Typo, eagle embossed
• Perforations : 13²:14
• Catalogue Michel N°s 1-6, 14, 16-22, 29

Groschen currency. The postmarks of earlier types are called Nachverwendete Altdeutschland Stempel.

Arms Type I (small shield - issued in January - April)

Hufeisen postmark = Horseshoe. Note the 2 shades of 1/2 Groschen.

Groschen fractions

1/4 gr Prussian frame at ALTENHUNDEM (Westphalia). Mi1	1/4 gr DC in 1873 at STEELE Mi1
1/3 circle at BERLIN P.EXP.III in April 1872. Mi2	1/3 gr DC at LEIPZIG in AUG 72.	1/3 gr Hufeisen of Düsseldorf Mi2	1/3 gr TuT type at CASSEL in June.

1/2 gr orange-vermilion at Wiesbaden (DE) on 14 January 1872 Mi3

1/2 gr reddish Hufeisen of Hamburg Mi3

1/2 gr orange, circle at Strasbourg (FR) Mi14

1/2 gr orange pair TuT type at VÖHL, issued 1 April Mi14

1 Groschen

1 gr Antiqua DC at Cottbus (DE)	1 gr Antiqua at STRASSBURG (France) in May 1872. Mi4	1 gr Antiqua at Rommerskirchen_(DE) (NRW) in August 1872.	1 gr Hufeisen at MUHLHAUSEN i.ELS. (France) in Sept 1872
DC at RUHRORT year unknown	With a railway postmark in May.	1 gr DC Antiqua at Lünen (?) in October 1872. Mi4

2 Groschen

Early Grotesk circle at COELN-BAHNHOF on 5-1 72. Mi5	DC at ERKELENZ in March 1872.	DC at GOCH in July 1872	Horseshoe Hufeisen at DÜSSELDORF in Sept. 1872.
DC at NEUSS in Nov. 1872	DC in 1873	DC at MÜHLHAUSEN (Elsass) in 1873

5 Groschen

5 gr, Prussia type frame at DEUTSCH EYLAU in Poland Mi6

5 gr, Prussia type frame at WALD.

Arms Type II (large shield - issued in June)

Groschen currency (north)

The 21/2 Groschen was added in November 1872. The most usual is the 1 Groschen.

File:Germany-Empire 1872 used big shield a.jpg 1/4 gr Mi16	1/4 gr DC at BRAUNSCHWEIG BAHNHOF Mi16	1/3 gr, Hufeisen at ELBERFELD Mi17a
1/3 gr railway used.	1/2 gr DC in 1873 Mi18

1 Groschen (carmine)

Circle at FRIEDBERG in Hesse in 1873 Mi19	Circle at LÜTTRINGHAUSEN (NRW) in April 1874.	R3 at AACHEN BAHNHOF in NRW.
Prussia type DC at RAWICZ in Poland in 1874.	Prussia type DC at GÜTERSLOH in Westphalia in 1874	Prussian Railway postmark from BRESLAU-BERLIN Poland

2 Groschen

Blue Thurn and Taxis type at CASSEL in 1872 Mi20	Circle at RAPPOLTSWEILER in France (Alsace), in 1873	DC at HÜCKESWAGEN (NRW) in 1874.
2 gr block of 4, Prussia type DC at BROMBERG in Poland in 1873

2 1/2 Groschen

Prussian frame at RAUDEN REG. BEZ. OPPELN (Poland) in 1873.

Reddish-brown, Prussia type frame at MORBACH Mi21a

Circle in 1873

5 Groschen

Hanover type cancel at EMDEN

Grey-brown, Prussia type DC at LINNICH in 1873 Mi22

Grey-brown, Prussia type DC at USCZ, in Poland in 1874 Mi22

Grey-brown, DC at LEIPZIG end 1874.

Overprint (issue 1874)

What is the reason for this brown overprint, which is not a surcharge?

File:Germany-Empire 1874 2½ on 2½g.jpg Issue Date: 01 feb 1874 - Mi29

Circle at PLÖN Schleswig-Holstein

Covers

2&1 gr in December 1872, cover with Horseshoe postmarks from MARKICH (Alsace) to Paris. Mi20&19

1 gr in 1873 from GOTHA to Constantinopel (Mi19) with insufficient marking (twice!).