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
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1/4 gr DC in 1873 at STEELE Mi1
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1/3 circle at BERLIN P.EXP.III in April 1872. Mi2
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1/3 gr TuT type at CASSEL in June.
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1/2 gr reddish Hufeisen of Hamburg Mi3
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1/2 gr orange pair TuT type at VÖHL, issued 1 April Mi14
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1 Groschen
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1 gr Antiqua at STRASSBURG (France) in May 1872. Mi4
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With a railway postmark in May.
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1 gr DC Antiqua at Lünen (?) in October 1872. Mi4
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2 Groschen
5 Groschen
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5 gr, Prussia type frame at WALD.
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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.
1 Groschen (carmine)
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Prussia type DC at RAWICZ in Poland in 1874.
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Prussia type DC at GÜTERSLOH in Westphalia in 1874
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2 Groschen
Blue Thurn and Taxis type at CASSEL in 1872 Mi20
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2 gr block of 4, Prussia type DC at BROMBERG in Poland in 1873
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2 1/2 Groschen
Reddish-brown, Prussia type frame at MORBACH Mi21a
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5 Groschen
Hanover type cancel at EMDEN
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Grey-brown, Prussia type DC at LINNICH in 1873 Mi22
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Grey-brown, Prussia type DC at USCZ, in Poland in 1874 Mi22
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Grey-brown, DC at LEIPZIG end 1874.
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Overprint (issue 1874)
What is the reason for this brown overprint, which is not a surcharge?
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Circle at PLÖN Schleswig-Holstein
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Covers
2&1 gr in December 1872, cover with Horseshoe postmarks from MARKICH (Alsace) to Paris. Mi20&19
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1 gr in 1873 from GOTHA to Constantinopel (Mi19) with insufficient marking (twice!).
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