Germany-Third Reich 1933 Wagner

• Label : "Deutsche Reichspost"; 1933; semi-postal charity stamps of the issue ""Deutsche Nothilfe“ 1934"; so-called "Wagner-issue"; stamp motives with scenes from works by Richard Wagner (1813-1883); issue of 9 stamps

Stamp datas:

• Issue date : 01 November 1933
• Catalogue numbers : Michel: No. 499-507 (No. 500, 502, 503, 504,505 = type "A" and "B"); Yvert & Tellier: No. 470-478; Scott: No. B49-B57
• colors :
  

- dark yellow brown – dark blue – green – dark green – red orange -,,,

- ...- red - green/blue – violet ultramarine – dark lilac

• Watermark : Germany No. 4 (crosses (swastikas))
• Nominal values :
  

- 3 + 2 Rpf. - 4 + 4 Rpf. - 5 + 2 Rpf. - 6 + 4 Rpf. - 8 + 4 Rpf. -…

- ...- 12 + 3 Rpf. - 20 + 10 Rpf. - 25 + 15 Rpf. - 40+ 35 Rpf.

(The surcharge was for the „Deutsche Nothilfe“.)

• Postage validity : to 30 September 1934
• Designed by : Alois Kolb (1875-1942)
• Printed by : "Reichsdruckerei", Berlin
• Print process : Recess printing
• Perforations :

- Comb perforation, K 14 : 13 (= type "A")

- Comb perforation, K 14 (= type "B")

• Print runs :

- 3+2: 1,818,070

- 4+2 (A+B): 2,516,880

- 5+2: 1,618,361

- 6+4 (A+B): 4,328,111

- 8+4 (A+B): 2,643, 286

- 12+3 (A+B): 5,220,555

- 20+10 (A+B): 373,121

- 25+15: 467,795

- 40+35: 264,238

Semi-postal charity stamps of the so-called "Wagner-issue"
(issue of 9 stamps)

Michel No. 499, 3+2 Rpf., mint	Michel No. 499, 3+2 Rpf., postmarked	Michel No. 500, 4+2 Rpf., mint	Michel No. 500, 4+2 Rpf., postmarked
Michel No. 501, 5+2 Rpf., mint	Michel No. 501, 5+2 Rpf., postmarked	Michel No. 502, 6+4 Rpf., mint	Michel No. 502A, 6+4 Rpf., postmarked at "Berlin", 17-09-1934
Michel No. 503, 8+4 Rpf., mint	Michel No. 504A, circle at "Hamburg 1", 03-01-1934	Michel No. 504, 12+3 Rpf., mint	Michel No. 504A, 12+3 Rpf., postmarked, 10-11-1933
Michel No. 505, 20+10 Rpf., mint	Michel No. 505, 20+10 Rpf., postmarked	Michel No. 506, 25+15 Rpf., mint	Michel No. 506, 25+15 Rpf., postmarked
Michel No. 507, 40+35 Rpf., mint	Michel No. 507, 40+35 Rpf., postmarked

- 3+2 : The stamp motive shows a scene from Richard Wagner‘s opera "Tannhäuser".
- 4+2 : The stamp motive shows a scene from Richard Wagner‘s opera "Fliegender Holländer".
- 5+2 : The stamp motive shows a scene from Richard Wagner‘s opera "Rheingold".
- 6+4 : The stamp motive shows a scene from Richard Wagner‘s opera "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg".
- 8+4 : The stamp motive shows a scene from Richard Wagner‘s opera "Walküre".
- 12+3 : The stamp motive shows a scene from Richard Wagner‘s opera "Siegfried".
- 20+10 : The stamp motive shows a scene from Richard Wagner‘s opera "Tristan und Isolde".
- 25+15 : The stamp motive shows a scene from Richard Wagner‘s opera "Lohengrin".
- 40+35 : The stamp motive shows a scene from Richard Wagner‘s opera "Parsifal".