Germany-Weimar 1931 Buildings - II

• Label : "Deutsche Reichspost"; semi-postal stamps of the charity-issue for the "Deutsche Nothilfe" - " Buildings - II"; issue of 4 stamps

Stamp datas:

• Issue date : 01 November 1931
• Catelogue numbers : Michel, No 459-462; Yvert & Tellier : 435-438; Scott: No. B38-B41
• Colors : (dark) green - (dark) red - (dark) ultramarine - (dark) yellowish brown
• Watermark : Germany No. 2 (meshes)
• Nominal values : 8 + 4 Rpf - 15 + 5 Rpf - 25 + 10 Rpf - 50 + 40 Rpf
  

(The charity surcharge was for the "Deutsche Nothilfe".)

• Printed by : "Reichsdruckerei", Berlin
• Print process : Recess printing
• Perforation : K 14 : 14¼
• Stamp size :

- Michel No. 459, 460, 462 (printed area of a single stamp): 18.5 x 22.0 mm

- Michel No. 461 (printed area of a single stamp): 22.0 x 18.5 mm

• Print runs :

- 8+4 : 4,679,176 (in sheets à 10x10 and booklets with gutter pairs)

- 15+5: 4,135,786 (in sheets à 10x10 and booklets with gutter pairs)

- 25 + 10: 429,333 (in sheets à 10x10)

- 50 + 40: 204,854 (in sheets à 10x10)

• Variants :
  

- stamps with advertisement field (from booklets)

- Michel No 419, 420 with overprint (1932)

Semi-postal stamps of the charity-issue for the "Deutsche Nothilfe" - " Buildings - II"
(issue of 4 stamps)

Michel No. 459, mint	Michel No. 459, postmarked at "Berlin SW68", 07-11-1931
Michel No. 460, mint	Michel No. 460; postmarked in "Königsberg" (Kaliningrad, Russia), 12-1931
Michel No. 461, mint	Michel No. 461, postmarked
Michel No. 462, mint	Michel No. 462, postmarked

8+4: The stamp motive shows the Zwinger. in Dresden.
15+5: The stamp motive shows the Old Town Hall in Breslau (Wroclaw in Poland).
35-10: The stamp motive shows the Heidelberg Castle.
50+40: The stamp motive shows the Holsten Gate in Lübeck.