Saarbruecken (DE)

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Town view on 1973 FDR issue
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Saarbrücken is the administrative, commercial and cultural centre of the small state Saarland, in Germany since 1957. The city (177,201 inhabitants end 2013) situated next to the French border.

Saarbrücken was created in 1909 by the merger of three towns: Saarbrücken, St. Johann, and Malstatt-Burbach. It used to be the industrial and transport centre of the Saar coal basin. It now includes the municipality of Brebach to the south east in its town area.

Historically in the Département 101 La Sarre during French occupation before 1815, when it was given to Prussia. From 1920 to 1935, and again from 1947 to 1959, use of postage stamps issued specially for the SARRE territory.

Saarbrücken is know by the Post Office 66 numeral designation.

Unified Germany

Briefzentrum 66 in 2009 with text.

West Germany

Postmarks

Saarbrucken 1953.
Saarbrucken 1966.

Special cancels

Special cancel 1991. Volksfest Landtag 1997

Slogan cancels

Slogan cancel 1951


Meter cancels (all periods)

Meter cancel 1935
Meter cancel 1936
Meter cancel 1937
Meter cancel 1952
Meter cancel 1953
Meter cancel 1953
Meter cancel 1955
Meter cancel 1958
Meter cancel 1959
Meter cancel 1991
Meter cancel 1995
Meter cancel 2003
Meter cancel 2003
Meter cancel 2012

Roller cancels

Roller cancel 1966


Saar - Saargebiet (1920-1935)

Bridge SAARBRÜCKEN 2 on the 1922 issue.
Bridge SAARBRÜCKEN 2 in September 1925.
Bridge SAARBRÜCKEN 3 in May 1925.
Bridge SAARBRÜCKEN 3 in June 1925.
SAARBRÜCKEN Lowercase cancellation
SAARBRÜCKEN
Bridge on the 1926 issue.
SAARBRÜCKEN 3 (ST. JOHANN) in 1928
Open Bridge type with Numeral in upper half SAARBRÜCKEN 2 * (BHF.) m on the 1923.

Saarland (1947 - 1956)

SAARBRÜCKEN 2. W. in 1953.

Postmarks in German Empire

SAARBRÜCK (ST. JOHANN) post office opened in 1863. Here after 1880.

Railway postmarks

Oval CÖLN (RHEIN) - SAARBRÜCKEN BAHNPOST ZUG 210 in 1901.

Postmarks in North German Confederation

Postmark 1909

Postmarks in Prussia Rheinland province

Kreis SAARBRÜCK used a Postal code 1285, District of Trier. DUDWEILER post office opened in January 1859, and used code 1970, in Kreis Saarbrück.

Postmarks in Bavaria Palatinate

ENSHEIM, the eastern part of Saarbrücken since 1974, was attributed to Bavaria in 1816. A post office opened in 1861 (code 739).

Code 739 on Bavaria 1867 issue.

Brebach

Brebach is a former municipality, today part of Saarbrücken, Germany.

Meter cancels

Meter cancel Brebach 1948.

Dudweiler

The location of Dudweiler is to the North East of the main town. It remains in the administrative area of the town.

DUDWEILER in May 1934.
DUDWEILER in 1926