Stuttgart (DE)

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Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 587,655 (June 2014) while the greater Stuttgart Metropolitan Region has a population of 5.3 million (2008), being the fourth-biggest in Germany after the Rhine-Ruhr area, Berlin/Brandenburg and Frankfurt/Rhine-Main. The city lies at the centre of a densely populated area, surrounded by a ring of smaller towns.

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Postmarks in Federal Republic of Germany

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Cards and Covers

Stampset.png 1984 Stuttgart to Germantown, Philadelphia, USA

Slogan cancels

Slogan cancel Stuttgart 1957.
Slogan cancel Stuttgart 1982.
Slogan cancel Stuttgart 1982.

Meter cancels (all periods)

Meter cancel Stuttgart-1, 1934.
Meter cancel Stuttgart-1, 1936.
Meter cancel Stuttgart-7, 1937.
Meter cancel Stuttgart-8, 1955.
Meter cancel Stuttgart-1, 1958.
Meter cancel Stuttgart 1982
Meter cancel Stuttgart 1985
Meter cancel Stuttgart-1, 1959.
Meter cancel Stuttgart-7, 1961.
Meter cancel Stuttgart-1, 1962.
Meter cancel Stuttgart-3, 1963.
Meter cancel Stuttgart, 1964.
Meter cancel Stuttgart-3, 1965.
Meter cancel Stuttgart, 1969.
Meter cancel Stuttgart-1, 1986.
Meter cancel Stuttgart-111, 1989.
Meter cancel Stuttgart-60, 1990.
Meter cancel Stuttgart-80, 1998.
Meter cancel Stuttgart-1, 1999.
Meter cancel Stuttgart-30, 2002
Meter cancel Stuttgart 2014.
Meter cancel Stuttgart 2014

Postmarks in Allied Occupation

Stuttgart was assigned the Postleitzahl 14 in 1944 and in April 1946 14a.

Stuttgart 1

STUTTGART 1 o 20.12.45
STUTTGART 1 au 27.11.45
STUTTGART 1 au 12.11.45
STUTTGART 1 au 2.11.45
STUTTGART 1 au 9.1.46

Covers, Postal Stationary

STUTTGART 1 1945 AM Post cover sent to Ludwigsburg. Franked at the rate of 74 Pf which comprises 24 Pf for a 35g Fernbrief plus 50 Pf for the insurance. Cancels are all of the hand-roller type.
STUTTGART 1 reverse of the 1945 AM Post cover showing a pair of the Dresden bank's wax seals and a Ludwigsburg arrival stamp on the reverse.

Stuttgart 3

STUTTGART 3 g
STUTTGART 3 t 14.11.45

Stuttgart 9

STUTTGART 9 f
STUTTGART 9 L 1.46
STUTTGART 9 L 29.9.45
STUTTGART 9 L 22.9.45
STUTTGART 9 c 8.1.46
STUTTGART 9 q 24.5.46

Slogan Cancels

STUTTGART 9 o 2.11.46. "Fasse Dich kurz am FERNSPRECHER"
STUTTGART 9 e 14.1.46. "Vergiß nicht Straße und Hausnummer anzugeben""
STUTTGART 9 e 3.11.45.-12 "Vergiß nicht Straße und Hausnummer anzugeben""

Covers

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Postmarks in the Empire of Germany

After 1 January 1903.

STUTTGART Nr.1 in 1907
STUTTGART Postamt Nr.2 in 1912
Germania series in 1916
Germania with overprint, 1919, circle little format
Circle in 1922
Postmark Stuttgart 1937.

Covers

FEUERBACH

Feuerbach is a borough (Stadtbezirk) of the city of Stuttgart since 1933. Its name is derived from the small river of the same name that flows from the neighboring district of Botnang through Feuerbach. Feuerbach is home to one of Germany's biggest industrial giants.

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Current postal codes 70469, 70499

See Stuttgart-Feuerbach page.

Stuttgart sub-offices

Stuttgart Station

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Postmarks in the Kingdom of Württemberg

The earliest postmarks are VON STUTTGART (1786), VON STUTTGARD (1790), v. STUTTGARDT (1802).

Kreuzer issues

Black DC on first issue in 1855
Blue 3-circle,10 points Grobe
Black 3-circle on first issue
DC in 1860, expedition 3N6 on the 1859 issue
DC in 1861 on the 1860 issue
DC in 1866, expedition 12N2
DC in 1866, expedition 8N11 on the 1865 issue
Circle with hour (7) on the 1866 issue
3-Circle with expedition 12N2 on the 1865 issue
DC on the 1867 issue

Numerals 1869-1873

Circle hour (10) on 1 kr 1869 issue
Circle hour (7) on 3 kr 1869 issue
Circle hour (5) on a 9 kr 1873 sub-issue

70 kr

Typical fan (Fächer) postmark a 4 block (280 kr) 1873 issue.

Covers

Three 1869 values, STUTTGART hour (7) on a 3 Kr envelope cut.

Pfennig issues since 1875

STUTTGART II Fächer blue postmark on the 1875 issue
Circle STUTTGART N°1 on a 1875 issue
Bridge in 1879.
Circle P.A. N°1 in 1889.
Circle in 1890 on a 50 pfg.
Circle P.A.I in 1894 on an Official stamp.
Circle STUTTGART P.A. in 1897 on a 1890 issue
Circle in 1900
Small circle STUTTGART Nr 1, late in 1920 on a Kingdom Official stamp.

Cards and Covers

DC STUTTGART to Bremen in 1860.
STUTTGART P.A.I on a postal card cut in 1891.
STUTTGART No 7 on Postal card of 1897
1899 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria to Stuttgart
Internal Post Office letter "Stuttgart 1" to "Stuttgart 3" from 14-01-1901