Germania Heads

Hi All

Does any member of the CF know where there is a good source of information regarding plate varieties of the German definitives, mostly the Germania Heads and others?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thank you

Chimo

Bujutsu

Arrrrrggghh

That is supposed to be SCF, not CF - - sorry

Bujutsu

LOL - thanks Kirk, I'll try to remember this

Chimo

Bujutsu

Hi Bujutsu

Here is a good online source regarding the different Germania
issues plus other German stamps but I'm afraid it's only in German.

http://www.philadb.com/?site=list&catuid=483

Thank you litho

All help is appreciated. I am not that fluent in German but know enough to get by :)

Chimo

Bujutsu

lithograving, that's a great website there, most informative.

However, I don't understand their price code and can't find where it's explained.

Here are the symbols they use:

** = Mint Never Hinged
* = Mint hinged
(*) = not sure, possibly CTO or favor cancelled by the Post Office.
o or (o) or dot in circle = used, cancelled, postmarked
cover is on cover or on letter

Looking on Delcampe you see these a lot from European collectors.

Pricing is in Euros, the E cursive symbol. A Euro is about $1.50 US.

On the left lower below the menu there are little flags and currency symbols. Clicking on one changes the amounts quoted in the columns to that currency. Neat. Very friendly. No Canada (Kanada) yet.

Puzzler, thanks for figuring that out.

You'd think they'd provide a key on the Startseite, however!

One of the things I really like about this website is that they illustrate the watermark for every stamp they list (for nearly every stamp I've looked at so far) and when they don't they at least tell you whether it has a watermark or not.

Thanks to this method, I've discovered that I have two inflation-era stamps without watermarks that ought to have them. No mention is made of unwatermarked varieties, so I have two new discoveries to explore!

All that the site lacks is some kind of cross-referencing scheme. It would be good to know, for example, if there are other issues of the same stamp with different perfs or watermarks.

On the whole, though, this is the most thorough philatelic website I've ever seen. I can't wait until it's finished!

Great site Litho. thanks!

I believe they are using the Michel Catalog symbols. (*) is mint with only part of the gum intact. (disturbed gum). The symbol for a CTO is a shaded circle.

Dan

You're right Dan about the (*) symbol and the other ones are the same
as in the Michel Catalogs previously explained by Puzzler.
In the introduction they state that they cannot use the Michel numbering
system due to copyright restrictions.

Litho,
I read that too. It made me wonder why they were concerned about the Michel numbering system but not the use of their symbols.

Dan