Germany - 1948 - Hegel Portrait 60 - Fluo Ink

Thanks very much for this useful link - I hadn't come across this page before.

Ryan

Cjd,

Thanks for the direct link. I should know better than to get creative with a post so late at night.

Dan

Analine inks used well before these glow under UV lights so that may be a possibility. I was reading on some heligoland issues and reprints that "glow" under UV.
Hate to hijack but its been mentioned here and seems semi appropriate- I've been sorting a huge collection and Wondering where the lines are drawn between / deutche reich, deutch Bunderpost & DDR. I've kept all DDR seperate but clumped bunderpost with the older ones. I'm assuming 3 different periods all ending with deutcheland but see there are overlaps.

Here's how I break up post-war Germany. It basically tracks the Michel catalog. I find the Scott catalog confusing on these issues.

Allied Occupation (1945 -1949)

--Local Issues
--Allied Military Government (General)
--Sarrland (1947 – 1956)
--French Sector (General)
----Baden
----Rhineland-Pfalz
----Wurttenburg
--American and British Zones (Bizone)
--Soviet Zone (General)
----Berlin – Brandenburg
----Mecklenburg -Vorpommern
----East Saxony
----Province Saxony
----Thuringia
----West Saxony

Post Occupation to Unification (1949 -1990)

--Berlin (1948 – 1990)
--BRD (1949 – 1990)
--Sarrland as a state of the BRD (1957 -1959)
--DDR (1949 -1990)

The "Heads 1" series is part of the Soviet Zone, General Issues (For use in all Soviet Zones) and the "Heads 2" is an early DDR issue. The Soviet Zone began issuing its own stamps because of a currency reform in the Western Sectors in June of 1948.

Here's a good overview of the collecting area:
http://www.stamp-collecting-world.c...upation.html

If you enjoy color, watermark and gum variations this is a good place to stamp.

Dan