Content of Michel Catalog German Reich in English:

German stamps from 1872 to 1945; i.e. the German Empire, inflation time, the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich, including official stamps and stamp booklets.

Description:

• The volume German Reich launches the new MICHEL series in English language with a particularly thrilling and globally popular collection area.
• Finally English-speaking collectors can explore these 73 years of exciting German history, whose political and economic upheavals are reflected in German stamp issues, in detail: from the Empire to the Weimar Republic to two world wars.
• Many of the most famous and valuable German stamps come from the “German Reich“ collection area and are among the most outstanding philatelic collectors‘ items worldwide.
• The information and price quotations that are standard for all MICHEL catalogues were revised and concur with the current status of research according to the latest edition of MICHEL Germany.
• More than 1200 colour photos and approx. 5500 price appraisals

The catalog is organized according to collection areas. Cataloging within these sections is chronological, based on issue date. Special stamp types, like official stamps, are located at the end of a collection area section. In order to assist collectors organize their stamps, numerous illustrations are provided, as well as information on similar stamps to help avoid possible mix-ups.

This MICHEL volume serves anyone well who is looking for a collection area with famous and some infamous (“Vineta-Provisorium“) stamps. As is the case with many older collection areas, you should be profoundly and widely informed so as not to make any overpriced purchases or greatly underestimate the value of a treasure in your own collection.

MiNo. 425 is a good example of how valuable technical literature can be. The watermark of this main number, depicted here, is the deciding factor – whether a specimen in mint condition has a value of € 2.50 (water mark Y horizontal) or € 8,000 (water mark X vertical).

In this case, the latest MICHEL information is essential and now even more quickly available to the English-speaking community of collectors.

Target Group:

Stamp collectors specialized in issues of the German Reich, experts, dealers, thematic collectors, study groups, teachers

Additional Information:

1st Edition, in colour
112 pages
155 mm x 230 mm, hardcover
On sale: 16 April 2021
ISBN: 9-783-95402-316-5

Press Release

The German Reich, founded 1871 end ending 1945, is a crucial part of German history. The many changes which occurred in these 75 years are well represented in the stamps of this period. Thus we have a most interesting area of collecting with many challenges for the stamp collector.

We are pleased to present the MICHEL German Reich to the anglophone philatelic community. This volume is the first in a continuously expanding series of English reference works intended to make more than a hundred years of philatelic research accessible to the English speaking world.

The entire content of this new edition is based on the MICHEL Deutschland 2020/2021. So it reflects 110 years of philatelic research. Continuous market observation ensures that MICHEL readers are always informed on valuation developments by a team of experts which is second to none.

We hope you will like this new edition and even find some new ideas for expanding your stamp collection. The content of this book will also be available in the MICHEL Online, our database on the stamps of the world. For a demo version please go to https://www.briefmarken.de.

The English content of the MICHEL Online as well as the printed books available in English will steadily increase from now on. Work has already started on a volume for the stamps of West Berlin published between 1949 and 1990.

We hope you have much fun with your stamps and this new MICHEL book.

Schwaneberger Publishing House,
The Editorial Team

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