Content of Michel Catalog Briefe Deutschland 2022/2023:

Cover valuation for the areas Old German States, North German Confederation, German Empire, Local Issues of 1923, Foreign Post Offices, Colonies and Ship Post Abroad, Occupation Issues of World War I, Plebiscite areas, Belgian military mail in Rhineland, Eupen and Malmédy, Gdansk, Memel, Bohemia and Moravia, General Government, Sudetenland, Occupation Issues of World War II, Field Post Stamps

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Description:

• Detailed cataloguing of German covers from 1849 to April 1945 including comprehensive information on "pre-philatelic postmarks" in the old German areas
• Main focus of the new edition: Bavarian issues after the introduction of the Mark currency and local issues of the inflation period with many new discoveries.
• Review and update of all price quotations with particularly significant price increases for Bavaria
• Numerous other editorial additions such as the further breakdown of letter valuations by franking type, additional or supplemented descriptions of the covers and other improvements make the new volume even more informative
• Over 5000 illustrations and approx. 30,000 price quotations

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.

Postal covers continue to be an up-and-coming field of collecting. Beautiful and colourful covers with well-preserved, centrally cancelled stamps on them illustrate postal history particularly well. They also have been in great demand at the major auctions in the two years since the previous edition of the MICHEL covers volume. However, the new edition of this catalogue shows not only that inconspicuous pieces can write postal history, they also prove to be particularly valuable. The German local issues at the end of the inflationary period have 20 exciting new discoveries in this year's edition. One of them is this fee slip from Cologne 1. A postmark and a handwritten note of the fee amount result in this case in a valuation of 1700 euros. Photo: Local issue cologne 1 MiNo. 3

Target Group:

Stamp collectors specialized in stamps of Germany, experts, dealers, thematic collectors, study groups, teachers

Additional Information:

21^st edition, in colour
624 pages
155 mm x 230 mm, Hardcover
On sale: 4 November 2022
Language: German
ISBN: 978-3-95402-434-6

Press Release:

Collecting postal covers continues to grow in popularity. Thus, after only two years, we can present a new edition of Michel Catalog Briefe Deutschland 2022/2023 Part I (1849–1945), which includes the period from 1849 to April 1945. Since all old German areas are provided with extensive information on "pre-philatelic postmarks", it is also possible to classify and evaluate covers before 1849.

In this edition, there were two special focal points in the revision: The Bavarian issues of the time after the introduction of the Mark currency and the local issues of the inflation period, mainly from the year 1923, during which time many new discoveries were reported. Particularly the valuations of the Bavarian covers have been revised, which has led to a number of remarkable higher valuations. At the same time, however, the letter valuations have been further broken down by franking type, making this reference book more convenient for collectors than previous editions.

We mention these areas in particular, but the other sections of this volume have also been carefully revised both in terms of valuations and textual information. This has led to numerous price changes, but also to new or supplemented descriptions of the covers. These changes should be taken into account, as they facilitate the evaluation of a given specimen.

Many contributors have again helped to further improve MICHEL Covers Germany Volume 1. We would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their help and commitment.

In the past two years, a number of very beautiful and sought-after covers came onto the market, which were also reported on by media outside the philatelic world. It is important to have reports outside our hobby, even if it may give the impression that you have to be a millionaire to collect stamps. We know that this is not the case. Quite the contrary, it is often possible to acquire an interesting piece surprisingly cheaply. We hope that this new Michel Catalog Briefe Deutschland 2022/2023 Part I (1849–1945) will help you to acquire the necessary knowledge to do so.

Schwaneberger Publishing House
The Editorial Team

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