The Michel Catalog Deutschland 2021-2022 is the 108th edition of the standard catalog on German philately by Michel. The catalog is again full to the brim with references, changed notations and much more! A lot has changed in the past year, especially in the Sudetenland area, but new discoveries and price changes can be found everywhere from old Germany to the newest stamps of Germany!
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Old Germany, Northern German Confederation and German Reich, foreign post offices, colonies, maritime mail abroad, occupation issues, plebiscite areas, Belgian military mail in Rhineland, Eupen, Malmédy, Gdansk, Memel, Sudetenland, field post stamps, local issues, Allied occupation, GDR, Berlin (West), Saarland with OPD issues, Federal Republic of Germany
In its 108th edition, the Michel Catalog Deutschland 2021-2022 again presents a compact yet very detailed overview of all German issues from 1849 to the latest stamps issued in 2021. In addition to lots of editorial updates, it provides interested collectors of German stamps with the latest market developments of classic as well as contemporary stamps each year.
By their very nature, many issues from Sudetenland, for instance, are particularly sought-after and therefore expensive collectors‘ items. However, the owners of less valuable issues of this collection area will be happy to discover numerous price increases in this new edition. Photo: Sudetenland – Reichenberg MiNo. 35 |
Stamp collectors specialized in issues of Germany and German colonies and territories abroad , experts, dealers, thematic collectors, study groups, teachers
On October 9th, 1980, the charity stamp series “Gefährdete Ackerwildkräuter“ (Endangered Wild Herbs), was issued in West Berlin, depicting four flowering plants that grow in Germany but are hard to find: the white lace flower, the hairy star of Bethlehem, the summer pheasant’s eye and a deep purple plant with five-radial, star-shaped flowers that the inscription of the stamp identifies as being the Legousia hybrida. Yet the flower depicted on the stamp is a different species. The botanical name of the second species of different types of looking-glass that is domestic in Germany is Legousia speculum-veneris, i.e. Venus’s looking-glass. Compared to the Legousia hybrida, it has much larger blossoms yet relatively short sepals that don’t extend past the petals. When taking a closer look at the fourth stamp of the set of charity stamps, you can distinctly identify the Venus’s looking-glass. The 90-penny stamp issued in West Berlin on October 9th, 1980, is therefore the perfect find for any collection of faulty representations on stamps, yet collectors of motifs who are also interested in botany will also be charmed by this endearing inaccuracy and the beautiful design of this stamp.
Stamp and plant collectors will find the complete revision of plant identification and nomenclature of German stamps in accordance with the latest state of botanical research in the new Michel Catalog Deutschland 2021-2022. And collectors of fairy tale motifs are provided with a much more detailed presentation of famous and less well-known fairy tales than before: The picture captions of the fairy tale issues of German collection areas have been expanded and complemented considerably, inviting anyone to read the stories by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen or Aleksandr Pushkin again.
Yet the Michel Catalog Deutschland 2021-2022 also has a wealth of new information for collectors of countries – such as regarding rare watermark variations of German maritime mail or new types of design of issues from Sudetenland, screen types of the latest stamp issues of the Federal Republic of Germany or private liberation overprints applied by members of the French occupation force to issues of the German Reich during the last weeks of World War II.
Furthermore, collectors interested in the stamp production technology will find new explanatory introductions to the vending machine stamps issued for Berlin and the F.R.G. with pictures of the models of vending machines used as well as supplementary and detailed information about the designers and engravers of early federal German postage issues. The publication of the numbers of issue of the Deutsche Post AG, however, is a special highlight collectors have been waiting for for 16 years: The Michel Catalog Deutschland 2021-2022 presents the numbers of issue of the special German postage stamps since 2013, including the first-day sheets and stamp booklets as well as the flower motif stamp series from 2005 to the end of 2020.
The collection areas of Old Germany, German Reich – Germania stamp booklets, occupation during World Wars I and II, Sudetenland, local issues as of 1945, SBZ – “Postmeistertrennungen” and the French Zone show the most striking price changes , some of which now boast five times their former values.
We hope all of our readers will have a wonderful time with this new Michel Catalog Deutschland 2021-2022. In addition, MICHEL Rundschau – the versatile philatelic monthly – offers a colourful array of philatelic news and background information. Enjoy!
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Weight | 2.2 kg |
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Dimensions | 15.5 × 23 cm |
Language | German |
Publisher | Michel |
Interest | Philately, Postal History, Stamps |
ISBN | 978-3-95402-370-7 |
Country | Germany |
Accessory Type | Catalog |
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