Content of Michel Catalog Ganzsachen Deutschland 2018:

Official postal stationery (envelopes, postal wrappers, card letters, postcards, etc.) with printed postage stamps, including official stamps and those issued by authorities from all German areas, postal stationaries issued directly by the Deutsche Post AG DHL in its own responsibility.

Description:

• First revised edition since 2014 – now in hardcover
• New, expanded postage tables with all types of postal stationery, even more new information, such as places and numbers of issue for many collection areas
• Improved listings, such as official stationery with the added imprint of an additional postage stamp on private order issued in the German Empire, the final issues for using up rest supplies and temporary postal stationery from the G.D.R. as well as stamps issued directly by the German postal system can be found easier and more quickly
• Numerous new images in colour, for instance the temporary issues of the British Zone, etc.
• Approximately 250 new issues of the German postal system, including new products, such as cardboard envelopes, labels and folding cartons up to February 2018, have been catalogued in this new edition
• Price movements throughout the book
• Over 4400 images of imprint of postage, the most important pre-print varieties and watermarks as well as over 18 500 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.Exactly 150 years ago the Grand Duchy of Baden issued its first postal stationery, some items of which have witnessed staggering price appraisals by now.

The rather plain postal stationery U4 A for a price of 12 Kreuzer has an estimated value of € 2000 if not used or unused, and even € 30 000 if properly used. In 1858 the postage fee of a letter delivered in-country amounted to 3 Kreuzer; therefore only very few postal matters were sent with 12 Kreuzer.

Image: Baden U4 A

Target Group:

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

Additional Information:

Edition: 22nd Edition, in colour.
Pages: 896
Size: 155 mm x 203 mm, hardcover
Publisher: Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH
Publication Date: 29 May 2018
Language: German
ISBN: 9783954022250

Press Release

The Michel Catalog Ganzsachen Deutschland 2018 is published as a hardcover for the first time. Besides the fact that this makes it easier to handle and less vulnerable to wear-and-tear – even when used on days of intensive swapping – the larger format has enabled us to include improved information in many sections of the work.

It starts with a new postage table for Bavaria in the introduction, the expansion of the postage tables for all types of postal stationery presented as well as an improved depiction that shows if any postal stationery exists on a certain postage level and when it changed.

Various sections of this book have been newly arranged, which makes it easier to find specific postal stationery. Regarding the German Empire, this concerns the official postal stationery with the added imprint of an additional postage stamp on private order, which is now listed together at the end of the postage stamp imprint series ”Germania“.

In the section “Germany under Allied Occupation”, as is the case with the emergency issues, the final issues for using up rest supplies and temporary postal stationery are now listed together and both have been provided with an overview of the surcharges, respectively the temporary stamp imprints, covering the different occupation zones, which makes it easy to particularly find unused pieces.

Concerning the postal stationary issued directly by the Deutsche Post AG DHL, the issues that show official postage stamp imprints have now been separated from those with individual Deutsche Post postage stamp imprints. Due to a change in the corporate design, now there are almost exclusively postal logos without service area; for that reason issues without or with dated pre-cancellation have also been divided into Categories A and B in this work. The newly introduced post horn logo without the addition “Deutsche Post“ was put into Category B so as to be able to record likely issues in the same category.

Regarding stamps issued directly by the Deutsche Post AG DHL with individual Deutsche Post postage stamp imprints, issues that show a postal logo only in the postage stamp imprint have now been allocated to the relevant categories; thus two new categories – “Camp4us“ and ”Deutsche Post FC“ – have been added. The promotional issues have been integrated the same way into the existing postal logo categories.

Study Groups, experts and interested collectors informed the editorial team about the latest research findings, which were included in the cataloguing. Especially worth mentioning is the area of temporary issues of the British Zone; besides colour photos, we were able to add issuing places and numbers of issues for most of the stamps.

The Deutsche Post AG DHL have once again expanded their product range in a number of areas, for instance cardboard envelopes with or without shipment tracking, labels and folding cartons for sending books and goods, an envelope for goods that are sent abroad and folding cartons for packages.

All issues up to February 2018 are included; regarding the postal stationaries issued directly by the Deutsche Post AG DHL, however, only those up to about 2016 have been taken into consideration. As the current novelties have been recorded for the reader, any direct issues not yet recorded will be listed in the monthly issues of MICHEL Rundschau; a subscription to the journal will therefore ensure that you won’t miss any of the catalogued issues.

Our constant monitoring of the market revealed numerous price movements, particularly in the collection areas that are not all that established yet, such as postal stationaries issued directly by the Deutsche Post AG DHL.

An increase of approx. 50 pages is an indication for the numerous novelties issued during the last four year. A complete listing of the large number of novelties, re-numberings and deletions from the previous edition can be found in the index at the end of the catalogue.

Because of a lack of the characteristics of postal stationery, the international reply coupons have been taken out of this reference work and are now included in the MICHEL Germany Special editions in the future.

This 22^nd edition of this work has once again been prepared in cooperation with the Münchner Ganzsachen-Sammlerverein 1912 e.V. and as always we are greatly indebted to its chairman and members.

Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH

The Editorial Team

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Ganzsachen Deutschland 2018

Inhalt:

Amtliche Ganzsachen (Umschläge, Streifbänder, Kartenbriefe, Postkarten usw.) mit gedruckten Postwertzeichen einschließlich Dienstpost- und Behördenausgaben aller deutschen Gebiete, Eigenausgaben der Deutschen Post AG, Privatpost-Ausgaben der Deutschen Post AG.

Beschreibung:

• Erste Neuauflage seit 2014 – jetzt im Festeinband
• Neue, erweiterte Portotabelle mit allen Ganzsachenarten, weitere neue Zusatzinformationen wie Ausgabeorte und Auflagenzahlen bei vielen Gebieten
• Noch übersichtlichere Sortierung und Darstellung zum schnelleren Auffinden gesuchter Ganzsachen, z.B. bei amtlichen Ganzsachen mit Zudruck, weiterer Wertstempel auf private Bestellung aus dem Deutschen Reich, Aufbrauchs- und Behelfsganzsachen aus der DDR und bei den Eigenausgaben der Deutschen Post
• Zahlreiche neue Farbabbildungen, z.B. bei den Behelfsausgaben der Britischen Zone
• Ca. 250 Neuheiten der Deutschen Post inklusive neuer Produkte wie kartonierte Umschläge, Aufkleber und Päckchenfaltkartons sind in der Neuausgabe bis Februar 2018 katalogisiert
• Preisbewegungen im ganzen Band
• Mehr als 4400 Abbildungen der Wertstempel, der wichtigsten Vordruck-Verschiedenheiten und Wasserzeichen und über 18 500 Preisnotierungen

Produktinformation:

Edition: 22. Aufl., neu in Farbe
Seiten: 896
Format: 155 x 230, Hardcover
Verlag: Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH
Erscheinungsdatum: 29 Mai 2018Vor genau 150 Jahren gab das Großherzogtum Baden erstmals Ganzsachen heraus, von denen einige mittlerweile enorme Preisbewertungen verzeichnen.

Die sehr schlicht gestaltete Ganzsache U4 A zu 12 Kreuzern ist ungebraucht immerhin mit 2000 €, gebraucht aber sogar mit 30 000 € bewertet. 1858 betrug das Porto eines Inland-Standardbriefs 3 Kreuzer, so wurden die wenigsten Sendungen mit ganzen 12 Kreuzern frankiert.

Abbildung: Baden U4 A

Presse Information

Der vorliegende MICHEL Ganzsachen Deutschland 2018 wurde erstmals mit festem Einband hergestellt. Außer einer besseren Handhabung und geringerem Verschleiß, konnten durch das gleichzeitig verlängerte Format an vielen Stellen verbesserte Informationen in den Katalog aufgenommen werden.

Dies beginnt in der Einführung zum Katalog mit einer neuen Portotabelle für Bayern, Erweiterung der Portotabellen auf alle vorkommenden Ganzsachenarten, zudem in einer verbesserten Darstellung, die nun anzeigt, ob Ganzsachen zu einer Portostufe existieren und wann sie sich geändert hat.

Verschiedene Bereiche dieses Werks sind jetzt neu sortiert, wodurch der Sammler Ganzsachen leichter findet. Beim Deutschen Reich betrifft dies die amtlichen Ganzsachen mit Zudruck weiterer Wertstempel auf private Bestellung, die nun zusammengefasst am Ende der Wertstempelserie „Germania“ zu finden sind.

Im Katalogteil Deutschland unter alliierter Besetzung sind nun auch die Aufbrauchs- und Behelfsganzsachen zusammengefasst und jeweils mit einer die Besatzungszonen übergreifenden Übersicht der Wertaufdrucke bzw. der Behelfswertstempel versehen, die ein leichtes Auffinden besonders von ungebrauchten Stücken ermöglicht.

Bei den Eigenausgaben der Deutschen Post AG sind jetzt die Ausgaben mit amtlichen Wertstempeln von denen mit individuellen Deutschen-Post-Wertstempeln getrennt. Durch einen Wechsel im Corporate Design kommen fast nur noch Postlogos ohne Leistungsbereich vor, worauf im Katalog mit einer Trennung in Ausgaben ohne oder mit datierbarer Vorausentwertung auch bei den Kategorien A und B reagiert wurde. Das neu vorkommende Posthorn-Logo ohne „Deutsche Post“ wurde der Kategorie B zugeordnet, um gleichartige Ausgaben an gleicher Stelle erfassen zu können.

Bei den Eigenausgaben mit individuellen Deutschen-Post-Wertstempeln sind Ausgaben, die ein Postlogo nur im Wertstempel zeigen, den entsprechenden Kategorien zugeordnet, und dadurch mit „Camp4us“ und „Deutsche Post FC“ zwei neue Kategorien hinzugekommen. Die Werbeausgaben sind in gleicher Weise in die vorhandenen Postlogo-Kategorien integriert.

Arbeitsgemeinschaften, Prüfer und interessierte Sammlern teilten der Redaktion wieder neueste Forschungserkenntnisse mit, die in die Katalogisierung eingearbeitet wurden. Besonders ist hier der Bereich der Behelfsausgaben der Britischen Zone zu nennen, in dem bei den meisten Ausgaben neben Farbabbildungen Ausgabeorte und Auflagezahlen ergänzt werden konnten.

Die Deutsche Post AG und DHL hat ihr Produktspektrum wieder zahlreich erweitert, z.B. um kartonierte Umschläge ohne oder mit Sendungsverfolgung, Aufkleber und Faltkartons für Bücher- und Warensendungen, einen Warensendungsumschlag Ausland und Päckchen-Faltkartons.

Bei den Neuheiten sind alle Ausgaben bis Oktober 2017 berücksichtigt, bei den Eigenausgaben jedoch nur bis ca. 2016. Künftig werden auch die noch nicht erfassten Eigenausgaben in den monatlich erscheinenden Heften der MICHEL-Rundschau nachgemeldet.

Von den zahlreichen Neuausgaben der letzten vier Jahre kündet der Zuwachs von ca. 50 Seiten. Eine vollständige Auflistung der zahlreichen Neuaufnahmen, Umnummerierungen und Streichungen gegenüber der Vorlauflage ist dem Anhang am Ende des Katalogs zu entnehmen.

Die internationalen Antwortscheine wurden aus dem Katalog herausgenommen und sind künftig in den MICHEL Deutschland-Spezial Bänden zu finden.

Die vorliegende 22. Auflage dieses Kataloges wurde wieder in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Münchner Ganzsachen-Sammlerverein 1912 e.V. erstellt, dessen Bearbeiter an dieser Stelle wie immer unser Dank gebührt.

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