Weimar Republic Deutsche Reich 1918 - 1933 BACK TO MAIN MENU LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS Weimar Republic  1918 - 1933 Stamps are consecutively numbered for this period. Stamps Sheets, Sheetlets, Miniature Sheets, Booklets, & Roll Stamps are Perforated unless noted otherwise. Stamp Strips (Se-tenant, Téte-béche, with Tabs / Labels, etc.) are Horizontal unless noted otherwise. Weimar Republic War Wounded Fund : Surcharged Overprints May 1919 - Issued in sheets of 100. 1 5 on 10pf.  Carmine 2 5 on 15pf.  Slate-Violet Weimar Republic National Assembly at Weimer July 1919/1920 - Issued in sheets of 100. 3 10pf.  Mature Tree 4 15pf.  Tree Regeneration 5 25pf.  Bricklayer 6 30pf.  Bricklayer Weimar Republic Air Mail Stamps October 1919 - Issued in sheets of 50. 7 10pf.  Posthorn 8 40pf.  Biplane Weimar Republic Images of the German Empire: Redrawn & Offset Printed March 1920 - Issued in sheets of 50. 9 1M.  General Post Office Berlin 10 1.25M.  General Post Office Berlin 11 1.50M.  General Post Office Berlin 12 2.5M.  North & South Figures Weimar Republic Images of the German Empire: New Colours and Surcharge June 1920 - Issued in sheets of 20. 13 1.25M. on 1M.  Green 14 1.50M. on 1M.  Brown 15 2.50M. on 2M.  Rosy Purple Weimar Republic Bavarian Stamps: Overprinted "Deutsches Reich" April 1920/1921 - Issued in Sheets of 100 (stamps 16-30) & in Sheets of 50 (stamps 26-30) & in Sheets of 20 (stamps 31-35). 16 5pf.  Bright Green 17 10pf.  Orange 18 15pf.  Carmine 19 20pf.  Violet 20 30pf.  Deep Blue 21 40pf.  Bistre-Brown 22 50pf.  Scarlet 23 60pf.  Blue-Green 24 75pf.  Claret 25 80pf.  Deep Blue 26 1M.  Carmine & Grey 27 11⁄4M.  Blue & Bistre 28 11⁄2M.  Blue-Green & Grey 29 2M.  Violet & Bistre 30 21⁄2M.  Black & Grey 31 3M.  Pale Blue 32 4M.  Orange-Red 33 5M.  Yellow-Orange 34 10M.  Deep Green 35 20M.  Black Weimar Republic Germania: Issue 8, New Colours & Values January 1920/1921 - Issued in sheets of 100 (stamps 36-45) & in Sheets of 25 (stamps 46-49).  Also issued in Booklets & Rolls. 36 5pf.  Brown 37 10pf.  Orange 38 15pf.  Violet 39 20pf.  Green 40 30pf.  Dull Blue 41 40pf.  Lilac-Red 42 50pf.  Purple 43 60pf.  Grey-Olive 44 75pf.  Dark Lilac 45 80pf.  Ultramarine 46 1M.  Green & Violet 47 11⁄4M.  Lilac & Orange 48 2M.  Blue & Lilac-Red 49 4M.  Lilac-Red & Grey Weimar Republic Germania: Issue 9, Surcharges August 1921 - Issued in sheets of 100 (stamps 50, 52, 53) & in Sheets of 25 (stamp 51). 50 1.60M. on 5pf.  Brown 51 3M. on 11⁄4M.  Lilac & Orange 52 5M. on 75pf.  Lilac 53 10M. on 75pf.  Lilac Weimar Republic First New Designs: Numerals, Blacksmiths, Miners, Reapers, Posthorn, Ploughman, etc. May 1921 - Issued in sheets of 100 & 25 (stamps 54-69) & in Sheets of 50 (stamps 70-72).  Also issued in Booklets & Rolls (stamps 54-69) 54 5pf.  Lilac-Carmine 55 10pf.  Brown-Olive 56 15pf.  Green-Blue 57 25pf.  Brown 58 30pf.  Bright Green 59 40pf.  Orange 60 50pf.  Purple 61 60pf.  Brownish Lilac 62 80pf.  Carmine 63 100pf.  Olive-Green 64 120pf.  Dark Blue 65 150pf.  Orange 66 160pf.  Grey-Turquoise 67 2M.  Violet & Rose 68 3M.  Red & Yellow 69 4M.  Green & Yellow-Green 70 5M.  Reddish Orange 71 10M.  Carmine 72 20M.  Indigo & Green Weimar Republic First New Designs: Reissued & New Value December 1921/1922 - Issued in sheets of 100  (stamps 73-86) & in Sheets of 50 (stamps 78-92).   Also issued in Booklets & Rolls. 73 5pf.  Lilac-Carmine 74 10pf.  Brown-Olive 75 15pf.  Green-Blue 76 25pf.  Brown 77 30pf.  Bright Green 78 40pf.  Orange 79 50pf.  Purple 80 60pf.  Lilac 81 75pf.  Violet-Blue 82 80pf.  Carmine 83 100pf.  Olive-Green 84 120pf.  Dark Blue 85 150pf.  Orange 86 160pf.  Pale Blue 87 2M.  Violet & Rose 88 3M.  Red & Yellow 89 4M.  Green & Yellow-Green 90 5M.  Reddish Orange 91 10M.  Carmine 92 20M.  Indigo & Green Weimar Republic Germania: Issue 10, New Colours March 1922 - Issued in Sheets of 100.  Also issued in Rolls. 93 75pf.  Carmine 94 11⁄4M.  Orange-Red & Lilac Weimar Republic German Industrial Exhibition Munich: Arms of Munich April 1922 - Issued in Sheets of 100. 95 1¼M.  Lilac-Red 96 2M.  Blackish Violet 97 3M.  Orange-Red 98 4M.  Dark Blue 99 10M.  Brown / flesh 100 20M.  Carmine / rose Weimar Republic Posthorn Issues: New Colours and Values June 1922 - Issued in Sheets of 100.  Also issued in Rolls. 101 5M.  Orange & Yellow 102 10M.  Red & Pink 103 20M.  Violet & Orange 104 30M.  Brown & Yellow 105 50M.  Blue, Green & Lilac Weimar Republic Air Mail Stamps: Stylised Wood Pigeon July 1922+ 106 25pf.  Brown 107 40pf.  Orange 108 50pf.  Purple 109 60pf.  Carmine 110 80pf.  Pale Emerald 111 1M.  Deep & Pale Greens 112 2M.  Lake & Grey 113 3M.  Violet-Blue & Grey 114 5M.  Orange & Yellow Weimar Republic Denominations in Horizontal Oval: Issue 1 October 1922 - 115 100M.  Purple / buff 116 200M.  Carmine / buff 117 300M.  Green / buff 118 400M.  Yellow-Brown / buff 119 500M.  Orange / buff Weimar Republic Posthorn Issues: New Colours and Values June 1922+ 120 2M.  Purple 121 3M.  Vermillion 122 4M.  Deep Green 123 5M.  Orange 124 6M.  Blue 125 8M.  Olive-Green 126 20M.  Violet 127 30M.  Chocolate 128 40M.  Apple Green Weimar Republic Fund for the Elderly & Children December 1922 129 6M + 4M.  Blue & Bistre 130 12m + 8M.  Red & Lilac Weimar Republic Air Mail Stamps: Stylised Wood Pigeon July 1923 - 131 10M.  Purple & Rose 132 25M.  Brown & Yellow 133 100M.  Dark Olive & Rose Weimar Republic Workers December 1922+ 134 5M.  Orange 135 10M.  Bright Blue 136 12M.  Scarlet 137 20M.  Claret 138 25M.  Olive-Bistre 139 30M.  Olive-Green 140 40M.  Blue-Green 141 50M.  Turquoise-Blue Weimar Republic Denominations in Horizontal Oval: Issue 2 October 1922+ 142 50M.  Dark Blue 143 100M.  Purple / buff 144 200M.  Carmine / buff 145 300M.  Green / buff 146 400M.  Yellow-Brown / buff 147 500M.  Orange / buff 148 1,000M.  Grey (shades) 149 2,000M.  Blue (shades) 150 3,000M.  Brown (shades) 151 4,000M.  Violet 152 5,000M.  Grey-Green 153 10,000M.  Scarlet Weimar Republic Fund for the Rhein & Ruhr Occupation Districts February 1923 154 100M on 5M.  Orange 155 500M on 25M.  Olive-Bistre 156 1,000M on 20M.  Indigo & Green Weimar Republic Wartburg Castle & Cologne Cathedral May 1923+ 157 5,000M.  Wartburg Castle 158 10,000M.  Cologne Cathedral Weimar Republic Air Mail Stamps: Stylised Wood Pigeon May 1923 - Issued in Sheets of 100. 159 5M.  Orange-Red 160 10M.  Purple 161 25M.  Deep Brown 162 100M.  Olive-Green 163 200M.  Violet-Blue Hyperinflation Period Commences Hyperinflation affected the German Papiermark between 1921 and 1923, primarily in 1923, and finally stabilising in 1924.  Thousand Marks [ tM. ]   Million Marks [ mM. ]   Billion Marks [ bM. ] Weimar Republic Denominations in Circle May 1923 - Issued in Sheets of 100.  Also issued in Rolls. 164 100M.  Purple 165 200M.  Carmine 166 300M.  Green 167 400M.  Brown 168 500M.  Orange-Red 169 1,000M.  Grey Weimar Republic Denominations in Circle August 1923 - Issued in Sheets of 100. 170 5tM.  Grey Blue 171 50tM.  Ochre 172 75tM.  Violet Weimar Republic High Inflation Period: Provisional Overprints August 1923+ 173 5tM. on 40pf.  Red-Orange 174 8tM. on 30pf.  Opal Green 175 15tM. on 40M.  Olive-Green 176 20tM. on 12M.  Orange 177 20tM. on 25M.  Brown 178 20tM. on 200M.  Lilac-Red 179 25tM. on 25M.  Brown 180 30tM. on 10M.  Deep Blue 181 30tM. on 200M.  Light Blue 182 75tM. on 300M.  Yellow-Green 183 75tM. on 400M.  Yellow-Green 184 75tM. on 1000M.  Green 185 100tM. on 100M.  Purple 186 100tM. on 400M.  Green 187 125tM. on 1000M.  Rose-Red 188 250tM. on 200M.  Lilac-Red 189 250tM. on 300M.  Deep Green 190 250tM. on 400M.  Dark Brown 191 250tM. on 500M.  Pink 192 250tM. on 500M.  Bright Red Weimar Republic High Inflation Period: Rouletted Stamps Overprinted October 1923 193 400tM. on 15pf. Ochre 194 400tM. on 25pf. Ochre 195 400tM. on 30pf. Ochre 196 400tM. on 40pf. Ochre Weimar Republic High Inflation Period: New Colours & Reissued Values October 1923 197 800tM. on 5pf.  Green 198 800tM. on 10pf.  Green 199 800tM. on 200M.  Lilac-Red 200 800tM. on 300M.  Green 201 800tM. on 400M.  Dark Brown 202 800tM. on 400M.  Green 203 800tM. on 500M.  Green 204 800tM. on 1000M.  Dark Green 205 2mM. on 200M.  Pink 206 2mM. on 300M.  Dark Green 207 2mM. on 500M.  Pink 208 2mM. on 5000M.  Pink Weimar Republic Value in Circle with Rosette ("Basket Lid") October 1923 - Issued in Sheets of 100. 209 500tM.  Orange-Brown 210 1mM.  Blue-Green 211 2mM.  Lilac 212 4mM.  Olive 213 5mM.  Lilac-Red 214 10mM.  Dark Vermilion 215 20mM.  Dark Blue 216 30mM.  Carmine-Brown 217 50mM.  Dark Olive-Green 218 100mM.  Greenish Grey 219 200mM.  Brown   220 500mM.  Greenish Yellow 221 1bM.  Lilac-Brown 222 2bM.  Light Sienna 223 5bM.  Yellow-Orange 224 10bM.  Green-Yellow 225 20bM.  Opal Green 226 50bM.  Cobalt Blue Weimar Republic Surcharged Numeral in Circle November 1923 - Issued in Sheets of 100. 227 1bM on 100M.  Grey-Violet Weimar Republic Value in Circle with Rosette ("Basket Lid") November 1923 - Issued in Sheets of 100. 228 5bM on 2mM.  Lilac 229 5bM on 4mM.  Light Green 230 5bM on 10mM.  Vermilion 231 10bM on 20mM.  Dark Blue 232 10bM on 50mM.  Dark Green 233 10bM on 100mM.  Green-Grey New Rentenmark Currency The Rentenmark was introduced by the German Authorities in an effort to control the hyperinflation. 100 Rentenpfennig = 1 Rentenmark ...and... 1 Rentenmark (RM) = 1 Trillion Paper Marks (M) Weimar Republic Value in Circle with Rosette: "Basket Lid" December 1923 234 3pf.  Brown 235 5pf.  Dark Green 236 10pf.  Red 237 20pf.  Violet-Blue 238 50pf.  Red-Orange 239 100pf.  Violet-Purple Weimar Republic Air Mail: Wood Pigeon January 1924 240 5pf.  Dark Yellow-Green 241 10pf.  Carmine-Red 242 20pf.  Blue-Violet 243 50pf.  Light Red-Orange 244 100pf.  Violet-Purple 245 200pf.  Dark Green-Blue 246 300pf.  Dark Lilac-Grey Weimar Republic German Charity: "The Life of St. Elizabeth" February 1924 247 5+15pf.  Dark Bluish Green 248 10+30pf.  Vermillion 249 20+60pf.  Dark Blue 250 50+150pf.  Orange-Brown Weimar Republic New Imperial Eagle March 1924 - Issued in Sheets of 100.  Also issued in Booklets & Rolls. 251 3pf.  Light Brown 252 5pf.  Bright Green 253 10pf.  Orange-Red 254 20pf.  Blue 255 30pf.  Dark Lilac 256 40pf.  Brown-Olive 257 50pf.  Dull Orange Weimar Republic Heinrich von Stephan: First General Postmaster & founder of the Universal Postal Union May 1924 - Issued in Sheets of 100.  258 60pf.  Orange-Brown 259 80pf.  Dark Green-Blue New Reichsmark Currency 1 Reichsmark (M.) = 1 Rentenmark (RM.) Commonly referred to as the "Mark" Weimar Republic Buildings March 1924 - Issued in Sheets of 50.  260 1M.  Rheinstein Castle 261 2M.  Old Cologne 262 3M.  Marienburg 263 5M.  Speyer Cathedral Weimar Republic Universal Postal Union: 50th Anniversary October 1924 - Issued in Sheets of 100.  264 10Pf.  Dark Blue-Green 265 20pf.  Dark Blue Weimar Republic German Traffic Exhibition, Munich May 1925 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 266 5pf.  Green 267 10pf.  Orange-Red Weimar Republic Rhineland: 1000 Years with Germany May 1925 - Issued in Sheets of 100.  Also issued in Booklets & Rolls. 268 5pf.  Green 269 10pf.  Vermilion 270 20pf.  Blue Weimar Republic German Charity: Coat of Arms, Issue 1 December 1925 - Issued in Sheets of 100.  Also issued in Booklets. 271 5+5pf.  Prussia 272 10+10pf.  Bavaria 273 20+20pf.  Saxony Weimar Republic Airmail: Stylised Eagle April 1926/1927 - Issued in Sheets of 100.  Also issued in Booklets. 274 5pf.  Green 275 10pf.  Medium Red 276 15pf.  Reddish Lilac 277 20pf.  Grey-Blue 278 50pf.  Orange-Red 279 1M.  Black & Rose 280 2M.  Black & Dull Cobalt 281 3M.  Black & Brown-Olive Weimar Republic Famous Germans: Issue 1 November 1926 - Issued in Sheets of 100.  Also issued in Booklets & Rolls. 282 3pf.  Johann von Goethe 283 3pf.  Johann von Goethe 284 5pf.  Friedrich von Schiller 285 5pf.  Friedrich von Schiller 286 8pf.  Ludwig von Beethoven 287 10pf.  Friedrich the Great 288 15pf.  Immanuel Kant 289 20pf.  Ludwig von Beethoven 290 25pf.  Johann von Goethe 291 30pf.  Gotthold Lessing 292 40pf.  Gottfrield Leibniz 293 50pf.  Johann Bach 294 80pf.  Albrecht Dürer Weimar Republic German Charity: Coat of Arms, Issue 2 December 1926 - Issued in Sheets of 100.  Also issued in Booklets. 295 5+5pf.  Wurttemberg 296 10+10pf.  Baden 297 25+25pf.  Thuringia 298 50+50pf.  Hesse Weimar Republic German Charity: Hindenburg's 80th Birthday September 1927 - Issued in Sheets of 100.  Also issued in Booklets. 299 8+7pf.  Dark Green 300 15+15pf.  Orange-Red 301 25+25pf.  Blue 302 50+50pf.  Medium Brown Weimar Republic Conference of the International Labour Office, Berlin: Overprints October 1927 303 8pf.  Dark Green 304 15pf.  Vermillion 305 25pf.  Blue Weimar Republic German Presidents: Issue 1, Friedrich Ebert & Paul von Hindenburg (First & Second Presidents) September 1928 - Issued in Sheets of 100.  Also issued in Booklets & Rolls. 306 3pf.  Brown 307 5pf.  Green 308 8pf.  Green 309 10pf.  Vermilion 310 15pf.  Lilac-Red 311 20pf.  Green-Blue 312 25pf.  Blue 313 30pf.  Dark Olive 314 40pf.  Brown-Violet 315 45pf.  Reddish Orange 316 50pf.  Orange-Brown 317 60pf.  Brownish Red 318 80pf.  Lilac-Brown Weimar Republic Air Mail: Dirigible, Graf Zeppelin LZ-127 September 1928 - Issued in Sheets of 50.  319 2M.  Ultramarine 320 4M.  Black-Brown Weimar Republic German Charity: Coat of Arms, Issue 3 November 1928 - Issued in Sheets of 100.  Also issued in Booklets. 321 5+5pf.  Hamburg 322 8+7pf.  Mecklenburg-Schwerin 323 15+15pf.  Oldenburg 324 25+25pf.  Brunswick 325 50+50pf.  Anhalt Weimar Republic German Charity: Coat of Arms, Issue 4 November 1929 - Issued in Sheets of 100.  Also issued in Booklets. 326 5+2pf.  Bremen 327 8+4pf.  Lippe-Detmold 328 15+5pf.  Lübeck 329 25+10pf.  Mecklenburg-Strelitz 330 50+40pf.  Schaumburg-Lippe Weimar Republic German Presidents: Issue 3, New Colours February 1930 - Issued in Sheets of 100.  Also issued in Rolls. 331 10pf.  Purple 332 20pf.  Lilac-Grey 333 80pf.  Brown-Yellow Weimar Republic Airmail: Dirigible, South American Flight April 1930 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 334 2M.  Ultramarine 335 4M.  Black-Brown Weimar Republic Buildings: Overprinted "Reichsmark" May 1930 336 2M.  Old Cologne Weimar Republic Departure of Allied Forces from the Rhineland: Overprinted with Date June 1930 337 8pf.  Blue-Green 338 15pf.  Carmine-Red Weimar Republic International Philatelic Exhibition, Berlin September 1930 - Issued in Miniature Sheets of 4.  View Minisheet   View Block of 4   View Watermark 339 8+4pf.  Aachen Cathedral & City Hall 340 15+5pf.  Brandenburg Gate, Berlin 341 25+10pf.  Marienwerder Castle 342 50+40pf.  Main Bridge Wurzburg Weimar Republic German Emergency Aid: Buildings, Issue 1 November 1930 - Issued in Sheets of 100. 343 8+4pf.  Aachen Cathedral & City Hall 344 15+5pf.  Brandenburg Gate, Berlin 345 25+10pf.  Marienwerder Castle 346 50+40pf.  Main Bridge Wurzburg Weimar Republic German President: Issue3, New Value February 1931 - Issued in Sheets of 100. 347 4pf.  Greenish-Blue Weimar Republic Air Mail: Dirigible, Polar Flight May 1931 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 348 1M.  Bright Red Weimar Republic Airmail Dirigible: Overprinted "POLAR-FAHRT 1931" July 1931 - Issued in Sheets of 50. 349 1M.  Bright Red 350 2M.  Ultramarine 351 4M.  Dark Brown Weimar Republic German Emergency Aid: Buildings, Issue 2 November 1931 352 8+4pf.  Dresden Fortress 353 15+5pf.  Breslau City Hall 354 25+10pf.  Heidelberg Castle 355 50+40pf.  Lubeck City Gate Weimar Republic German Emergency Aid: Buildings, Issue 3, Overprinted and Surtaxed February 1932 - Issued in Sheets of 100. 356 6+4pf.  Dark Green 357 12+3pf.  Red Weimar Republic German Presidents: Issue 4, New Values January 1932 - Issued in Sheets of 100.  Also issued in Booklets & Rolls. 358 6pf.  Friedrich Ebert 359 12pf.  Paul von Hindenburg Weimar Republic Hindenburg Medallions: Issue 1 October 1932 - Issued in Sheets of 100.  Also issued in Booklets & Rolls. 360 4pf.  Medium Blue 361 5pf.  Emerald Green 362 12pf.  Red-Orange 363 15pf.  Dark Rose-Red 364 25pf.  Ultramarine 365 40pf.  Blue-Violet 366 50pf.  Sienna Weimar Republic German Charity: Castles & Palaces November 1932 - Issued in Sheets of 100.  Also issued in Booklets. 367 4+2pf.  Wartburg Castle 368 6+4pf.  Stolzenfels Castle 369 12+3pf.  Nuremberg Castle 370 25+10pf.  Lichtenstein Castle 371 40+40pf.  Marburg Castle BACK TO MAIN MENU RETURN TO TOP TO NEXT SECTION