GERMAN STAMPS Deutsche Briefmarken Weimar Republic Deutsche Reich A  Simplified  Illustrated  Listing Weimar Republic  1918 - 1933 Stamps are consecutively numbered for this period Weimar Republic Assistance to War Victims : Surcharged Overprints May 1919   1 5 on 10pf.  Carmine 2 5 on 15pf.  Slate-Violet   Weimar Republic National Assembly at Weimer July 1919+ 3 10pf.  Mature Tree 4 15pf.  Tree Regeneration 5 25pf.  Bricklayer 6 30pf.  Bricklayer Weimar Republic Air Mail Stamps October 1919   7 10pf.  Posthorn 8 40pf.  Biplane   Weimar Republic Images of the German Empire: Redrawn & Offset Printed March 1920+ 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 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+ 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 1¼M.  Blue & Bistre 28 1½M.  Blue-Green & Grey 29 2M.  Violet & Bistre 30 2½M.  Black & Grey 31 3M.  Pale Blue 32 4M.  Orange-Red 33 5M.  Yellow-Orange 34 10M.  Deep Green 35 20M.  Black Weimar Republic Germania: New Colours & Values January 1920+ 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 1¼M.  Lilac & Orange 48 2M.  Blue & Lilac-Red 49 4M.  Lilac-Red & Grey Weimar Republic Germania: Surcharges August 1921 50 1.60M. on 5pf.  Brown 51 3M. on 1¼M.  Lilac & Orange 52 5M. on 75pf.  Lilac 53 10M. on 75pf.  Lilac Weimar Republic First New Designs: Numerals, Blacksmiths, Miners, Reapers, Posthorn, Ploughman May 1921+ 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+ 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: New Colours March 1922   93 75pf.  Carmine 94 1¼M.  Orange-Red & Lilac   Weimar Republic German Industrial Exhibition Munich: Arms of Munich April 1922 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+ 101 2M.  Purple 102 3M.  Vermillion 103 4M.  Deep Green 104 5M.  Orange & Yellow 105 5M.  Orange 106 6M.  Blue 107 8M.  Olive-Green 108 10M.  Red & Pink 109 20M.  Violet & Orange 110 20M.  Violet 111 30M.  Brown & Yellow 112 30M.  Chocolate 113 40M.  Apple Green 114 50M.  Blue, Green & Lilac Weimar Republic Air Mail Stamps: Stylised Wood Pigeon July 1922+ 115 25pf.  Brown 116 40pf.  Orange 117 50pf.  Purple 118 60pf.  Carmine 119 80pf.  Pale Emerald 120 1M.  Deep & Pale Greens 121 2M.  Lake & Grey 122 3M.  Violet-Blue & Grey 123 5M.  Orange & Yellow 124 10M.  Purple & Rose 125 25M.  Brown & Yellow 126 100M.  Dark Olive & Rose Weimar Republic Denominations in Horizontal Oval October 1922+ 127 50M.  Dark Blue 128 100M.  Purple / buff 129 200M.  Carmine / buff 130 300M.  Green / buff 131 400M.  Yellow-Brown / buff 132 500M.  Orange / buff 133 1,000M.  Grey (shades) 134 2,000M.  Blue (shades) 135 3,000M.  Brown (shades) 136 4,000M.  Violet 137 5,000M.  Grey-Green 138 10,000M.  Scarlet Weimar Republic Fund for the Elderly & Children December 1922   139 6M + 4M.  Blue & Bistre 140 12m + 8M.  Red & Lilac   Weimar Republic Workers December 1922+ 141 5M.  Orange 142 10M.  Bright Blue 143 12M.  Scarlet 144 20M.  Claret 145 25M.  Olive-Bistre 146 30M.  Olive-Green 147 40M.  Blue-Green 148 50M.  Turquoise-Blue Weimar Republic Fund for the Rhein & Ruhr Occupation Districts February 1923 149 100M on 5M.  Orange 150 500M on 25M.  Olive-Bistre 151 1,000M on 20M.  Indigo & Green Weimar Republic Wartburg Castle & Cologne Cathedral May 1923+   152 5,000M.  Wartburg Castle 153 10,000M.  Cologne Cathedral   Weimar Republic Air Mail Stamps: Stylised Wood Pigeon May 1923+ 154 5M.  Orange-Red 155 10M.  Purple 156 25M.  Deep Brown 157 100M.  Olive-Green 158 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: Hyperinflation Period May 1923+ 159 100M.  Purple 160 200M.  Carmine 161 300M.  Green 162 400M.  Brown 163 500M.  Orange-Red 164 1,000M.  Grey   165 5tM.  Grey Blue 166 50tM.  Ochre 167 75tM.  Violet   Weimar Republic High Inflation Period Issues 1: Provisional Overprints August 1923+ 168 5tM. on 40pf.  Red-Orange 169 8tM. on 30pf.  Opal Green 170 15tM. on 40M.  Olive-Green 171 20tM. on 12M.  Orange 172 20tM. on 25M.  Brown 173 20tM. on 200M.  Lilac-Red 174 25tM. on 25M.  Brown 175 30tM. on 10M.  Deep Blue 176 30tM. on 200M.  Light Blue 177 75tM. on 300M.  Yellow-Green 178 75tM. on 400M.  Yellow-Green 179 75tM. on 1000M.  Green 180 100tM. on 100M.  Purple 181 100tM. on 100M.  Violet 182 100tM. on 400M.  Green 183 125tM. on 1000M.  Rose-Red 184 250tM. on 200M.  Lilac-Red 185 250tM. on 300M.  Deep Green 186 250tM. on 400M.  Dark Brown 187 250tM. on 500M.  Pink 188 250tM. on 500M.  Bright Red Weimar Republic High Inflation Period Issues 2: Rouletted Stamps Overprinted October 1923 189 400tM. on 15pf. Ochre 190 400tM. on 25pf. Ochre 191 400tM. on 30pf. Ochre 192 400tM. on 40pf. Ochre Weimar Republic High Inflation Period Issues 3: New Colours & Reissued Values October 1923 193 800tM. on 5pf.  Green 194 800tM. on 10pf.  Green 195 800tM. on 200M.  Lilac-Red 196 800tM. on 300M.  Green 197 800tM. on 400M.  Dark Brown 198 800tM. on 400M.  Green 199 800tM. on 500M.  Green 200 800tM. on 1000M.  Dark Green 201 2mM. on 200M.  Pink 202 2mM. on 300M.  Dark Green 203 2mM. on 500M.  Pink 204 2mM. on 5000M.  Pink Weimar Republic Value in Circle with Rosette: "Basket Lid" October 1923+ 205 500tM.  Orange-Brown 206 1mM.  Blue-Green 207 2mM.  Lilac 208 4mM.  Olive 209 5mM.  Lilac-Red 210 10mM.  Dark Vermilion 211 20mM.  Dark Blue 212 30mM.  Carmine-Brown 213 50mM.  Dark Olive-Green 214 100mM.  Greenish Grey 215 200mM.  Brown   216 500mM.  Greenish Yellow 217 1bM.  Lilac-Brown 218 2bM.  Light Sienna 219 5bM.  Yellow-Orange 220 10bM.  Green-Yellow 221 20bM.  Opal Green 222 50bM.  Cobalt Blue Weimar Republic Surcharged Numeral in Circle November 1923 223 1bM on 100M.  Grey-Violet Weimar Republic Value in Circle with Rosette: "Basket Lid" November 1923 224 5bM on 2mM.  Lilac 225 5bM on 4mM.  Light Green 226 5bM on 10mM.  Vermilion 227 10bM on 20mM.  Dark Blue 228 10bM on 50mM.  Dark Green 229 10bM on 100mM.  Green-Grey New Rentenmark Currency The Rentenmark was introduced by the German Authorities in an effort to control the hyperinflation. 1 Rentenmark (RM) = 1 Trillion Paper Marks (M) 100 Rentenpfennig = 1 Rentenmark Weimar Republic Value in Circle with Rosette: "Basket Lid" December 1923 230 3pf.  Brown 231 5pf.  Dark Green 232 10pf.  Red 233 20pf.  Violet-Blue 234 50pf.  Red-Orange 235 100pf.  Violet-Purple Weimar Republic Air Mail: Wood Pigeon January 1924 236 5pf.  Dark Yellow-Green 237 10pf.  Carmine-Red 238 20pf.  Blue-Violet 239 50pf.  Light Red-Orange 240 100pf.  Violet-Purple 241 200pf.  Dark Green-Blue 242 300pf.  Dark Lilac-Grey Weimar Republic German Charity: "The Life of St. Elizabeth" February 1924 243 5+15pf.  Dark Bluish Green 244 10+30pf.  Vermillion 245 20+60pf.  Dark Blue 246 50+150pf.  Orange-Brown Weimar Republic New Imperial Eagle March 1924+ 247 3pf.  Light Brown 248 5pf.  Bright Green 249 10pf.  Orange-Red 250 20pf.  Blue 251 30pf.  Dark Lilac 252 40pf.  Brown-Olive 253 50pf.  Dull Orange Weimar Republic Heinrich von Stephan: First General Postmaster & founder of the Universal Postal Union May 1924   254 60pf.  Orange-Brown 255 80pf.  Dark Green-Blue   New Reichsmark Currency 1 Reichsmark (M.) = 1 Rentenmark (RM.) Commonly referred to as the "Mark" Weimar Republic Buildings March 1924 256 1M.  Rheinstein Castle 257 2M.  Old Cologne 258 3M.  Marienburg 259 5M.  Speyer Cathedral Weimar Republic 50th Anniversary of Universal Postal Union October 1924   260 10Pf.  Dark Blue-Green 261 20pf.  Dark Blue   Weimar Republic German Traffic Exhibition, Munich May 1925   262 5pf.  Green 263 10pf.  Orange-Red   Weimar Republic Rhineland: 1000 Years with Germany May 1925+   264 5pf.  Green 265 10pf.  Vermilion 266 20pf.  Blue   Weimar Republic German Charity: Coat of Arms December 1925 267 5+5pf.  Prussia 268 10+10pf.  Bavaria 269 20+20pf.  Saxony Weimar Republic Airmail: Stylised Eagle April 1926+ 270 5pf.  Green 271 10pf.  Medium Red 272 15pf.  Reddish Lilac 273 20pf.  Grey-Blue 274 50pf.  Orange-Red 275 1M.  Black & Rose 276 2M.  Black & Dull Cobalt 277 3M.  Black & Brown-Olive Weimar Republic Famous Germans November 1926+ 278 3pf.  Johann von Goethe 279 3pf.  Johann von Goethe 280 5pf.  Friedrich von Schiller 281 5pf.  Friedrich von Schiller 282 8pf.  Ludwig von Beethoven 283 10pf.  Friedrich the Great 284 15pf.  Immanuel Kant 285 20pf.  Ludwig von Beethoven 286 25pf.  Johann von Goethe 287 30pf.  Gotthold Lessing 288 40pf.  Gottfrield Leibniz 289 50pf.  Johann Bach 290 80pf.  Albrecht Dürer Weimar Republic German Charity: Coat of Arms December 1926 291 5+5pf.  Wurttemberg 292 10+10pf.  Baden 293 25+25pf.  Thuringia 294 50+50pf.  Hesse Weimar Republic German Charity: Hindenburg's 80th Birthday September 1927 295 8+7pf.  Dark Green 296 15+15pf.  Orange-Red 297 25+25pf.  Blue 298 50+50pf.  Medium Brown Weimar Republic Conference of the International Labour Office, Berlin: Overprints October 1927 299 8pf.  Dark Green 300 15pf.  Vermillion 301 25pf.  Blue Weimar Republic German Presidents: Friedrich Ebert, First German President September 1928 302 3pf.  Brown 303 8pf.  Green 304 10pf.  Vermilion 305 20pf.  Green-Blue 306 30pf.  Dark Olive 307 45pf.  Reddish Orange 308 60pf.  Brownish Red Weimar Republic German Presidents: Paul von Hindenburg, Second German President September 1928 309 5pf.  Green 310 15pf.  Lilac-Red 311 25pf.  Blue 312 40pf.  Brown-Violet 313 50pf.  Orange-Brown 314 80pf.  Lilac-Brown Weimar Republic Air Mail: Dirigible, Graf Zeppelin LZ-127 September 1928   315 2M.  Ultramarine 316 4M.  Black-Brown   Weimar Republic German Charity: Coat of Arms November 1928 317 5+5pf.  Hamburg 318 8+7pf.  Mecklenburg-Schwerin 319 15+15pf.  Oldenburg 320 25+25pf.  Brunswick 321 50+50pf.  Anhalt Weimar Republic German Charity: Coat of Arms November 1929 322 5+2pf.  Bremen 323 8+4pf.  Lippe-Detmold 324 15+5pf.  Lübeck 325 25+10pf.  Mecklenburg-Strelitz 326 50+40pf.  Schaumburg-Lippe Weimar Republic German Presidents: New Colours February 1930+   327 10pf.  Purple 328 20pf.  Lilac-Grey 329 80pf.  Brown-Yellow   Weimar Republic Airmail: Dirigible, South American Flight April 1930   330 2M.  Ultramarine 331 4M.  Black-Brown   Weimar Republic Buildings: Overprinted "Reichsmark" May 1930 332 2M.  Old Cologne Weimar Republic Departure of Allied Forces from the Rhineland: Overprinted with Date June 1930   333 8pf.  Blue-Green 334 15pf.  Carmine-Red   Weimar Republic German Charity: Buildings November 1930 335 8+4pf.  Aachen Cathedral & City Hall 336 15+5pf.  Brandenburg Gate, Berlin 337 25+10pf.  Marienwerder Castle 338 50+40pf.  Main Bridge Wurzburg Weimar Republic German President: New Value February 1931 339 4pf.  Greenish-Blue Weimar Republic Air Mail: Dirigible, Polar Flight May 1931 340 1M.  Bright Red Weimar Republic Airmail Dirigible: Overprinted "POLAR-FAHRT 1931" July 1931 341 1M.  Bright Red 342 2M.  Ultramarine 343 4M.  Dark Brown Weimar Republic German Charity: Buildings November 1931 344 8+4pf.  Dresden Fortress 345 15+5pf.  Breslau City Hall 346 25+10pf.  Heidelberg Castle 347 50+40pf.  Lubeck City Gate Weimar Republic German Charity: Buildings Overprinted and Surtaxed February 1932   348 6+4pf.  Dark Green 349 12+3pf.  Red   Weimar Republic German Presidents: New Values January 1932   350 6pf.  Friedrich Ebert 351 12pf.  Paul von Hindenburg   Weimar Republic Hindenburg Medallion October 1932 352 4pf.  Medium Blue 353 5pf.  Emerald Green 354 12pf.  Red-Orange 355 15pf.  Dark Rose-Red 356 25pf.  Ultramarine 357 40pf.  Blue-Violet 358 50pf.  Sienna Weimar Republic German Charity: Castles November 1932 359 4+2pf.  Wartburg Castle 360 6+4pf.  Stolzenfels Castle 361 12+3pf.  Nuremberg Castle 362 25+10pf.  Lichtenstein Castle 363 40+40pf.  Marburg Castle BACK TO TOP TO MAIN PAGE