GERMAN STAMPS
Deutsche Briefmarken

Officials
Dienstmarken

Simplified Illustrated List
18 April 2024


Officials 1903 - 1944
Stamps are consecutively numbered for this Group
Official Counting Stamps for Prussia: "Free by means of Franking Privilege Nr. 21"
January 1903
1
stamp
2pf.  Grey-Blue
2
stamp
3pf.  Brown
3
stamp
5pf.  Green
4
stamp
10pf.  Red
5
stamp
20pf.  Blue
6
stamp
25pf.  Black & Orange
7
stamp
40pf.  Black & Carmine
8
stamp
50pf.  Black & Lilac
Official Counting Stamps for Baden: "Free by means of Franking Privilege Nr. 16"
January 1905
9
stamp
2pf.  Blue-Grey
10
stamp
3pf.  Brown
11
stamp
5pf.  Dark Green
12
stamp
10pf.  Red-Carmine
13
stamp
20pf.  Violet-Ultramarine
14
stamp
25pf.  Black & Reddish Orange
Official Counting Stamps for Prussia: Franking privilege number "21" in corners
April 1920
15
stamp
5pf.  Olive-Green
16
stamp
10pf.  Rose-Red
17
stamp
15pf.  Lilac-Brown
18
stamp
20pf.  Violet-Blue
19
stamp
30pf.  Yellow-Orange
20
stamp
50pf.  Grey-Violet
21
stamp
1M.  Orange-Red
Official Counting Stamps for all of Germany: No Franking Privilege Numbers
April 1920+
22
stamp
5pf.  Dark Green
23
stamp
10pf.  Lilac-Red
24
stamp
15pf.  Lilac-Brown
25
stamp
20pf.  Lilac-Ultramarine
26
stamp
30pf.  Orange

27
stamp
40pf.  Lilac-Red
28
stamp
50pf.  Violet
29
stamp
1M.  Red
30
stamp
1.25M.  Prussian Blue
31
stamp
2M.  Violet-Ultramarine
32
stamp
5M.  Dark Sienna
Official Counting Stamps from Bavaria: Overprinted "Deutsches Reich"
April 1920
33
stamp
5pf.  Green
34
stamp
10pf.  Yellow-Orange
35
stamp
15pf.  Rose Red
36
stamp
20pf.  Violet
37
stamp
30pf.  Dark Blue
38
stamp
40pf.  Ochre-Brown

39
stamp
50pf.  Red
40
stamp
60pf.  Green-Blue
41
stamp
70pf.  Grey-Violet
42
stamp
75pf.  Carmine
43
stamp
80pf.  Dark Blue
44
stamp
90pf.  Olive

45
stamp
1M.  Blackish Sienna
46
stamp
1¼M.  Green
47
stamp
1½M.  Vermilion
48
stamp
2½M.  Blue
49
stamp
3M.  Red-Carmine
50
stamp
5M.  Green-Black
New Official Counting Stamps: Single Stamp Value in Lozenge, overprinted "Deutsches Reich"
April 1920
51
stamp
5pf.  Grey-Green
52
stamp
10pf.  Rose-Red
53
stamp
15pf.  Grey-Violet
54
stamp
20pf.  Ultramarine
55
stamp
50pf.  Brown-Carmine
New Official Counting Stamps: Double Stamp Values in Shields, overprinted "Deutsches Reich"
April 1920
56
stamp
5pf.  Grey-Green
57
stamp
10pf.  Rose-Red
58
stamp
15pf.  Grey-Violet
59
stamp
20pf.  Ultramarine
60
stamp
30pf.  Black & Orange
61
stamp
40pf.  Black & Rose-Red
62
stamp
50pf.  Brown-Carmine
63
stamp
1M.  Black & Green-Blue
First Official Counting Coil Stamp: Coil Strip
February 1921
64
stamp
10pf.  Dark Orange
Large Numeric Value in Inner Frame
May 1921+
65
stamp
60pf.  Dark Carmine
66
stamp
3M.  Red-Brown/ pink
67
stamp
10M.  Grey-Green/ pink
Large Numeric Value in Inner Frame
January 1922+
68
stamp
75pf.  Violet-Ultramarine
69
stamp
2M.  Dark Blue
70
stamp
10M.  Grey-Green/ pink
71
stamp
20M.  Dark Blue/ pink
72
stamp
50M.  Purple/ pink
73
stamp
100M.  Lilac-Red / pink
Worker Images & Denominations in Circles: Overprinted "Dienstmarke"
May 1923
74
stamp
20M. Lilac
75
stamp
30M. Grey-Olive
76
stamp
40M. Blueish Green
77
stamp
200M. Lilac-Red
78
stamp
300M. Yellowish Green
79
stamp
400M. Orange-Brown
80
stamp
500M. Orange-Red

81
stamp
100mM.  Green-Grey
82
stamp
200mM.  Ochre-Brown
83
stamp
2bM.  Dull Sienna
84
stamp
5bM.  Yellow-Orange
85
stamp
10bM.  Green-Yellow
86
stamp
20bM.  Opal Green
87
stamp
50bM.  Bright Cobalt Blue
Large Numeric Value in Inner Frame: Overprinted with New Values
August 1923+
88
stamp
5tM.  Yellowish Brown/ buff
89
stamp
20tM.  Yellowish Orange
90
stamp
75tM.  Violet-Purple/ pink
91
stamp
100tM.  Lilac-Brown
92
stamp
250tM.  Lilac-Red

93
stamp
400tM.  Brown
94
stamp
800tM.  Yellow-Orange
95
stamp
1mM.  Dark Blue
96
stamp
2mM.  Lilac-Red
97
stamp
5mM.  Carmine/ pink
Rosette Design: Overprinted "Dienstmarke"
December 1923
98
stamp
3pf.  Brown
99
stamp
5pf.  Dark Green
100
stamp
10pf.  Red
101
stamp
20pf.  Violet-Blue
102
stamp
50pf.  Red-Orange
103
stamp
100pf.  Violet-Purple
Regular Issues: Overprinted "Dienstmarke"
March 1924+
104
stamp
3pf.  Light Brown
105
stamp
5pf.  Green
106
stamp
10pf.  Orange-Red
107
stamp
20pf.  Blue
108
stamp
30pf.  Lilac
109
stamp
40pf.  Brown-Olive
110
stamp
50pf.  Dull Orange
111
stamp
60pf.  Brown
112
stamp
80pf.  Blue
Numeric Value in Oval: "Straw Hat" Design
December 1927+
113
stamp
3pf.  Dark Ochre
114
stamp
5pf. Green
115
stamp
8pf. Dark Green
116
stamp
10pf. Carmine
117
stamp
15pf.  Vermillion-Red
118
stamp
20pf.  Bluish Green
119
stamp
30pf.  Dark Olive
120
stamp
40pf.  Violet
121
stamp
60pf.  Brown-Red
Numeric Value in Oval: "Straw Hat" Design Colour Change
1929
  122
stamp
10pf.  Vermillion
123
stamp
15pf.  Lilac-Red
 
Numeric Value in Oval: "Straw Hat" Design Colour Change
1930
  124
stamp
10pf.  Lilac-Purple
125
stamp
20pf.  Grey


Numeric Value in Oval: "Straw Hat" Design New Values
1931
126
stamp
4pf.  Blue
127
stamp
6pf.  Yellow-Olive
128
stamp
12pf.  Orange
Numeric Value in Oval: "Straw Hat" Design Colour Change
1933
  129
stamp
4pf.  Dark Blue
130
stamp
10pf.  Dark Sienna
 
New Design: Swastikas
1934
131
stamp
3pf.  Ochre-Brown
132
stamp
4pf.  Prussian Blue
133
stamp
5pf.  Emerald Green
134
stamp
6pf.  Dark Green
135
stamp
8pf.  Orange-Red
136
stamp
10pf.  Reddish-Brown

137
stamp
12pf.  Red
138
stamp
15pf.  Brownish-Lilac
139
stamp
20pf.  Light Blue
140
stamp
30pf.  Brown-Olive
141
stamp
40pf.  Dark Lilac
142
stamp
50pf.  Yellow-Orange
Official Party Stamps: Eagle on Pedestal
1938
143
stamp
1pf.  Black
144
stamp
3pf.  Dark Brown-Ochre
145
stamp
4pf.  Cobalt
146
stamp
5pf.  Emerald Green
147
stamp
6pf.  Dark Green

148
stamp
8pf.  Orange-Red
149
stamp
12pf.  Medium Red
150
stamp
16pf.  Green-Grey
151
stamp
24pf.  Light Brown-Olive
152
stamp
30pf.  Dark Brown-Olive
153
stamp
40pf.  Violet
Eagle on Pedestal: Changed Colours
1942
154
stamp
1pf.  Grey-Black
155
stamp
3pf.  Brown
156
stamp
4pf.  Blue-Grey
157
stamp
5pf.  Green
158
stamp
6pf.  Blue-Violet

159
stamp
8pf.  Orange-Red
160
stamp
12pf.  Red-Carmine
161
stamp
16pf.  Green-Blue
162
stamp
24pf.  Orange-Brown
163
stamp
30pf.  Dark Olive
164
stamp
40pf.  Medium Violet
Swastikas: Changed Colours
1942
165
stamp
3pf.  Brown-Ochre
166
stamp
4pf.  Green-Blue
167
stamp
5pf.  Green
168
stamp
6pf.  Blue-Violet
169
stamp
8pf.  Yellowish-Red
170
stamp
10pf.  Dark Sienna

171
stamp
12pf.  Rose-Red
172
stamp
15pf.  Brown-Carmine
173
stamp
20pf.  Mid Blue
174
stamp
30pf.  Grey-Olive
175
stamp
40pf.  Lilac-Purple
176
stamp
50pf.  Blue-Green

Field Postage  1942 - 1945
Stamps are consecutively numbered for this group
Military Airmail: General Issue
April 1942+
1
stamp
Junkers JU-52 Transport Aircraft
Military Parcel Post: General Issue
July 1942+
2
stamp
Nazi Party Emblem
Military 2 Kg. Parcel Post: General Issue
November 1944
3
stamp
Adolph Hitler Stamp Overprinted
General Purpose Military Post Stamp
November 1944
4
stamp
Nazi Party Emblem
Occupation of Tunisia
April 1943
5
stamp
Date Palm with Swastika
Vukovar, Croatia:
6

Military Parcel Post
Crete, Greece: Inselpost Overprint
1944
7
stamp
Military Airmail
Rhodos, Greece: Inselpost Overprint
1944
8
stamp
Military Airmail
Rhodos, Greece:
9

Military Parcel Post
 
10

Military Parcel Post
Leros, Greece: Inselpost Overprint
1945
11
stamp
Military Airmail
Occupation of Rhodes: Italian Stamp overprinted "WEIHNACHTEN / 1944"
December 1944
12
stamp
RODI stamp
Occupation of Hel Peninsula
March 1945
13
stamp
U-boat Inscription
Battle of Ruhrkessel: Deutsches Reich stamp overprinted "Feldpost"
April 1945
14
stamp
Adolph Hitler

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