Women in German history (Frauen der deutschen Geschichte) is a definitive stamp series issued in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and West Berlin from 1986 to 1990, and in reunited Germany 1990 to 2003. The series was replaced by the current definitive series Blumen (flowers) from 3 January 2005.
Description The stamps were designed by Gerd and Oliver Aretz.
Each stamp represents a portrait of a famous German woman. Two are Austrian: Lise Meitner and Bertha von Suttner. The color of the portrait is different from the color of the country name and denomination.
The name of the country on the stamps changed according to German history : "Deutsche Bundespost" (Federal German Post), 1986–1990 in Western Germany and 1990–1995 in reunited Germany, "Deutsche Bundespost – Berlin", 1986–1990 for a use in West Berlin, "Deutschland" (Germany) since 1995.
The currency of the denomination changed too with the introduction of the euro: 1986 to 2000, expressed in pfennig and without a unit. For example: "100" for 100 pfennig (or 1 deutsche Mark). in 2000 and 2001, the denomination is in pfennig and in euro (with use of € symbol). since 2002, only euro is used with the € symbol.
Even if it was a definitive stamp series, because of the Reunification of Germany some issues for Westberlin were used only a short time and stamps with postmarks from real post services (not the collectors postmarks like most of Berlin 12) are rare.
List of the stamps
Women in German history (FRG and West Berlin) Denominationin PfennigWomanMichel catalog2nd line for West BerlinDate of issueKnown as5Emma Ihrer14058339 February 1989trade unionist10Paula Modersohn-Becker135980614 April 1988painter20Cilly Aussem13658115 May 1988tennis player40Maria Sibylla Merian133178817 September 1987painter50Christine Teusch130477013 November 1986politician60Dorothea Erxleben133282417 September 1987Berlin: 10 November 1988first woman doctor in Germany80Clara Schumann130577113 November 1986pianist and composer100Therese Giehse139082510 November 1988actress120Elisabeth Selbert1338–6 November 1987influential on West German constitution130Lise Meitner13668125 May 1988physicist140Cécile Vogt143284810 August 1989neuropathologist170Hannah Arendt139182610 November 1988philosopher, author180Lotte Lehmann142784413 July 1989singer240Mathilde Franziska Anneke139282710 November 1988feminist writer250Luise von Preußen142884513 July 1989queen of Prussia300Fanny Hensel née Mendelssohn143384910 August 1989composer350Hedwig Dransfeld139382810 November 1988politician500Alice Salomon139783012 January 1989feminist activist
Women in German history (after German reunification) Denominationin PfennigWomanMichel catalogDate of issueKnown as30Käthe Kollwitz14888 January 1991artist70Elisabet Boehm14898 January 1991feminist organizer80Rahel Varnhagen von Ense175513 October 1994author100Luise Henriette von Oranien175613 October 1994princess of Brandenburg150Sophie Scholl149714 February 1991resistance activist200Bertha von Suttner149814 February 1991pacifist and writer400Charlotte von Stein15829 January 1992literary450Hedwig Courths-Mahler161411 June 1992writerCountry name: Deutschland100Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt195516 October 1997government minister110Marlene Dietrich193914 August 1997actress220Marie Elisabeth Lüders194028 August 1997member of parliament300Maria Probst195616 October 1997politician440Gret Palucca20148 October 1998ballerina
Women in German history (in euro) Denomination inPfennig and euroWomanMichel catalogDate of issueKnown asDenomination in Pfennig and euro100 / 0,51 €Grethe Weiser21499 November 2000actress110 / 0,56 €Käte Strobel21509 November 2000government minister220 / 1,12 €Marieluise Fleißer215811 January 2001writer300 / 1,53 €Nelly Sachs215911 January 2001Nobel Prize–winning authorDenomination in euro only0,45 €Annette von Droste-Hülshoff229527 December 2002poet0,55 €Hildegard Knef229627 December 2002actress, singer, and writer1,00 €Marie Juchacz230516 January 2003political activist1,44 €Esther von Kirchbach229727 December 2002writer
References