Catalogue Bremen

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Envelopes for local postage

1853 Inscription 'STADT POST AMT BREMEN', key and crown in the center, in the left bottom corner of the envelope 'FRANCO'

Warning: these envelopes have also been forged! Reprints also exist of these envelopes. Fournier offers forgeries of these envelope cuts (2, I presume the two different paper colours) for 2 Swiss Francs in his 1914 pricelist. I don't know how to distinguish these forgeries from genuine cuts, but I think that the 'R' of 'BREMEN' is placed too far to the right; a prolounged line from the left side of the shield would not touch the 'R' in these forgeries. Are the next stamps forgeries?:

The next items are forgeries, they are cancelled with a '22?' numeral cancel. Note the impossible existance of two joining cut squares in the last image:

Francois Fournier also made forgeries of this envelope (only the cutout I presume), he offers 2 varieties as first choice forgeries in his 1914 pricelist for 2 Swiss Francs.

Fiscal stamps

1863 Declarations - Abgabe

With coloured background (rouletted)  
  1 g red
  2 g red
  6 g red
  12 g red
  36 g red (larger size)
  1 T red (larger size)
  5 T red (even larger size, other design)

With lined background (1865, rouletted)
  1 g red

With white background (1866)
  1 g red (rouletted or perforated)
  3 g red (rouletted or perforated)
  6 g red (rouletted or perforated)
  12 g red (rouletted or perforated)
  36 g red (rouletted or perforated, larger size)
  1 T red (perforated, larger size)

Value in 'Pfennig' or 'Mark' (1872, perforated)
  1 p blue
  5 p blue
  10 p blue
  20 p blue
  50 p blue
  1 M blue
  5 M blue
  20 M blue

1863 'UMSATZSTEUER'

  1 g orange
  3 g orange
  6 g orange
  12 g orange

Other larger design
  36 g orange
  1 T orange

Value in 'Pfennig' or 'Mark' (1872)

  1 p green
  5 p green
  20 p green
  50 p green
  1 M green (larger size)

1873 FEUER-VERSICHERUNGEN' (fire insurance, 22 values)

In a small design were issued: 5 p, 10 p, 15 p, 20 p, 30 p and 50 p (all in colours orange and black). In a larger design (see picture above) were issued: 1 M, 2 M, 5 M, 10 M, 20 M and 30 M.

1863 'OBLIGATIONSSTEMPEL'

The following values exist: 2 g blue, 4 g red, 6 g green, 8 g lilac, 10 g orange, 4 g black on red, 34 g green on green, 36 g brown, 54 g violet and orange, 1.2 T red and brown and 1.22 T black and orange on blue.
In the new Mark currency were issued in 1874 the values (colour green, value in black)
3 p, 6 p, 9 p, 12 p, 15 p, 30 p, 1.20 M, 2 M, 2.70 M and 7.20 M.

1874 'STEMPEL ABGABE', arms in a circle in the center

In the above design were issued: 25 p, 40 p, 50 p, 80 p and 1.50 M (all in colour grey).

1895 New design, arms in an ellipse in the center

The following values exist: 10 p, 20 p, 30 p, 40 p, 50 p and 80 p (all in colour red), 1 M grey, 2 M grey, 5 M grey, 10 M grey, 20 M green, 20 M grey, 30 M lilac, 30 M grey, 50 M red and 50 M grey. I have seen the values 40 p and 50 p with overprint 'GOLD' (probably issued in 1923 to indicate the gold-currency).

New design, value in the center arms at the sides (date of issue unkown to me)

I have seen the values 1 M grey, 2 M brown, 3 M brown, 10 M red, 20 M lilac and 20 M blue.

Other fiscal stamps exist for Bremen, for example 'URKUNDEN' (1885, 3 p, 6 p, 9 p, 12 p, 15 p, 30 p, 1.20 M, 2.70 M and 7.20 M), 'PROTESTEN',

Local stamps

The following local stamps of Hamburg were also used in Bremen, in the small design 2 p blue, 10 p red and 1 M green (text instead of woman in center) and 2 p olive in the larger design:

1896 Local issues for Bremen, inscription 'Privat Brief Beforderung Bremen'

1899 Postage due stamps, inscription 'PRIVAT - BRIEFBEFORDERUNG BREMEN NACHPORTO', imperforated

An official seal, inscription ' ZUR ERMITTLUNG DES ABSENDERS EROFFNET DURCH DIE DIRECTION DER BRIEFBEFORDERUNG ANSTALT BREMEN':

It seems that some stamps with inscription 'PACKETFAHRT BREMEN' with a horse exist in 5 blue and 10 p brown and postage due stamps (NACHPORTO' in 5 p black and 5 p blue.

BREMEN Miscellaneous