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GERMANY (Local Issues) Dresden (Dresdner Verkehrs - Anstalt Hansa)

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Germany local issues (before 1900) Dresden, part 1

 

Dresdner Verkehrs-Anstalt Hansa

1886 Inscription "HANSA PRIVAT - BRIEF - VERKEHR STADTBRIEF" with woman's head, no city name


(Reduced size)

  1 p blue (perforated or imperforated)
  1 1/2 p green (perforated)
  2 p red  (perforated or imperforated)
  2 p yellow (perforated)
  2 p orange (perforated)

Surcharged

  '1 1/2' on 1 p blue (perforated or imperforated)
  '1 1/2' on 2 p red (imperforated)
  '1 1/2' on 2 p orange
  '2' (violet) on 1 1/2 p green|
  '2' (red) on 1 1/2 p green
  '2' (different overprint) on 1 1/2 p green 
  '3' on 1 p blue
  '3' (very large overprint in violet or red) on 1 p blue (perf or imperf)
  '3' on 1 1/2 p green
  '3' (very large number, violet or red) on 1 1/2 p green
  '3' (thin overprint) on 2 p red (perforated or imperforated)
  '3' (fat overprint in violet, red or blue) on 2 p red (perf or imperf)
  '3' (very large number, violet or red) on 2 p red (perf or imperf)
  '3' (violet or red) on 2 p yellow
  '3' (violet or red) on 2 p orange
  '3 Pfennig Aushilfs - Marke. ' on 2 p orange
  '3' (red) on '1 1/2' on 2 p red (imperforated)
  '3' (violet or red) on '2' (violet) on 1 1/2 p green
  '3' (violet or red) on '2' (red) on 1 1/2 p green
  '3' (violet or red) on '2' (different overprint) on 1 1/2 p green
  '5' on 2 p yellow
  '5' (larger) on 2 p yellow
  '10' on 2 p yellow
  '10' (larger) on 2 p yellow
  '13.' on 2 p yellow

Overprinted with "Meinholds Sale" for a philatelic congress
  2 p yellow


(Inverted surcharges)

 

1886 New type, head of man, inscription "HANSA DRESDEN PRIVAT - BRIEF - VERKEHR"


(Reduced size)

  10 p lilac

Surcharged


(Reduced sizes)

  '1 1/2 Pfennig.' (green) on 10 p lilac
  '1 1/2' on 10 p lilac
  '2 Pfennig.' (red) on 10 p lilac
  '2' (red) on 10 p lilac
  '3' on 10 p lilac
  '3' (very large number, violet or red) on 10 p lilac
  '3' (violet or red) on '1 1/2 Pfennig.' (green) on 10 p lilac
  '3' (violet or red) on '2' (red) on 10 p lilac
  '3' (violet or red) on '2 Pennig.' on 10 p lilac 

I've been told that reprints exist of these surcharged stamps.

 

1887 As 1886 woman type, but with the word "STADTBRIEF" replaced by "DRESDEN", perforated

  3 p brown

These stamps also exist in black on different colours (green, yellow,red) and green on red or yellow, they were issued for a philatelic congress in Dresden. Also the overprints '3' (red) on 3 p black on green and '3' (red) on 3 p black on yellow exist.


Postcard in the same design? 2 p green.

 

1887 Large stamps, head of Mercury embossed, inscription "DRESDENER VERKEHRS-ANSTALT HANSA DRESDEN"


(Reduced sizes)

  50 p green
  50 p blue
  50 p brown
  50 p red
  1 M violet
  1 M blue (2 shades)
  1 M black
  5 M black on green
  5 M black on blue
  5 M black on red
  5 M red on yellow
  10 M blue
  10 M brown
  10 M orange
  10 M violet on lilac

Note the special perforation of these stamps.

 

1888 Postage due stamps, inscription "Nachporto Marke"


(Reduced size)

  2 p brown
  4 p brown
  6 p brown
  20 p brown

 

1888 Inscription "CONTROL - MARKE"


(reduced sizes)

  50 p blue
  1 M red
  5 M green
  10 M gold on black
  10 M black

 

1888 Various views of Dresden

  2 p blue
  3 p orange
  5 p red
  10 p green
  13 p brown
  20 p violet

Surcharged

  '3' (red, 1890) on 13 p brown
  '3' (red, 1890) on 20 p violet
  '5' (4 types) on 13 p brown
  '5' (4 types) on 20 p violet

 

1888 Number, inscription "DRESDNER - VERKEHRS - ANSTALT HANSA"


(Reduced sizes)

  2 p black
  3 p black

 

1889 Bees, perforated

2 p blue 2 p blue "Dresdener Verkehrs-Anstalt Hansa", imperforated Different '2's
Note the two different types of the 2 p, with straight and curved bottom of the '2's.

  2 p blue (exists imperforated)
  3 p orange (exists imperforated)
  3 p blue (misprint)
  4 p brown on yellow
  5 p red (exists imperforated)
  10 p green (exists imperforated)
  15 p red on yellow

Surcharged
  '3' (red) on 4 p brown on yellow
  '3' (red) on 15 p red on yellow
  '5' (4 types) on 15 p red on yellow

Overprinted "3 Pfg Neujahr 1893" (6 types)

  3 on 5 p red

Cut from a postcard in the same design:


(Reduced size, note the 'HANSA 1890' cancel)

Postcard in the same design:

Postcard of Dresden, 3 p violet

 

1889 King and Queen of Saxony

  2 p blue
  3 p green

 

1900 50 years of stamps of Saxony, as first stamp of Saxony, but with inscription "DRESDEN" instead of "SACHSEN", imperforate

  3 p red

These stamps were printed in sheets of 20 (4 rows of 5 stamps, as the corresponding Saxony stamps).


(With forged cancel? Leipzig?)

 

Postcards, example:


On Leipzig cards.

 


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