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BREMEN (Germany)

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Currency: 72 Grote (=30 Silbergroschen) = 1 Taler

One of the German States. A free city of the Hansa in Northern Germany. It issued stamps from 1855 to 1867, it used the stamps of the North German Confederation afterwards. Foreign post offices, such as those from Thurn and Taxis (number cancel 301), Hanover or Prussia existed in Bremen, they used their own stamps.

Many forgeries of Bremen exist, click here for more details.

1855 Arms of Bremen, key, imperforated or perforated:

  3 (Grote) black on blue
  5 Grote black on lilac
  7 Grote black on yellow
  5 Sgr green

For the specialist: there are 3 types of the 3 Gr black on blue, they differ in the ornaments at the bottom of the stamp. Furthermore, two types of the 5 Gr black on lilac exist: type I has the lines between the left '5' and the shield going upwards, type II has them going downwards.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
Imperforate
3 g	RR	RR
5 g	R	RR
7 g	R	RRR
5 sgr	R	RRR
Rouletted
3 g	RR	RRR
5 g	RR	RR
5 sgr	RRR	RRR
Perforated 13
3 g	R	RRR
5 g	R	RR
7 g	R	RRR
5 sgr	RR	RR

1861 Arms of Bremen, key

  2 Grote orange
  10 Grote black

The 10 g was used for letters to The Netherlands.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
Rouletted
2 g	RR	RRR
10 g	RR	RRR
Perforated 13
2 g	R	RRR
10 g	R	RRR

Typical cancel:

Stamp of Thurn and Taxis with genuine Bremen cancel

Websites

A nice website on Bremen can be found on: http://people.freenet.de/jfeldhusen/Bremenmarken.htm (in German).

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