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Return To Catalogue - Brunswick Miscellaneous - forgeries of the 1852-64 issue - Other German States- Germany
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One of the German States. A duchy in Germany. It issued stamps from 1852 to 1866. After 31st of December 1867 the stamps of Brunswick were no longer valid for use, the stamps of the North German Confederation were used afterwards.
1/4 Silb. Gr. (=3 Pfg) black on brown 1/3 Silb. Gr. (=4 Silbr. Pf.) black 1/2 Gr (=5 Pfennig) black on green 1 Silb. Gr. rose 1 Silb. Gr. black on yellow 1 Silb. Gr. yellow 2 Silb. Gr. black on blue 2 Silb. Gr. blue 3 Silb. Gr. black on red 3 Silb. Gr. vermilion or rose
Some of these stamps exist rouletted:
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 |
No Watermark | |||
| 1 sgr red | RRR | RR | |
| 2 sgr blue | RRR | R | |
| 3 sgr red | RRR | RR | |
Watermark Posthorn | |||
| 1/4 sgr black on brown | RRR | RR | |
| 1/3 sgr black | RR | RR | imperforate |
| 1/3 sgr black | RRR | RRR | rouletted |
| 1/2 sgr black on green | *** | *** | imperforate |
| 1/2 sgr black on green | RRR | RRR | rouletted |
| 1 sgr black on yellow | RR | *** | imperforate |
| 1 sgr black on yellow | RRR | RRR | rouletted |
| 1 sgr yellow | R | R | rouletted |
| 2 sgr black on blue | R | *** | |
| 2 sgr black on blue | RRR | RR | |
| 3 sgr black on red | RRR | *** | |
| 3 sgr red | RR | R | imperforate |
| 3 sgr red | RRR | RR | rouletted |
(Two genuine stamps where the watermark 'Posthorn' can be seen at the backside)
The 1 Sgr red, 2 Sgr blue and 3 Sgr vermilion were issued without watermark, all the others have watermark posthorn in a square which is clearly visible. Most forgeries and reprints can be detected by the absence of this watermark (except the three stamps mentioned above). The issues 1 Sgr red, 2 Sgr blue, 3 Sgr vermilion (all three without watermark, 1852) and the following stamps with watermark: 1 Sgr black on yellow (1853), 2 Sgr black on blue (1853), 3 Sgr black on red (1853), 3 Sgr rose (1863) and 1 Sgr yellow (1865) can be recognized by the following distinguishing characteristics (The Spud Papers XVII): the tail of the horse touches the third perpendicular line from the right side of the oval. The letters in the upper inscription are clear and seperate.
The genuine 1/2 Sgr, 1/3 Sgr and 1/2 Sgr are different from the other values. In the genuine 1/4 Sgr the crown is the same as in the higher values and there must be a dot behind 'PFENNIG'. In the genuine 1/3 Sgr the 'G' of 'BRAUNSCHWEIG' is quite close to the edge of the riband. The 1/2 Sgr genuine stamp finally has a wide crown (in some forgeries it is small), the right foreleg of the horse nearly touches the oval, the fractional line of '1/2' is small (not almost as wide as the oval containing it) and the ends of the lower riband are rather close to the frame.
For information on forgeries of the 1852-64 issue, click here.
I have seen many different kinds of cancels, townname in a circle (black or blue) an arc, or in a rectangle:
Typical townname cancels:
(Townname in an arc and in a circle)
(Townname in a rectangle; "boxed postmark")
Some stamps are cancelled with a numeral (more information can be found on http://www.cwiakala.com/numerical.cancel.html ) or Michel Deutschland-Spezial-Katalog 1995 (Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH). They consists of 16 horizontal bars with a space left open in the center, where a number is placed (ranging from 1 to 50). Example:
The numbers stand for the following towns:
1 Badenhausen 2 Bahrdorf 3 Bevern 4 Blankenburg 5 Boden 6 Boerssum 7 Braunlage 8 Brunswick (Braunschweig, main post office) 9 Brunswick (Braunschweig railroad post office) 10 Calvörde 11 Delligsen 12 Eschershausen 13 Fürstenberg 14 Gandersheim 15 Gittelde 16 Greene (up to 10 October 1865) or Naensen (from 10 October 1865 onwards) 17 Gross-Winnigstedt 18 Halle/Weser 19 Harzburg 20 Hasselfelde 21 Helmstedt 22 Hessen 23 Hohegeiss 24 Holzminden 25 Jerxheim 26 Immendorf (up to 31 December 1860) or Hehlen (from 1 November 1862 onwards) 27 Kl.-Rhüden (up to October 1864) or Bornum b. Seesen (from October 1864 onwards) 28 Königslutter 29 Kreiensen 30 Langelsheim 31 Lehre 32 Lutter/Bge. 33 Oker 34 Ottenstein 35 Rübeland 36 Salder (seems to exist with thick and thin bars) 37 Schoeningen 38 Schoeppenstedt 39 Seesen 40 Stadtoldendorf 41 Tanne 42 Thedinghausen 43 Vechelde 44 Velpke 45 Vorsfelde 46 Walkenried 47 Wolfenbüttel 48 Zorge 49 Mainzholzen (from 1 Aug 1857 to 10 October 1865) or Vorwohle (from 10 October 1865 onwards) 50 Braunschweig (seems to be very rare)
The numeral cancels can be found on all issues.
I have also seen these stamps cancelled with a penstroke.
1/4 Silb. Gr. Black on brown
This stamp should have watermark 'Posthorn'. The same stamp printed in brown on white paper was never issued (this stamp was prepared, but Brunswick entered the North German Confederation before it could be issued).
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 |
| 4/4 ggr black on brown | ** | ** | |
| 4/4 ggr brown on white | ** | - | Unissued stamp |
Howe to determine if this stamp is genuine?
(The ten distinguishing points of a stamp that I presume genuine)
Genuine stamps should have a watermark and (according to Distinguishing characteristcs of old german states by Schloss) and the following distinguishing characteristics (see pictures above and below for more details):
(distinguishing characteristics 1, 2, 3 and 4)
(distinguishing characteristics 5, 6 and 7)
(distinguishing characteristics 8, 9 and 10)
1) A dot behind the 'a' and 'r' in 'Postmarke' in the left upper field.
2) The crown's left lower part is open in the right upper field.
3) The '1' of '1/4' of the right upper field has no top stroke
4) The '4' is broken at the foot in the right upper field
5) The second 'g' of 'Gutengr.' has a missing lower part
6) There is a dot behind the 'a' of 'Postmarke' in the right lower field
7) A period can be found behind 'Postmarke' in the right bottom
8) The 'P' of 'Postmarke' in the lower right field touches the central frame line
9) The 'f' of 'Pfennige' in the lower left field extends across the inner frame line
10) Two dots can be found behind and in front of the 's' of 'Postmarke' in the left upper field.
By the way, I don't know if the cancel on the above stamp is genuine.
(Forged stamp)
1/3 Gr. black 1 Gr. red 2 Gr. blue 3 Gr. brown
A non-official reprint of the 1 g and 2 g stamps exist.
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 |
| 1/3 g | ** | RR | |
| 1 g | c | ** | |
| 2 g | ** | *** | |
| 3 g | * | *** | |
Forgeries exist of these stamps. For example the forger Fournier offered all 4 values as first choice forgeries in his 1914 pricelist for 2 Swiss Francs. I do not know how to distinguish these forgeries and I also don't posess a picture at this moment. If anybody has more information, please contact me!
Many of these stamps have a forged postmark as the stamp shown above; the used stamps are many times more valuable.
Briefmarken - Stamps - Timbres-Poste
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