Preview of Stamps Catalogue: VOLUME 1

LUBECK, miscellaneous

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Envelopes

1863 Design as postage stamps of 1863, Inscription "Post-Couvert Schilling" at the left

  1/2 Schilling green
  1 Schilling orange
  2 Schilling red
  2 1/2 Schilling blue
  4 Schilling brown

1864 Design as postage stamps of 1863, Inscription "Post-Couvert Schilling" at the right

  1/2 Schilling green
  1 Schilling orange
  2 Schilling red
  2 1/2 Schilling blue
  4 Schilling brown

These envelopes (at least the 1/2 s and 1 s) were reprinted in 1978 by Gehringer. They have printed on the back at the bottom of the envelope 'Neudruck '78 Gehringer'.

1866 Design as postage stamps of 1866, no coloured corners

  1 1/2 Schilling red

What are these?:

(Reduced sizes)

Local stamps of Lubeck exists for later periods:

1888 Inscription "LOCAL - VERKEHR", perforated or imperforate

2 p red "Horse" with cancel
Typical cancellation

  2 p red
  3 p green
  10 p blue
  15 p orange

Be aware of reprints of these stamps as in the sheets below for a stamps exhibition in Lubeck in 1976:

1888 Famous men

  2 p blue, black and red
  3 p red and black
  5 p green, black and red
  10 p yellow, black and red
  15 p brown, black and red

1897 Inscription "HANSA PRIVATSTADTBR-BEFORDERUNG" and arms of Lubeck

  2 p blue
  3 p red
  10 p brown

1897 Emperor William I, inscription "JUBILAUMS MARKE HANSA LUBECK"

Forgery of this stamp.

  3 p black and gold (or brownish)

In 1901, the owner made reprints of these stamps, which are actually forgeries (he didn't posess the original printing plates anymore), since the design is slighlty changed. For example, the '1797' does not have a dot behind it in the originals, the reprint has such a dot. There are other differences, for example the right '22 3' is different from the genuine stamp. The stamp dealer Karl Sternheim from Berlin-Schoneberg bought these forgeries, thinking they were genuine. When the truth came out in 1902, Sternheim sued the owner, who then ended up in prison.

This stamp was privately reprinted by the printing firm Gehringer in 1978. The stamp is printed in a minisheet with inscription 'HANSA '78 20. bis 22. Oktober 1978 in Lubeck-Travemunde Nachdruck Lubecker Stadtpostmarke von 1897 Gehringer Kaiserslautern'. On the backside of the stamp is printed 'Nachdruck HANSA '78'.

1897 Inscription "HANSA PRIVATSTADT BRIEFBEFORDERUNG" with towers of Lubeck

  2 p blue
  3 p red
  10 p brown

Surcharged

(Reduced size)

  '3' (2 times in red) on 2 p blue

All the above stamps (including the overprint) were reprinted with 'Nachdruck' printed on the backside in a miniature sheet with inscription '500 Jahre Holstentor zu Lubeck Nachdruck Lubecker Stadtpostmarken von 1897':

(Reprint of the 1897 stamps)

Railway stamps

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