Women in German history series

Women in German history (Frauen der deutschen Geschichte) is a definitive stamp series issued in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and West Berlin from 1986 to 1990, and in reunited Germany 1990 to 2003. The series was replaced by the current definitive series Blumen (flowers) from 3 January 2005.

Description

The stamps were designed by Gerd and Oliver Aretz.

Each stamp represents a portrait of a famous German woman. Two are Austrian: Lise Meitner and Bertha von Suttner. The color of the portrait is different from the color of the country name and denomination.

The name of the country on the stamps changed according to German history :

  • "Deutsche Bundespost" (Federal German Post), 19861990 in Western Germany and 19901995 in reunited Germany,
  • "Deutsche Bundespost Berlin", 19861990 for a use in West Berlin,
  • "Deutschland" (Germany) since 1995.

The currency of the denomination changed too with the introduction of the euro:

  • 1986 to 2000, expressed in pfennig and without a unit. For example: "100" for 100 pfennig (or 1 deutsche Mark).
  • in 2000 and 2001, the denomination is in pfennig and in euro (with use of € symbol).
  • since 2002, only euro is used with the € symbol.

Even if it was a definitive stamp series, because of the Reunification of Germany some issues for Westberlin were used only a short time and stamps with postmarks from real post services (not the collectors postmarks like most of Berlin 12) are rare.

List of the stamps

Women in German history (FRG and West Berlin)

Denomination
in Pfennig
Woman Michel catalog
2nd line for West Berlin
Date of issue Known as
5Emma Ihrer1405
833
9 February 1989trade unionist
10Paula Modersohn-Becker1359
806
14 April 1988painter
20Cilly Aussem1365
811
5 May 1988tennis player
40Maria Sibylla Merian1331
788
17 September 1987painter
50Christine Teusch1304
770
13 November 1986politician
60Dorothea Erxleben1332
824
17 September 1987
Berlin: 10 November 1988
first woman doctor in Germany
80Clara Schumann1305
771
13 November 1986pianist and composer
100Therese Giehse1390
825
10 November 1988actress
120Elisabeth Selbert1338
6 November 1987influential on West German constitution
130Lise Meitner1366
812
5 May 1988physicist
140Cécile Vogt1432
848
10 August 1989neuropathologist
170Hannah Arendt1391
826
10 November 1988philosopher, author
180Lotte Lehmann1427
844
13 July 1989singer
240Mathilde Franziska Anneke1392
827
10 November 1988feminist writer
250Luise von Preußen1428
845
13 July 1989queen of Prussia
300Fanny Hensel geb. Mendelssohn1433
849
10 August 1989composer
350Hedwig Dransfeld1393
828
10 November 1988politician
500Alice Salomon1397
830
12 January 1989feminist activist

Women in German history (after German reunification)

Denomination
in Pfennig
Woman Michel catalog Date of issue Known as
30Käthe Kollwitz14888 January 1991artist
70Elisabet Boehm14898 January 1991feminist organizer
80Rahel Varnhagen von Ense175513 October 1994author
100Luise Henriette von Oranien175613 October 1994princess of Brandenburg
150Sophie Scholl149714 February 1991resistance activist
200Bertha von Suttner149814 February 1991pacifist and writer
400Charlotte von Stein15829 January 1992literary
450Hedwig Courths-Mahler161411 June 1992writer
Country name: Deutschland
100Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt195516 October 1997government minister
110Marlene Dietrich193914 August 1997actress
220Marie Elisabeth Lüders194028 August 1997member of parliament
300Maria Probst195616 October 1997politician
440Gret Palucca20148 October 1998ballerina

Women in German history (in euro)

Denomination in
Pfennig and euro
Woman Michel catalog Date of issue Known as
Denomination in Pfennig and euro
100 / 0,51 €Grethe Weiser21499 November 2000actress
110 / 0,56 €Käte Strobel21509 November 2000government minister
220 / 1,12 €Marieluise Fleißer215811 January 2001writer
300 / 1,53 €Nelly Sachs215911 January 2001Nobel Prize–winning author
Denomination in euro only
0,45 €Annette von Droste-Hülshoff229527 December 2002poet
0,55 €Hildegard Knef229627 December 2002actress, singer, and writer
1,00 €Marie Juchacz230516 January 2003political activist
1,44 €Esther von Kirchbach229727 December 2002writer

References

  • Kroemer, Michael (4 May 2000). "40 Jahre Briefmarkengestaltung (40 years of stamp design)" (in German). Bergische Universität Wuppertal. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 7 December 2007.
  • "Die Dauerserie "Frauen der deutschen Geschichte"" (in German). 1 January 2002. Archived from the original on 9 February 2006. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
  • "Brief History Of German Postage Stamps". Archived from the original on 6 July 2007. Retrieved 7 December 2007.
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