Postage Stamps: German Local Issues from 1945 (Post-War Provisionals)
Welcome to our specialized category for German Local Issues from 1945! Following the collapse of the central Reich postal administration in the spring of 1945, numerous cities and municipalities across occupied Germany had to independently restore local postal service. Out of this urgent necessity emerged fascinating emergency, provisional, and overprinted issues—often in tiny print runs—that rank today among the most compelling and historically significant fields of post-war philately. At NOBIS24.com, you will discover guaranteed originals from this extraordinary transitional era—including mint singles, complete sets, sought-after souvenir sheets, and postally used commercial covers bearing period cancellations.
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What awaits you in our "German Local Issues from 1945" category:
- Saxon & Thuringian Local Issues: Sought-after post-war issues from towns such as Meissen, Löbau, Bautzen, Görlitz, Döbeln, Frankenberg, Glauchau, Grossräschen, Netzschkau-Reichenbach, Plauen, Schwarzenberg, Stollberg, Strausberg, Wurzen, and Apolda.
- Overprinted & Obliterated Issues: Historical overprints on remaining German Reich stocks (such as "Deutschlands Verderber", town names, and surcharge overprints) alongside provisional numeral and coat-of-arms designs.
- Western & Northern German Provisionals: Scarce emergency issues from locations such as Fredersdorf, Spremberg, Wittenberg, Eckernförde, Minden, and Bad Nauheim.
- Expertized Rarities & Postal History: Singles, complete sets, imperforate and perforated varieties, BPP-expertized rarities, as well as postally used local and long-distance covers.