April 22, 2026Ship post (“Schiffspost”) features stamps of the shipping lines carrying mail under special arrangements with Deutsche Reichpost, as well as…
April 22, 2026During WWI, the British counterfeited stamps of Germany and Bavaria as part of a large propaganda campaign.
April 22, 2026During the Imperial period, the production of vignetten, or cinderellas, was initially limited by the production technologies of the time.…
April 20, 2026During the Imperial period, thousands of varieties of postcard were produced by private printers. Common themes included scenes of Germany…
March 27, 2026Officials stamps had not yet come into widespread usage during the Imperial period. Those that were issued were either stamps…- March 26, 2026Following the unification of Germany in 1871, the German Empire issued its first postage stamps in 1872.
March 15, 2026The North German Postal District opened the first post office in Constantinople on 1 March 1870. In January 1872, the…
March 9, 2026In 1899, the Reich Post Office setup its own postal system in Morocco to better serve German trade companies in…
March 2, 2026Germany opened its first post office in China on 16 August 1886, in Shanghai, and would eventually open a total…
February 27, 2026In 1883, German merchant Adolf Lüderitz purchased the Bay of Angra Pequena from the local natives, establishing the first permanent…