Imperial Germany Officials
Shown below are the stamps of the GermanStamps.net Collection on the physical album pages.
Baden Officials
Unlike agencies of the Imperial government, agencies of the individual German states were not exempt from postage. Two of the states, Prussia and Baden, entered into franking contracts (Baden on 1 June 1885 under contract Nr. 16 and Prussia on 1 April 1894 under contract Nr. 21) under which all postage amounts were replaced by a lump-sum payment. In order to track the franking usage of these agencies, official counting stamps were issued.
Prussian Officials
Unlike agencies of the Imperial government, agencies of the individual German states were not exempt from postage. Two of the states, Prussia and Baden, entered into franking contracts (Baden on 1 June 1885 under contract Nr. 16 and Prussia on 1 April 1894 under contract Nr. 21) under which all postage amounts were replaced by a lump-sum payment. In order to track the franking usage of these agencies, official counting stamps were issued.
Imperial Germany Officials
Officials stamps had not yet come into widespread usage during the Imperial period. Those that were issued were either stamps indicating an exemption from postage, or counting stamps used to calculate amounts due from non-exempt governmental agencies.