1949 SG1035 Sc-B309
1949 SGE4 ScB14
1990 SG2329 Sc1614
This is the third set of state and provincial commemoratives, following on from Italy and Canada. It could have been the largest challenge by some distance as there were around twenty (depending on your definitions) German states that issued stamps prior to Germany itself, and several issuing entities for commemoratives with the division and reunification of Germany after WW2. Regrettably, Germany (like Canada, but unlike Italy) has not made a very good job of commemorating its stamply heritage.
[Germany Braille 2006 Sc2374]
First a list, as a prelude to building the page
| State | first issue | commem | issuer | catalogue |
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| Bavaria | November 1849 | 1949 | W.Ger | SG1035-37; Sc667-8, B309 |
| 1949 | E.Ger | SGE4; ScB14 † | ||
| 1990 | Ger | SG2329; Sc1614 | ||
| 1999 | Ger | SG-MS2900; ScB849 | ||
| Saxony | June 1850 | 1950 | E.Ger | SGE19; ScB21 |
| 1978 | W.Ger | SG1872; Sc1282 | ||
| 1999 | Ger | SG-MS2900; ScB849 | ||
| Prussia | November 1850 | |||
| Schleswig-Holstein | November 1850 | |||
| Hanover | December 1850 | |||
| Baden | May 1851 | |||
| Württemberg | October 1851 | |||
| Brunswick | January 1852 | |||
| Oldenburg | January 1852 | |||
| Thurn & Taxis, North and South | January 1852 | 1965 | W.Ger | SG1403; Sc933 |
| Bremen | April 1855 | |||
| Mecklenburg-Schwerin | July 1856 | Δ | ||
| Hamburg | January 1859 | 1959 | W.Ger | SG1227; ScB366 * |
| Lübeck | January 1859 | 1959 | W.Ger | SG1229; ScB367 * |
| Bergedorf | November 1861 | |||
| Holstein | March 1864 | |||
| Schleswig | March 1864 | |||
| Mecklenburg-Strelitz | November 1864 | |||
| North German Confederation | January 1868 | 1968 | W.Ger | SG1471; Sc990 |
| not sure | 2009 | Ger | SG3599 |
† there is an expensive miniature sheet version of the 1949 East German Bavaria commemorative
* there are colour variants of the Hamburg and Lübeck issues, SG1228+30; ScB366a and 7a
Δ Mecklenburg-Schwerin has not been commemorated with a stamp, but was celebrated locally in 2006 with a postmark. I noticed this in a stamp magazine at the time and have been looking for one since, but without success.
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| Bavaria, 1849 | Bavaria | Bavaria | ||
| West Germany 1949 SG1035 Sc-B309 |
East Germany 1949 SGE4 ScB14 |
Germany 1990 SG2329 Sc1614 |
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| Saxony, 1850 | Saxony | |||
| East Germany 1950 SGE19 ScB21 |
West Germany 1978 SG1872 Sc1282 |
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| Hamburg, 1859 | Lübeck, 1859 | Thurn & Taxis, 1852 | North German Confederation, 1868 | Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1856 |
| West Germany 1959 SG1227 ScB366 |
West Germany 1959 SG1229 ScB369 |
West Germany 1965 SG1403 Sc933 |
West Germany 1968 SG1471 Sc990 |
local postmark |
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| Germany 1999 miniature sheet, SG-MS2900 ScB849, Bavaria and Saxony |