On 5 June 1945 the Allied
Control Council was installed. The remaining part of Germany was divided in
four military occupation zones (Besatzungszonen). Berlin was divided into four
parts separately. On 23 May 1949 the U.S,
Britain and France united their individual sectors to form the Federal Republic
of Germany and on 7 October 1949 the Soviet Zone established the German
Democratic Republic.
In the American and
British sectors a common postal service with its own stamps was started. The
French designed stamps for the French Zone and in the Soviet Zone several
General Post Offices issued their own stamps. From February 1946 stamps were
issued for use in the American, British and Soviet Zones. The French did not
join this postal service and decided to issue stamps for the three occupied
lands and the Saar protectorate.
Link
The flag of Occupied
Germany in Flags
of the World.
Stamp catalogue
Heinrich
von Stephan 50th death anniversary
date: 15 May 1947
designer: Goldammer
printer: Staatsdruckerei,
Berlin
perforated: 14
remark: on 24 June
1948 these stamps were overprinted by hand for use in the ten regions of the
Soviet Zone
1 24 portrait of Heinrich von
Stephan, text "HEINR. v. STEPHAN † 1897"
brown-orange
(cat. Michel 963/SG 949)
2 75 portrait of Heinrich von
Stephan, text "HEINR. v. STEPHAN † 1897"
blue
(cat. Michel 964/SG 950)
