Postage stamps and postal history of Germany
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Germany and philatelically related areas. The main modern providers of service were the Reichspost (1871–1945), the Deutsche Post under Allied control (1945–1949), the Deutsche Post of the GDR (1949–1990), the Deutsche Bundespost (1949–1995), along with the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin (1949–1990), and are now the Deutsche Post AG.
Thurn und Taxis stamp, Northern District, 1865.
Thurn und Taxis stamp, Southern District, 1859.
Scott #C1 from 1919, – the first air mail stamp
Scott #B1 from 1919 – the first semipostal stamp
Reichspost was the name of the postal service of Germany from 1866 to 1945.
Kaiserliches Postamt sign, about 1900