Stamps of the Kingdom of Prussia

Postage Stamps of the Kingdom of Prussia, issued between 1850 and 1867.

First issue 15 November 1850

King Frederick William IV of Prussia, engraved by F.E. Eichens, watermark.

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  1/2 Silbergroschen (6 Pfg). Michel N°1
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  Cancelled at KÖNIGSBERG (Russia)
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  1 Sgr, pink paper. Cancelled 258 (Cöln). Mi2
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  Mi2
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  Mi2
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  2 Sgr, blue paper. Mi3.
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  Mi3.
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  3 Sgr, yellow paper. Mi4
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  3 Sgr4 rings cancelled in Birnbaum (now Poland, 132). Mi4a
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  Cancelled 494 Gleiwitz, Silesia, Poland
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  3 Sgr, 4 rings cancelled at the Hamburg office (578). Mi4a

Issue 1856

Engraved, watermark. 4 Pfenninge (sic) = 1/3 Sgr

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  4 rings cancelled 174 Brandenburg. Green Mi5a, Yvert 1 (!).
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  Frame cancelled. Deep green Mi5b.

Issue 1857 Solid background

Typo by H.G. Schilling, no watermark.

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  1 Silbergroschen. Rings cancelled 103 (Berlin). Mi6
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  1 Sgr, 4 rings 568 Hagen in Westfalen. Mi6a
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  1 Sgr, frame GLEIWITZ (Poland). Mi6a
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  1 Sgr, 4-rings cancelled 1285 (Saarbrücken), Saarland. Mi6
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  2 Sgr Mi7
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  3 Sgr orange, circle at Aachen (NRW). Mi8a

Issues 1858-1861

Background of crossed-lines (Gegitterter Grund)

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  4 Pfge Mi9a, issue 1858, cancelled at FREIENWALDE I.POM. (Poland). Mi9a
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  1 SilberGroschen, issue 1858, cancelled at MAGDEBURG Bahnhof (Sachsen-Anhalt). Mi10
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  Idem, DC at MALMEDY (Belgium). Mi10a
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  1 Sgr rose. Circle AACHEN 27-1 (1859?) . Mi10a
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  1 Sgr carmine, sub-issue 1860. Unidentified frame. Mi10b
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  2 Sgr Mi11
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  3 Silbergroschen issue 1858, double circle cancelled COELN. 14 Feb. Mi12

Issues 1861-1865 Eagle

Rouletted 11 3/4.

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  4 Pfg issue 1861, unused, Mi14
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  1 SilberGroschen, issue 1861, Mi16, cancelled at BUCKAU (Sachsen-Anhalt)
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  1 SGr, blue cancelled at GARTOW (Lower Saxony)
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  1 SGr, cancelled at SCHWIEBUS (Brandenburg Province), now in Poland, on 9-10-1867. Mi16
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  Idem, frame cancelled at EUPEN (Belgium). Mi16
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  2 Sgr, used at PRITZWALK (Brandenburg). Mi17a
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  3 Sgr issue 1861, unused, Mi18
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  Idem cancelled at MAGDEBURG (Sachsen-Anhalt) in 1865. Mi18
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  Frame type R2. Mi18
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  3 Pfenninge issue 1865, Hufeisen at DÜSSELDORF. Mi19a

Post-couvert

Postal stationery cuts could be used as postage stamps.

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  1 Silbergroschen stationery fragment, 1863ca. MiU26.
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  Square cut from 2 Silbergroschen stationery, 1862ca. MiGAA16.

Issue 1866 Printed from behind

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Issue 1867 for use in Thurn and Taxis Kreuzer lands

Rouletted 16.

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  1 kr Mi22 Thurn und Taxis type cancelled at GERNSHEIM (Hesse)
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  3 kr Mi24,TuT type cancelled at SAALFELD (Thuringia)
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  9 kr unused Mi26