Women in German history series

Dorothea Erxleben on the 60pf value, 1988

Women in German history (Frauen der deutschen Geschichte) is a definitive stamp series issued in the Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin from 1986] to 1990, and in reunited Germany since 1990.

Description

Therese Giehse, 100pf, 1988

The stamps were designed by Gerd and Oliver Aretz.

Each stamp represents a portrait of a famous German woman. Two are Austrian: Lise Meitner and Bertha von Suttner. The color of the portrait is different from the colour of the country name and denomination.

The name of the country on the stamps changed according to German history :

• "Deutsche Bundespost" (Federal German Post), 1986–1990 in Western Germany and 1990–1995 in reunited Germany,
• "Deutsche Bundespost — Berlin", 1986–1990 for a use in West Berlin,
• "Deutschland" (Germany) since 1995.

The currency of the denomination changed too with the introduction of the euro:

• 1986 to 2000, expressed in pfennig and without a unit. For example: "100" for 100 pfennig (or 1 deutsche Mark).
• in 2000 and 2001, the denomination is in pfennig and in euro (with use of € symbol).
• since 2002, only euro is used with the € symbol.

List of the stamps

Women in German history (FRG and West Berlin)

Denomination in Pfennig	Woman	Michel catalog 2nd line for West Berlin	Date of issue	Image
5	Emma Ihrer	1405 833	9 February 1989
10	Paula Modersohn-Becker	1359 806	14 April 1988
20	Cilly Aussem	1365 811	5 May 1988
40	Maria Sibylla Merian	1331 788	17 September 1987
50	Christine Teusch	1304 770	13 November 1986
60	Dorothea Erxleben	1332 824	17 September 1987 Berlin: 10. November 1988
80	Clara Schumann	1305 771	13 November 1986
100	Therese Giehse	1390 825	10 November 1988
120	Elisabeth Selbert	1338 —	6 November 1987
130	Lise Meitner	1366 812	5 May 1988
140	Cécile Vogt	1432 848	10 August 1989
170	Hannah Arendt	1391 826	10 November 1988
180	Lotte Lehmann	1427 844	13 July 1989
240	Mathilde Franziska Anneke	1392 827	10 November 1988
250	Luise von Preußen	1428 845	13 July 1989
300	Fanny Hensel geb. Mendelssohn	1433 849	10 August 1989
350	Hedwig Dransfeld	1393 828	10 November 1988
500	Alice Salomon	1397 830	12 January 1989

Women in German history (after German reunification)

Denomination in Pfennig	Woman	Michel catalog	Date of issue	Image
30	Käthe Kollwitz	1488	8 January 1991
70	Elisabet Boehm	1489	8 January 1991
80	Rahel Varnhagen von Ense	1755	13 October 1994
100	Luise Henriette von Oranien	1756	13 October 1994
150	Sophie Scholl	1497	14 February 1991
200	Bertha von Suttner	1498	14 February 1991
400	Charlotte von Stein	1582	9 January 1992
450	Hedwig Courths-Mahler	1614	11 June 1992
Country name: Deutschland
100	Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt	1955	16 October 1997
110	Marlene Dietrich	1939	14 August 1997
220	Marie Elisabeth Lüders	1940	28 August 1997
300	Maria Probst	1956	16 October 1997
440	Gret Palucca	2014	8 October 1998

Women in German history (in euro)

Denomination in Pfennig and euro	Woman	Michel catalog	Date of issue	Image
Denomination in Pfennig and euro
100 / 0,51 €	Grethe Weiser	2149	9 November 2000
110 / 0,56 €	Käte Strobel	2150	9 November 2000
220 / 1,12 €	Marieluise Fleißer	2158	11 January 2001
300 / 1,53 €	Nelly Sachs	2159	11 January 2001
Denomination in euro only
0,45 €	Annette von Droste-Hülshoff	2295	27 December 2002
0,55 €	Hildegard Knef	2296	27 December 2002
1,00 €	Marie Juchacz	2305	16 January 2003
1,44 €	Esther von Kirchbach	2297	27 December 2002

See also

• List of people on stamps of Germany
• Stamp catalogues: Michel catalog, Stanley Gibbons, Yvert et Tellier

References

• Kroemer, Michael (4 May 2000). "40 Jahre Briefmarkengestaltung (40 years of stamp design)" (in German). Bergische Universität Wuppertal. http://www.presse.uni-wuppertal.de/archiv/mitteilungen/2000/40JahreAretz.htm. Retrieved 7 December 2007. 
• "Die Dauerserie "Frauen der deutschen Geschichte"" (in German). 1 January 2002. http://www.thommyn.de/ds-frauen.html. Retrieved 2007-12-07. 
• "Brief History Of German Postage Stamps". http://www.betterpostagestamps.com/german-postage-stamps.html. Retrieved 7 December 2007. 

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