Women in German history series


Women in German history is a definitive stamp series issued in the Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin from 1986 to 1990, and in reunited Germany 1990 to 2003. The series was replaced by the current definitive series Blumen from 3 January 2005.

Description

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 color of the country name and denomination.
The name of the country on the stamps changed according to German history :
The currency of the denomination changed too with the introduction of the euro:
Even if it was a definitive stamp series, because of the Reunification of Germany some issues for Westberlin were used only a short time and stamps with postmarks from real post services are rare.

List of the stamps

Women in German history (FRG and West Berlin)

Women in German history (after German reunification)

Women in German history (in euro)