Stamps of the Grand Duchy of Baden
This page shows stamps issued in the Grand Duchy of Baden between 1851 and 1868.
Regular issues[edit]
First issue May 1, 1851 (1852)[edit]
Numerals, inscribed Deutsch = Oester. Postverein. Vertrag v. 6. April 1850. (Treaty on a Postal Union between Germany and Austria). Values 1 to 9 kreuzer on coloured paper.
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1 kr sämisch paper, 5 Rings 21 Bühl. Fragment sold 580 SF in 2001.
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3 kr, 5 Rings 21 Bühl. Fragment sold 150 SF in 1992.
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3 kr, orange-yellow, 5 Rings 144 Thiengen.
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9 kr pink used on fragment.
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9 kr pink. 5 Rings 43 Freiburg. Luxus (margins!) item sold 360 SF in 1994.
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9 kr pink, 5 Rings 104 Offenburg.
Sub-issue 1852[edit]
Same values on new paper colours.
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1 kr brownish, 5 rings 17 Boxberg Mi1b
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1 kr brownish, 5 rings 37 Endingen Mi1b
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Fragment with 3 kr 1853 and 1 kr 1852, 5 rings 128 Schliengen. Sold 4,000 DM in 1979.
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3 kr, pale yellow, upper page margin. 5 Rings 9 Berolzheim (Ahorn). Mi2b
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3 kr, pale yellow, page corner. 5 Rings 106 Orschweier (Mahlberg). Mi2b
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Fragment with 1 kr, 5 rings cancelled and E.B. Curs II in frame. Lot sold 260 SF in 2001.
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6 kr green, 13 Tauberbischofsheim
1853[edit]
The 3 kr on green paper is the most usual of Baden numerals.
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1 kr black on white paper, 5 rings 135 Staufen in Breisgau. Mi5.
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3 kr on green paper, 5 rings 42 Ettlingen. Mi6.
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Blue cancelled 110 Pfullendorf. Mi6.
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Red cancelled 115 Rastatt. Mi6.
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One ring cancelled 165. Mi6.
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6 kr on yellow paper. Mi7.
August 1858[edit]
Last numerals, 3 kreuzer on blue or deep blue paper.
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Cancel '25' (Konstanz)
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Blue paper (Grobe 8a)
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Red cancel of Rastatt. Luxus item sold 1,700 DM. Deep blue (Grobe 8b)
June 1860 - 1862[edit]
First with Coat of Arms, designed by Buhl and C.A. Weber. Typo by W. Hasper after recess (Stich) by L.Kurz. 1 to 9 kreuzer. Perf.13².
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1 kreuzer black issue 1860, 5 rings 133 Sinsheim. Mi9.
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3 kreuzer blue issue 1860, 5 rings 57 Heidelberg. Mi10a
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6 kreuzer lachsrot, rings with zig-zag, 24 Karlsruhe. Mi11a.
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6 kreuzer orange, 5 rings, 156 Weinheim. Mi11b.
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9 kreuzer carmine, 5 rings, 57 Heidelberg. Mi12.
1862[edit]
Second Coat of Arms issue. 1, 6 & 9 kreuzer but Perf.10.
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1 kreuzer black, rings cancelled 8 (Baden-Baden). Mi13a.
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6 kreuzer blue, rings cancelled 121 (Bad Säckingen). Mi14.
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9 kreuzer reddish-brown, rings cancelled 25 (Konstanz). Mi15a.
26 March 1862[edit]
Narrow perforations 13² on a 3 kreuzer of the next type.
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One ring 164 (Railway). Mi16
1862-1865[edit]
CoA on a white background designed by L.Kurz. Values from 1 to 30 kreuzer.
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3 kr rose, DC cancelled at FREIBURG. Mi18
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3 kr, circle cancelled at MOSBACH. Mi18
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3 kr, DC cancelled at BADEN. Mi18
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9 kr, fragment circle cancelled at PFORZHEIM. Mi20
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9 kr, deep brown. DC cancelled at ACHERN. Sold 750 DM in 1983. Mi20c
1 October 1868[edit]
The value is a short KR.
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1 kr, cancelled at HEIDELBERG. Mi23
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3 kr carmine, cancelled with expedition at BADEN. Mi24
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3 kr, cancelled at CARLSRUHE. Mi24
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3 kr, cancelled at ENGEN. Mi24
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7 kr, DC cancelled at RASTATT. Mi25a