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 1990 to 2003. The series was replaced by the current definitive series Blumen (flowers) from 3 January 2005.

Description[edit]

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[edit]

Women in German history (FRG and West Berlin)[edit]

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

Women in German history (after German reunification)[edit]

Denomination in Pfennig	Woman	Michel catalog	Date of issue	Image	Known for being
30	Käthe Kollwitz	1488	8 January 1991		artist
70	Elisabet Boehm	1489	8 January 1991		feminist organizer
80	Rahel Varnhagen von Ense	1755	13 October 1994		author
100	Luise Henriette von Oranien	1756	13 October 1994		princess of Brandenburg
150	Sophie Scholl	1497			resistance activist
200	Bertha von Suttner	1498	14 February 1991		pacifist and writer
400	Charlotte von Stein	1582	9 January 1992		literary
450	Hedwig Courths-Mahler	1614	11 June 1992		writer
Country name: Deutschland
100	Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt	1955	16 October 1997		government minister
110	Marlene Dietrich	1939	14 August 1997		actress
220	Marie Elisabeth Lüders	1940	28 August 1997		member of parliament
300	Maria Probst	1956	16 October 1997		politician
440	Gret Palucca	2014	8 October 1998		ballerina

Women in German history (in euro)[edit]

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

See also[edit]

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

References[edit]

• Kroemer, Michael (4 May 2000). "40 Jahre Briefmarkengestaltung (40 years of stamp design)" (in German). Bergische Universität Wuppertal. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 7 December 2007. 
• "Die Dauerserie "Frauen der deutschen Geschichte"" (in German). 1 January 2002. Retrieved 2007-12-07. 
• "Brief History Of German Postage Stamps". Retrieved 7 December 2007. 

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