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North German Confederation,
Northern, Southern and Hamburg
1st January 1868
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| 1868 Sc1 SG1 | 1868 Sc7 SG11 | 1868 Sc12 SG-H1 |
no wmk, typographed
rouletted 8½ to 10, 11 to 12½ and compound
Printed at the Prussian State Printing Works, Berlin
| Description | District | Scott | SG | Mi | Y&T | |
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| ¼ groschen red lilac | Northern ↓ | 1 | 1, 2 | |||
| ⅓gr green | 2 | 3, 4 | ||||
| ½ gr orange | 3 | 5 | ||||
| 1gr rose | 4 | 6, 7 | ||||
| 2gr ultra | 5 | 8, 9 | ||||
| 5gr bister | 6 | 10 | ||||
| 1 kreuzer green | Southern ↓ | 7 | 11, 12 | |||
| 2kr orange | 8 | 13 | ||||
| 3kr rose | 9 | 14, 15 | ||||
| 7kr ultra | 10 | 16, 17 | ||||
| 18kr bister | 11 | 18 | ||||
| (½ schilling) lilac brown | Hamburg | 12 | H1 |
On 1st January 1868 the separate issues of all the German states except Bavaria, Baden and Wurttemburg [i.e. Bremen, Brunswick, Hamburg, Lübeck, Mecklenburg (both) Olenburg, Prussia and Saxony] were withdrawn and replaced by those of the North German Confederation. Two sets were typographed at the Prussian State Printing Works, inscribed in groschen and kreuzer values for the northern and southern disctricts respectively. The first printings were rouletted and perforation introduced in February 1869. Because of the different currency used in Hamburg, an undenominated stamp sold for ½ was used on local mail within the city boundaries.
The stamps of the Confederation were replaced in January 1872 by the stamps of the German Empire. [1]