GERMANY COLLECTION LOT CLASSICAL STATES BAVARIA PLEBISCITE DANZIG COTTBUS MNH US For Sale

Up for sale is a substantial, comprehensive, and highly organized specialized collection of vintage German area stamps beautifully presented across five distinct cards. This collection tracks the postal history of Germany from early nineteenth-century classical German States through the chaotic post-World War One plebiscites, culminating in the post-World War Two emergency local issues printed under Soviet occupation.This lot represents a fantastic opportunity for postal history specialists, featuring a wealth of distinct town cancellations, historical provisional overprints, plebiscite territories, specialized municipal issues, and pristine post-war local posts.Lot Highlights:Card Three holds the premium classical pre-unification states, including scarce early issues from Saxony, Baden, Thurn and Taxis, Prussia, and Wurttemberg. It includes multiple highly desirable pieces cut square on their original document papers showing authentic postal history cancellations, alongside a massive specialized layout of early Bavarian coat of arms issues.Card One contains a comprehensive run of Weimar Republic definitives, the complete French-base Memel Territory overprint surcharges, and a specialized study of Bavarian Volksstaat and Freistaat republic overprints.Card Two features the post-World War One Allenstein Treaty of Versailles plebiscite issues along with a complete 1945 to 1946 Stadt Cottbus Soviet Occupation Zone reconstruction local post pictorial set.Card Four includes early regional revenues, Weimar Republic hyperinflation overprints, and the scarce 1920 Free City of Danzig provisional overprints and large format port views.Card Five contains the specialized, complete 8-stamp commemorative overprint series issued for the 10 January 1946 Tag der Briefmarke Stamp Day in the Soviet Occupation Zone city of Cottbus. This card features all seven standard denominations along with the scarce, large-format 25 plus 10 Reichsmark miniature sheet block.Condition Report:These stamps are in a mixed used, unused, and fiscally cancelled vintage condition as shown in the photographs. The front faces showcase rich original ink colors, excellent frame alignments, and highly distinct historical overprints. The collection contains multiple pieces meticulously cut square on original paper documents preserving the complete historic cancellations. The new additions on Card Five are in pristine, pristine Mint Never Hinged condition, featuring perfectly clear backgrounds and completely clean original gum borders. The other reverse sides vary by era, showing a mix of original aged gum, standard glassine paper album hinges, and occasional expertizing marks typical for specialized German states collections. Please examine all high resolution photographs carefully to evaluate the perforations, cancellations, and individual paper conditions before buying. You will receive the exact five pages pictured.Shipping:Fast dispatch. The collection will be packed securely using rigid defensive materials to completely protect all five cards and stamps from any bending, shifting, or moisture damage during transit. International buyers are very welcome via the official international shipping scheme.