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Allied Military Government issues
AMG stamps were issued for use in Germany in 1945-46. The stamps are
denominated in pfennigs and marks. They are frequently collected as
pairs, strips or blocks, as care was not taken during printing to ensure that the
plate number appeared on the selvage of a single stamp.
Three series of stamps were printed, but only two series have plate
numbers.
- The "Washington" printings were done by the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing in Washington, DC, and have plate numbers similar to those of
the offset-printed U.S. Documentary stamps of the day. Scott 3N2a-3N9a plus 3N13a. Perf 11.
- The "London" printings have plate numbers similar to
contemporaneous British stamps. While they were not printed by the
BEP, I have illustrated some plate number examples below because many collectors extend their interest in the Washington printings to include them. Scott 3N1b-3N8b. Perf. 14, 14-1/2 and compounds.
- The "Brunswick" printings were done in Germany and do not have plate
numbers. They do, however, have traditional German "counting
numbers" in both rows and columns, and occasionally red inventory counting numbers. Margin examples of Brunswick
printings are frequently seen erroneously offered as plate number
singles or plate blocks. Scott 3N1-3N20. Perf. 11, 11-1/2
and compounds.
Washington printings
Scott
3N2a, 3 pfennigs, plate number 45865
Scott
3N3a, 4 pfennigs, plate
number 45866
Scott
3N4a, 5 pfennigs, plate number 45867
Scott
3N5a, 6 pfennigs, plate
number 45868
Scott
3N6a, 8 pfennigs, plate
number 45869
Scott
3N7a, 10 pfennigs, plate number 45870
Scott
3N8a, 12 pfennigs, plate number 46582
Scott
3N9a, 15 pfennigs, plate
number 45872
Scott
3N13a, 25 pfennigs, plate
number 45873
London printings
Scott
3N2b, 3 pfennigs, plate
number 6A
Scott
3N3b, 4 pfennigs, plate
number 5B
Scott
3N4b, 5 pfennigs, plate
number 3D
Scott
3N5b, 6 pfennigs, plate
number 1B
Scott
3N6b, 8 pfennigs, plate
number 4A
Scott
3N8b, 12pfennigs, plate
number 2D
Brunswick printings (not plate
numbers)
Scott
3N1, 1 pfennig showing counting number 2 at
left ("row 2")
Scott
3N7, 12 pfennigs showing amount-type counting number
12,00 at top ("12 marks for ten columns of ten 12 pfennig stamps")
Scott
3N14c, 40 pfennigs showing column-type counting number
8 at bottom ("column 8")
Scott
3N19, 80 pfennigs showing amount-type counting number
80,00 at top
The red number at right is a sequential red inventory counting number for the sheets or panes of 80 pf stamps.
Stamps in all other denominations (1, 16, 20, 24, 30, 40, 42, 50, 60 and 80 pfennigs, and 1 mark) are Brunswick printings and do not have plate numbers.
Soviet issues for the Russian Zone (not plate
numbers)
Soviet Zone
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