Postage Stamps and Postal History of The North German Confederation - Coverage

Coverage

The coverage of the North German Postal Union was described as follows:

The federal territories comprise Prussia together with Lauenburg, Saxony, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Saxe-Weimar, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Oldenburg, Braunschweig, Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Anhalt, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Waldeck, Reuß senior line, Reußjunior line, Schaumburg-Lippe, Lippe, Lübeck, Bremen, Hamburg, and that part of the Grand Duchy of Hesse that lies to the north of the River Main.

It is noteworthy that part of Hesse was administered as part of the postal union even though Hesse was not a member of the North German Confederation.