Description
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.
Read more about this topic: Women In German History Series
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