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Early 1900 the box and 100 empty sheets for the collection costed 28 Mark (see image above). 28 Mark in 1900 is the equivalent of around 200 Euro in 2018, so a rather expensive book. The book could also be paid in monthly terms as stated in the ad. | |||
In a second advertisement (September 1900) the price has increased to 30 M for the box. It is also stated that the stamps are 2 pf. but can only be sold in sheets of 25. | |||
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Heraldry of the World Heraldic collector's items catalogue > Heraldic albums |
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Album information :
- Issued by : A. Weller's Verlag, Kahla in Thüringen, Germany
- Date of issue : 1900-1920 (?)
- Number of stamps/cards : ? over 8000 (I have 7900 images so far)
- Image variants : ?
Background
This is a huge collection of stamps with the arms of countries and families, issued around 1898-1920. The total number is not known, the largest collection I have seen on offer had 3800 stamps. The stamps were issued in sheets, which were numbered, but the stamps itself were not numbered.
I have no idea how these stamps could be collected. The sheets could be bought for 50 Pfennige and each stamp for 2. But I do not know where, I presume in bookshops or similar all over the country. How often the sheets were issued I do not know.
The sheets were not always properly perforated, resulting in a number of different formats for the stamps. The actual format should be 4x5.5 cm, but can differ up to 1 cm in width.
The stamps could be glued on pages, which were then kept in boxes, see image above.
An example of a sheet :
The company also issued indexes, normally per 1000 arms per section. The indexes have quite a number of mistakes in the numbering though. The best numbering is by the sheets themselves.
The actual date of issue is not clear. The first advertisement I know of dates from 1900, see image below, where already 1300 arms have been printed. In an advertisement in a German heraldic journal from 1907, arms of cities nr 371 and arms of Nobility nr 1315 are mentioned. The index 1-1000 of the city arms (Section 2) is dated 1913. But most index booklets are not dated.
Early 1900 the box and 100 empty sheets for the collection costed 28 Mark (see image above). 28 Mark in 1900 is the equivalent of around 200 Euro in 2018, so a rather expensive book. The book could also be paid in monthly terms as stated in the ad.
In a second advertisement (September 1900) the price has increased to 30 M for the box. It is also stated that the stamps are 2 pf. but can only be sold in sheets of 25.
Series and stamps issued
I have no idea how many were issued. I have based the numbers shown here on the largest numbers I have seen on sheets (mainly in auction sites).
- Series 1: Rulers and Countries (at least 300 stamps)
- Series 2: Cities and regions (at least 1225)
- Series 3: Nobility (at least 3550)
- Series 4: Bishops and commoners (at least 2650)
- Series 5: Guilds and associations (at least 275)