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'''1: Ostpreussen''' <br>
'''1: Ostpreussen''' <br>
[[File:ostpreussen.hag.jpg|align="right"]]
Issued 1913, reprinted and revised in 1913, 1914 and 1916, and printed in 10, 18, 11 and 4 thousand copies respectively.  
Issued 1913, reprinted and revised in 1913, 1914 and 1916, and printed in 10, 18, 11 and 4 thousand copies respectively.  


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The second edition has the additional stamp and two texts from Prof. Hupp, on the sources of the arms and on the history of the arms of Westpreussen.
The second edition has the additional stamp and two texts from Prof. Hupp, on the sources of the arms and on the history of the arms of Westpreussen.
'''3: Brandenburg''' <br>
Issued 1914 and reprinted in 1915, with 20 and 5 thousand copies each
Contains numbers 127-281, the second issue also the additional numbers 477-479. Number 477 is placed between 158-159, 478 between 160-161, and 479 between 136-137. Number 281 is placed at the end of the series in the first edition, and between 164-165 in the second edition. Due to these additions, the sequence of the arms per page changed considerably. The second edition also has additional geographical information on the first page of the arms.
Both issues contain two texts on the history of the arms.
'''4: Ober- und Niederbayern''' <br>
Issued in 1914 and reprinted in 1916 in 20.000 and 4.000 copies
Contains numbers 320-476
Both issues are identical and contain 3 texts frorm Prof. Hupp on the history of the arms.
'''5: Pommern'''<br>
Issued in 1915 in 20.000 copies
Contains numbers 283-319 and 480-518
Also contains two additional texts, one on the heraldic language, and the other on the history of the arms. Although there is officially only one edition, there are differences in the back page, indicating at least two different prints of this edition.
'''6: Posen'''<br>
Issued in 1915 in 20.000 copies
Contains numbers 519-663
Has one additional text on the history of the arms.
Album number 7, '''Schlesien''', was planned, but never issued. Planned were 188 stamps, of which only 40 (664-703) have been published.
According to the texts on the back of the stamps a total of 3000 arms were planned.
It is not known how many stamps were actually issued, but a number of 68 million has been mentioned.
The stamps are marked with the initials of the author, OH, for Prof. Otto Hupp. The initials are printed in black, with the exception of numbers 192-223 that show either initials in blue, or no initials at all.
On the backside of the stamps the name and description of the arms, as well as the number of inhabitants was given. The latter was taken from the census of 1910. All stamps also have a small advertising for Kaffee Hag. In many cases, when the description of the arms was short, additional (advertising) texts were published.
There are 6 variations of the arms known (Liebenwalde, Strasburg, Hengersberg, Wollin, Jaratschewo, Jarotschin), as well as several small changes on the decorations, the letters and the texts on the back.
All books were published by B. Heller in München.
The books were not for sale in the bookshops, but had to be ordered at Kaffee Hag in Bremen in exchange for a number of stamps. Stamps were packed in the pre-packed coffee sold all over the country.
The stamps were issued in sheets of 32 (8x4) stamps, see image below.
[[File:Hag-old-sheet.hag.jpg|center]]
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