Postage stamps and postal history of Lübeck

Postage stamps and postal history of Lübeck

After the foundation of the German Hanseatic League (1241) regulated messenger routes developed. In Lübeck the placement of the letter traffic was under the supervision of the mercantile council of the Scania market, which also appointed the messenger master (postmaster) and the rest of the personnel.

Around 1579 the Reichspost of Thurn und Taxis arrived at Lübeck, it existed besides the Hanseatic post, which lead to minor tensions. In 1683 the post offices of Platen, later Hannover (until 1844), and Wismar were established. Together with the Danish post these were merged in the Schütting-post.

During the French era Napoleon unitied the three Hanseatic cities and northwestern Germany with France under the name Bouches-de-l'Elbe with the decree from December 13, 1810. It was the era of the Continental System against Great Britain.

The Scania market took over the postal system again. But the postal administration worked only for the city treasury. The Scania market received an annual remuneration of 2,000 Lübeck Courantmarks.

In 1848 apart from the city post office there were a Taxis letter post, riding and errant posts of Mecklenburg, Hannover (until 1845), and Denmark, as well as a Prussian postal agency.

When the job of a deputy of the postal departement had to be newly filled, on April 1, 1851 the choice was made for the grand ducal Mecklenburg-Strelitz postmaster Carl Hermann Lebrecht Lingnau, who received the title postal director. The lower officials were called the "Litzenbrüder".

On the postal congress in Berlin (1851) a contract, which exactly laid down the competences, was closed between Lübeck and Thurn und Taxis for January 1, 1852. It was similarly dealt with the Danish post. The construction of the Lübeck-Büchener Railway and in return the Royal Danish Chief Post Office in Lübeck was allowed.

During the changeover of the postal administration to the North German Confederation on January 1, 1868 the city post office became the chief post office of the North German postal district and Mr. Lingnau became chief postal director. The Danish post office as well as Thurn und Taxis cancelled their posts. In Lübeck there were two stable post offices and seven letter collections for 50,339 inhabitants. The currency Lübeck Courant = 16 Shilling, whereas 1 shilling was equivalent to 2 "Sechsling", was valid.

tamps

Stamps were introduced on January 1, 1859. They depicted a two-headed eagle with spread wings. On one ribbon, the one which encloses the eagle, "Postmarke" (postage stamp) and the indication of the value in characters can be read. On the upper side is the word "Lübeck" and in each of the four corners a number can be found, which indicates the value of the stamp. The stamps from 1863 depict the same eagle in an oval and in relief, at the top the word "Lübeck", at the sides the indication of value, and at the bottom the word "Schilling". Concerning the configuration and value the postal stationaries were similar to the stamps.

Literature

* B. E. Crole: "Geschichte der Deutschen Post". 2nd edition. Publishing house W. Malende in Leipzig, Leipzig 1889. The author is Bruno Emil König from Berlin.
* Wilhelm Kähler: "Die Lübecker Briefmarken." In: Der Wagen 1960, pp. 56-59.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Postage stamps and postal history of Germany — This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Germany and philatelically related areas. The main modern providers of service were the Reichspost (1871 1945), the Deutsche Post of the GDR (1949 1990), the Deutsche Bundespost (1949… …   Wikipedia

  • Postage stamps and postal history of Hamburg — This article is about the postage stamps and postal history of Hamburg from the medieval messengers until the entry of the Hamburg Postal Administration into the Northern German Postal District in 1868.Historical developmentAfter the foundation… …   Wikipedia

  • Postage stamps and postal history of Bergedorf — Due to the stamps issued by the Bergedorf from 1861 to 1867 this small town is still present in some collector s albums as an own collection field.Before the introduction of the first stampsDue to its geographic location, Bergedorf received… …   Wikipedia

  • List of entities that have issued postage stamps (F - L) — ;See also : List of entities that have issued postage stamps (A E): List of entities that have issued postage stamps (M Z)IntroductionThis is a list of entities that have issued postage stamps at some point since stamps were introduced in 1840.… …   Wikipedia

  • Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Ga — Each article in this category is a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information about all known issuers. See the… …   Wikipedia

  • Compendium of postage stamp issuers (La — Each article in this category is a collection of entries about several stamp issuers, presented in alphabetical order. The entries are formulated on the micro model and so provide summary information about all known issuers. See the… …   Wikipedia

  • Military history of Gibraltar during World War II — v · …   Wikipedia

  • Список почтовых администраций мира — …   Википедия

  • Portal:Philately — Wikipedia portals: Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Natural sciences People Philosophy Religion Society Technology Main Portal …   Wikipedia

  • Country definitives — Jersey 2½d regional issue of 1964; design by Edmund Blampied Country definitives, formerly known as regional postage stamps of Great Britain are the postage stamps issued for regions of the United Kingdom, reflecting the regional identity of the… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”