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00:00world stamps germania stamps postage stamp germania is an image of the legendary warrior

00:16maid valkyrie crowned with the imperial crown in a metal corset as well as with a sword in

00:21her right hand her semi-profile is framed by a floral ornament in the upper corners of each

00:26brand are the figures of denomination and the lower part of the mark is occupied by the inscription

00:31reich post imperial post later deutsches reich german empire in total 61 varieties of this series

00:39were issued in denominations ranging from two fennings to 10 german marks the name of the series

00:45of marks germania comes from the latin oxonym which denoted the ancient romans in the eastern bank of

00:51the rhine later united with the territories under roman control on the west bank of the river

00:56the probable initial meaning of the word is neighbors famous since ancient times the symbolic

01:02female image of germany in the middle and the end of the 19th century has become associated with the

01:07idea of the future unity of the country divided by dozens of different states to the last quarter of

01:13the century the revolutions of 1848 in europe the so-called spring of the peoples and especially the

01:19franco-prussian war of 1870 to 1871 which resulted in the unification of the country gave impetus to

01:25the wide use of the motive of united germany in the works of german culture paintings architecture

01:31et cetera and in particular on the postage stamps of the german empire however at the time of the

01:37creation of a new series of standard postage stamps germany's imperial post had the task without

01:42complications to introduce it into circulation not only in the territory under the influence of prussia

01:47but also in the areas of responsibility of the bavarian wertenberg and a number of other post offices the

01:54engraver of the new series was the artist paul edward waldraff who after studying in stuttgart

02:00collaborated in the berlin imperial printing house the model was chosen as the famous opera actress of

02:06those years anna strance feuring her image was also a prototype for the allegorical figure of germany in the

02:12design of the hundred reichsmark banknote executed by the same waldraff and previously accepted by the

02:18german bank officially the first day of issuance was january 1st 1900 however small parts of the

02:25pre-printed circulation were sold at the post offices of the empire as early as the end of december

02:311899 and a certain number of december publications are known timed to the beginning of the 20th century

02:37and issued simultaneously with the new branded series a blue marked postcard with a printed stamp of five

02:43fannings worth was also in circulation in december world stamps