Deutsches Reich (Weimar) Defintives of Famous Germans - 1926 & 1927

DEUTSCHES REICH (WEIMAR) issued in the Weimar Republic between November 1926 and August 1927 new definitive stamp designs featuring portraits of famous Germans, with some of them being repeated throughout the set.  During this period, the 3 Pf. and 5 Pf. denominations were issued in two distinctly different shades.

The designs feature:
-   3 Pf., 25 Pf. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
-   5 Pf. - Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805)
-   8 Pf., 20 Pf. - Ludwig von Beethoven (1770-1827)
- 10 Pf. - Frederick the Great (1712-1786)
- 15 Pf. - Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
- 30 Pf. - Gotthold E. Lessing (1729-1781)
- 40 Pf. - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716)
- 50 Pf. - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
- 80 Pf. - Albrecht Durer (1471-1528)

All of these Weimar Republic definitive postage stamps were issued both in panes of 100 and in coil rolls.  The 5 Pf., 8 Pf., 10 Pf., and 15 Pf. denominations were also issued in booklets, having panes of 10 stamps for each denomination. A very rare variety of the 20 Pf. is known with a sideways watermark.

Source: Stamp Collecting . com