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<font size=5><center>'''Continentale Verlags-Anstalt : Wappen-Sammel-Album'''</center></font>
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==Album information :==  
==Album information :==  
*Issued by : Many small companies, but printed by Continentale Verlags-Anstalt, Sigmund Loewenthal, Hamburg
*Issued by : Many small companies, but printed by Continentale Verlags-Anstalt, Sigmund Loewenthal, Hamburg
*Date of issue : 1912  
*Date of issue : 1903 (Not 1912 as stated in the Köberich catalogue)
*Number of stamps/cards : 330
*Number of stamps/cards : 480 (?). At least 426. According to the Köberich catalogue only 330 were actually issued (but I have 425 so far, see below, and know of 1 more).
*Image variants : -
*Image variants : so far I know only of 2 real different arms (Auerbach and Glarus), but there are differences in printings, see section Variations


==Background==
==Background==
The album was issued in 1912 and contained an introduction, followed by 40 pages for 480 images. According to K&ouml;berich only 330 were actually issued (I am aware of 307 so far).  
The album was probably issued from 1903 onwards and contained an introduction, followed by 40 pages for 480 images. No date is mentioned anywhere in the album, but the cards bear the number DRGM 209633 (Deutsche Reichs-Gebrauchsmuster), a German copyright/trademark number, issued to Sigmund Loewenthal on July 30, 1903 (see images below from the German trade mark register).
{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:drgm1.cva.jpg|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
|align="center"|[[File:jdrgm2.cva.jpg|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
|}
The trademark text reads : Karte aus Papier, Pappe odgl. mit perforierten, mit Wappen beklebten oder bedruckten Feldern, um welche herum Reklamen odgl, angeordnet sind. S. Loewenthal, Hamburg, A-B-Cstr. 45, 30/7 03. (Cards made of paper or similar, with perforated fields, printed or glued with coats of arms, around which advertising is placed. Simon Loewenthal, ABC-street 45, June 30, 1903).
 
The images could be collected from a large number of small companies in Germany, Austro-Hungarian Empire and Holland (and maybe other countries as well). These companies issued advertising cards, with two images, that could be cut out and placed in the album. According to the cards, one card was issued weekly. With 480 cards that would mean 240 weeks. When they started issuing in 1903, the series could have been completed by 1907.  


The images could be collected from a large number of small companies in Germany, Austro-Hungarian Empire and Holland (and maybe other countries as well). These companies issued advertising cards, with two images, that could be cut out and placed in the album. Probably due to WWI the series were not completed, as, according to the cards, one card was issued weekly. With 480 cards that would mean 240 weeks, or finishing by the end of 1916 or early 1917.
The album was issued as the first out of a series of two (the second was never issued) and contained the arms of present and former (non-European) countries and European cities. The second album supposedly would contain family arms.


The album was issued as the first out of a series of two (the second was never issued) and contained the arms of present and former (non-European) countries and European cities.
At least six different album formats for the first album were issued, see below.
 
The cards were issued initially in Germany, but were also available in other countries. As far as I know, the names of the countries and cities, as well as the album itself were not translated. The cards were introduced for the Dutch market in 1908, as can be seen in the advertisements below.
 
{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:14111908a.cva.jpg|center|350 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Bredase Courant 14-11-1908
|align="center"|[[File:14111908.cva.jpg|center|350 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Delftsche Courant 14-11-1908
|-
|align="center"|[[File:22071908.cva.jpg|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Nieuws van den Dag 22-07-1908
|}


At least two different album formats for the first album were issued, see the two images above. In the left version the index was added as loose pages, whereas in the right album the index was part of the album. Except for the typography and the name of the album, the albums are identical in content.


The cards were also sold as postcards, without advertisement and perforations.  
The cards were also sold as postcards, without advertisement and perforations.  


{|align="center"
{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:juliereinhardf.cva.jpg|center|300 px]] <br/>Example of a German card
|align="center"|[[File:juliereinhardf.cva.jpg|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Example of a German card
|align="center"|[[File:juliereinhardfb.cva.jpg|center|300 px]] <br/>
|align="center"|[[File:juliereinhardfb.cva.jpg|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>
|-
|align="center"|[[File:loretzf.cva.jpg|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Example of a Dutch card
|align="center"|[[File:loretzb.cva.jpg|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>
|-
|align="center"|[[File:postcard1.cva.jpg|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Example of a postcard (posted March 14, 1918)
|align="center"|[[File:postcard1back.cva.jpg|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>
|-
|-
|align="center"|[[File:loretzf.cva.jpg|center|300 px]] <br/>Example of a Dutch card
|align="center"|[[File:eugenbarth.cva.jpg|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Example of a German card from the now French city of Colmar
|align="center"|[[File:loretzb.cva.jpg|center|300 px]] <br/>
|align="center"|[[File:nothhelfer.cva.jpg|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Example of a German card from München
|-
|-
|align="center"|[[File:postcard1.cva.jpg|center|300 px]] <br/>Example of a postcard (posted March 14, 1918)
|align="center"|[[File:postcard2.cva.jpg|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Example of other postcards
|align="center"|[[File:postcard1back.cva.jpg|center|300 px]] <br/>
|align="center"|[[File:postcard3.cva.jpg|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/> (non perforated)
|-
|-
|align="center"|[[File:postcard2.cva.jpg|center|300 px]] <br/>Example of another postcard
|align="center"|[[File:postcard4.cva.jpg|center|300 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/> (perforated)
|align="center"|[[File:eugenbarth.cva.jpg|center|300 px]] <br/>Example of a German card from the now French city of Colmar
|}
|}
         
 
Series from one bookshop:
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File:protz28.cva.jpg
File:protz29.cva.jpg
</gallery>
   
For more cards see [[:Category:Continentale_Verlags_Anstalt_(cards)|here]]
 
Cards of the following companies are known to me, but there must be many more (if you have any or any information, please [[contact]] me) :
Cards of the following companies are known to me, but there must be many more (if you have any or any information, please [[contact]] me) :
*Johann Bach, bookshop, Schöneberg
*Eugen Barth, Books and office supplies, Colmar, Germany (now France)
*Eugen Barth, Books and office supplies, Colmar, Germany (now France)
*Lorenz Beyer, Bookshop, Mittweida, Germany
* Adr. van Dieren, paper and office supplies, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
*Robert Doležal Jr., Bookshop, Arnau an der Elbe, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Hostinné, Czech Rep.)  
*Robert Doležal Jr., Bookshop, Arnau an der Elbe, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Hostinné, Czech Rep.)  
*Döscher & Koch, clothing, Stade, Germany
*Hermann Exner, paper and office supplies, Berlin, Germany
*Berta Finking, Schoolsupplies, Wilmersdorf, Germany  
*Berta Finking, Schoolsupplies, Wilmersdorf, Germany  
*Richard Glaubig, Germania Drogerie, Drugstore, Zehlendorf, Germany
*Richard Glaubig, Germania Drogerie, Drugstore, Zehlendorf, Germany
*Willy Gross, paper supplies and book binders, Dresden, Germany
*Hamburger & Bredtmann, office supplies, Pforzheim, Germany
*Engelb. Hanel, School and papersupplies, Wiener-Neustadt, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Austria)
*Engelb. Hanel, School and papersupplies, Wiener-Neustadt, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Austria)
*Georg Hoehn, Bookshop and printers, Pirna, Germany
*Anna Kleinitzer, School supplies, Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Austria)
*Anna Kleinitzer, School supplies, Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Austria)
*Knopf Warenhaus, Diedehofen, Germany
*J.J.N. Loretz, Book- and artshop, 's Hertogenbosch, Holland
*J.J.N. Loretz, Book- and artshop, 's Hertogenbosch, Holland
*Arno Loth, School supplies, Rosenheim, Germany  
*Arno Loth, School supplies, Rosenheim, Germany  
*A. Mercklein, book and papershop, Ueckermünde, Germany
*S. Montibeller, (2 shops): clothing and paperwares, Alleegasse 56 and 60, Wien, Austria
*Arthur Müller, bookshop, Rixdorf, Germany
*Otto Müller, Paper and leather goods, Rixdorf (now part of Berlin), Germany (2 types)
*Otto Müller, Paper and leather goods, Rixdorf (now part of Berlin), Germany (2 types)
*Alfred Nautze, printers, Pirna, Germany
*August Peter, Coffee, tea and other foods, Halle an der Saale, Germany
*M.F. van Piere, Bookshop etc, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
*Sebastian Pohl, Butcher, Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Austria) (2 types)  
*Sebastian Pohl, Butcher, Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Austria) (2 types)  
*Herman Protz, Bookshop, Rixdorf bei Berlin, Germany
*Julie Reinhard, Book- and artshop, M&uuml;nchen, Germany  
*Julie Reinhard, Book- and artshop, M&uuml;nchen, Germany  
*M. Renze, Bookshop, Bielefeld, Germany
*Arthur Schultz, butter and cheese shop, Rixdorf, Germany
* Alb. Schwarzer, office supplies, Berlin W., Germany
*Jos. Joh, Schweizer, Bookshop, Leitmeritz, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Litoměřice, Czech Rep.)  
*Jos. Joh, Schweizer, Bookshop, Leitmeritz, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Litoměřice, Czech Rep.)  
*Wilhelm Wartenberg, Bookshop, Friedenau, Germany
*Wilhelm Wartenberg, Bookshop, Friedenau, Germany
*unknown issue : back states only Tees, Kakao, Schokoladen (tea, coffee, chocolates)  
*unknown issue : back states only Tees, Kakao, Schokoladen (tea, coffee, chocolates)  
*unknown issue : back states only N&auml;hr- und St&auml;rkungsmittel f&uuml;r Kinder und Rekonvaleszenten (food for children and for recovering)
*unknown issue : back states only N&auml;hr- und St&auml;rkungsmittel f&uuml;r Kinder und Rekonvaleszenten (food for children and for recovering)
*Several companies issued cards without text on the back of the stamp  
*Several companies issued cards without text on the back of the stamp


For an overview of all countries and cities represented, see the [http://www.ngw.nl/continental.pdf introduction to the album (pdf)].
==Albums==
At least five different album formats for the album were issued.
 
The oldest versions of the album were simply named Wappen-Album. Later versions were named Wappen-Sammel-Album.
 
All albums have the same lay-out : a front page, followed by an 8-page index of all arms and then 20 pages to glue or stick the images.  All indicate that it is the first album, but the second was never published (see above).
 
There are no indications to the dates when the different albums were published. As the cards could be collected over a long period of time, the cards inside each album can not be used for dating a specific album. The six albums that I am aware of, can be placed in a logical sequence though, based on name and population figures.
 
===Album 1===
Album 1 has on the cover a female figure holding two (unidentified) coats of arms. The first page and index is in black. Population figures are identical to albums 2, 3 and 4, but lower as in album 5. The population figures listed correspond to figures in Wikipedia from around 1900, just before the album was supposedly published (1903-1905).
 
The section for the cards is printed in green, with a vertical leaf-based decoration between the cards and single borders around the cards.
 
{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:front1.cva.jpg|center|250 px|Wappen-Sammel-Album]] <br/>
|align="center"|[[File:album1fp.cva.jpg|center|250 px|Wappen-Sammel-Album]] <br/>
|}
 
The index of this album : [[File:index1.cva.pdf]]
 
===Album 2===
Album 2 has on the cover a soldier in 17th century style holding a banner with the arms of Hamburg, as the publisher was based in Hamburg. The index is in green, but the content and population figures are identical to album 1,3 and 4, with only minor differences in the text.  The cover states Wappen-Album, the index already Wappen-Sammel-Album, hence this album is listed as second.
 
The section for the cards is printed in green, with straight double borders around the cards and no vertical or horizontal lines or decorations.
 
{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:album3.cva.jpg|center|250 px|Wappen-Sammel-Album]] <br/>
|align="center"|[[File:album2fp.cva.jpg|center|250 px|Wappen-Sammel-Album]] <br/>
|}
 
The index of this album : [[File:index2.cva.pdf]]
 
===Album 3===
Album 3 has as title Wappen-Sammel-Album and under the title is an empty embossed shield. The cover page is multi-coloured. The index is in green, with a smaller typeface as in albums 1,2,4 and 5. The population figures are identical to album 1 and 2, but there are some small textual differences. For example : the Sandwich Islands are 'als Königr. Hawai gen." (meaning: known as the kingdom of Hawai) in album 1, 'als Königr. Hawai genannt" in album 2 and 4 and 'als Köningreich Hawai genannt" in album 3 and 5. As it has the same name and design as album 4, it is of a later date as the previous 2 albums and thus listed as album 3.
 
The section for the cards is printed with white texts and green double/triple borders around the cards, the middle vertical lines going all over the page, ending in top in a leaf-like decoration.
 
{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:front3.cva.jpg|center|250 px|Wappen-Sammel-Album]] <br/>
|align="center"|[[File:album3fp.cva.jpg|center|250 px|Wappen-Sammel-Album]] <br/>
|}
 
The index of this album : [[File:index3.cva.pdf]]
 
===Album 4===
Album 4 is, with album 5, the most commonly seen album. The cover design is identical to album 3 and 5. Index is printed in green with a different lay-out and similar population figures as compared to albums 1-3. Some small other textual changes.
 
The section for the cards is identical to album 5. Due to the lower population figures and similarity of the design of the first index page with album 3, it is listed as album 4.
 
{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:front4.cva.jpg|center|250 px|Wappen-Sammel-Album]] <br/>
|align="center"|[[File:album4fp.cva.jpg|center|250 px|Wappen-Sammel-Album]] <br/>
|}
 
The index of this album : [[File:index4.cva.pdf]]
 
===Album 5===
Album 5 is the most commonly seen album. The cover is identical to album 3 and 4, but monochromatic black/brown. Index is printed in green with a different lay-out and updated population figures as compared to albums 1-4, hence it is a newer album. Some small other textual changes.
 
The section for the cards is identical to album 4.
 
{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:front.cva.jpg|center|250 px|Wappen-Sammel-Album]] <br/>
|align="center"|[[File:album5fp.cva.jpg|center|250 px|Wappen-Sammel-Album]] <br/>
|}
 
The index of this album : [[File:index5.cva.pdf]]
 
===Album 6===
Album 6 is the latest album that I know of. The cover is identical to album 4. Index is printed in green with a different lay-out and updated population figures as compared to album 5, hence it is the newest album. Some small other textual changes.
 
The section for the cards is identical to album 4 and 5.
 
{|align="center"
|align="center"|[[File:front4.cva.jpg|center|250 px|Wappen-Sammel-Album]] <br/>
|align="center"|[[File:album6fp.cva.jpg|center|250 px|Wappen-Sammel-Album]] <br/>
|}
 
The index of this album : [[File:index6.cva.pdf]]


==Images==
==Images==
Not all images have been scanned and not all have been issued !
Not all images may have been issued !


<gallery perrow=6>
<gallery perrow=0>
Not issued|[[Egypt|Aegypten]]
File:aegypten.cva.jpg |[[Egypt|Aegypten]]
Not issued|[[Afghanistan]]
File:Afghanistan.cva.jpg|[[Afghanistan]]
File:Alwar.cva.jpg|Aiwar
File:Alwar.cva.jpg|[[Alwar (State)|Alwar]]
File:Argentina.cva.jpg|[[Argentina]]
File:Argentina.cva.jpg|[[Argentina]]
File:Bahamas.cva.jpg|[[Bahamas|Bahama-Inseln]]
File:Bahamas.cva.jpg|[[Bahamas|Bahama-Inseln]]
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File:Bolivia.cva.jpg|[[Bolivia]]
File:Bolivia.cva.jpg|[[Bolivia]]
File:Brasilien.cva.jpg|[[Brazil|Brasilien]]
File:Brasilien.cva.jpg|[[Brazil|Brasilien]]
File:Britisch-columbia.cva.jpg|Britisch-Columbia
File:Britisch-columbia.cva.jpg|[[British Columbia|Britisch-Columbia]]
File:Britisch-guyana.cva.jpg|Britisch-Guyana
File:Britisch-guyana.cva.jpg|[[Guyana|Britisch-Guyana]]
File:Buenos-aires.cva.jpg|Buenos-Aires
File:Buenos-aires.cva.jpg|[[Buenos Aires]]
File:Canada.cva.jpg|[[Canada]]
File:Canada.cva.jpg|[[Canada]]
File:Capland.cva.jpg|[[Cape Province|Capland]]
File:Capland.cva.jpg|[[Cape Province|Capland]]
File:Ceylon.cva.jpg|Ceylon
File:Ceylon.cva.jpg|[[Ceylon]]
File:Chile.cva.jpg|[[Chile]]
File:Chile.cva.jpg|[[Chile]]
Not issued|[[China]]
File:china.cva.jpg |[[China]]
File:Columbia.cva.jpg|Columbia
File:Columbia.cva.jpg|Columbia
File:Congostaat.cva.jpg|Congostaat
File:Congostaat.cva.jpg|Congostaat
File:Cordova.cva.jpg|Cordova
File:Cordoba.cva.jpg|Cordova
File:Corrientes.cva.jpg|Corrientes
File:Corrientes.cva.jpg|Corrientes
File:Costa-rica.cva.jpg|Costa-Rica
File:Costa-rica.cva.jpg|[[Costa Rica]]
File:Cuba.cva.jpg|Cuba
File:Cuba.cva.jpg|Cuba
File:Cypern.cva.jpg|[[Cyprus|Cypern]]
File:Cypern.cva.jpg|[[Cyprus|Cypern]]
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File:Goldkuste.cva.jpg|[[Ghana|Goldküste]]
File:Goldkuste.cva.jpg|[[Ghana|Goldküste]]
File:Guatemala.cva.jpg|[[Guatemala]]
File:Guatemala.cva.jpg|[[Guatemala]]
File:Gwalior.cva.jpg|Gwalior
File:Gwalior.cva.jpg|[[Gwalior (State)|Gwalior]]
File:Haiti.cva.jpg|Haiti
File:Haiti.cva.jpg|[[Haiti]]
File:Honduras.cva.jpg|[[Honduras]]
File:Honduras.cva.jpg|[[Honduras]]
Not issued|Ihind
File:Jhind.cva.jpg|Jhind
File:Jamaica.cva.jpg|[[Jamaica]]
File:Jamaica.cva.jpg|[[Jamaica]]
Not issued|[[Japan]]
File:japan.cva.jpg |[[Japan]]
Not issued|Kaschmir
File:Kaschmir.cva.jpg|Kaschmir
Not issued|Korea
File:Korea.cva.jpg|Korea
Not issued|[[Liberia]]
File:liberia.cva.jpg |[[Liberia]]
File:Madeira.cva.jpg|Madeira
File:Madeira.cva.jpg|[[Madeira]]
File:Malta.cva.jpg|Malta
File:Malta.cva.jpg|[[Malta]]
Not issued|Marokko
File:marocco.cva.jpg|[[Morocco|Marokko]]
File:Mauritius.cva.jpg|Mauritius
File:Mauritius.cva.jpg|[[Mauritius]]
File:Mexiko.cva.jpg|Mexiko
File:Mexiko.cva.jpg|Mexiko
File:Nabha.cva.jpg|Nabha
File:Nabha.cva.jpg|p[[Nabha (State)|Nabha]]
File:Nauanagger.cva.jpg|Nauanagger
File:Nauanagger.cva.jpg|[[Nawanagar (State)|Nauanagger]]
File:Nepal.cva.jpg|Nepal
File:Nepal.cva.jpg|[[Nepal]]
Not issued|Neu-Brauschweig
File:Neu-braunschweig.cva.jpg|[[New Brunswick|Neu-Brauschweig]]
File:Neu-fundland.cva.jpg|Neu-Fundland
File:Neu-fundland.cva.jpg|[[Newfoundland|Neu-Fundland]]
File:Neu-schottland.cva.jpg|Neu-Schottland
File:Neu-schottland.cva.jpg|Neu-Schottland
File:Neu-seeland.cva.jpg|Neu-Seeland
File:Neu-seeland.cva.jpg|Neu-Seeland
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File:Persien.cva.jpg|[[Iran|Persien]]
File:Persien.cva.jpg|[[Iran|Persien]]
File:Peru.cva.jpg|Peru
File:Peru.cva.jpg|Peru
File:Puttialla.cva.jpg|Puttialla
File:Puttialla.cva.jpg|[[Patiala (State)|Puttialla]]
File:Queensland.cva.jpg|Queensland
File:Queensland.cva.jpg|[[Queensland]]
File:San-domingo.cva.jpg|San Domingo
File:San-domingo.cva.jpg|[[Dominican Republic|San Domingo]]
File:St-helena.cva.jpg|St. Helena
File:St-helena.cva.jpg|[[Saint Helena|St. Helena]]
File:San-salvador.cva.jpg|San Salvador
File:San-salvador.cva.jpg|San Salvador
File:Sandwich.cva.jpg|Sandwich Inseln
File:Sandwich.cva.jpg|Sandwich Inseln
File:Shanghai.cva.jpg|Shanghai
File:Shanghai.cva.jpg|Shanghai
Not issued|[[Thailand|Siam]]
File:siam.cva.jpg|[[Thailand|Siam]]
File:Straits-settlements.cva.jpg|Straits-Settlements
File:Straits-settlements.cva.jpg|Straits-Settlements
File:Sud-australien.cva.jpg|Süd Australien
File:Sud-australien.cva.jpg|Süd Australien
File:Sudost-afrika.cva.jpg|Südost Afrika
File:Sudost-afrika.cva.jpg|Südost Afrika
File:Tasmania.cva.jpg|Tasmania
File:Tasmania.cva.jpg|[[Tasmania]]
File:Transvaal.cva.jpg|Transvaal
File:Transvaal.cva.jpg|[[Transvaal Province|Transvaal]]
Not issued|Tunis
File:tunis.cva.jpg|Tunis
File:Venezuela.cva.jpg|Venezuela
File:Venezuela.cva.jpg|[[Venezuela]]
File:usa.cva.jpg|Verein. Staaten von Amerika
File:usa.cva.jpg|[[USA|Verein. Staaten von Amerika]]
File:Victoria.cva.jpg|Victoria
File:Victoria.cva.jpg|[[Victoria]]
File:West-australien.cva.jpg|West-Australien
File:West-australien.cva.jpg|[[Western Australia|West-Australien]]
File:Aachen.cva.jpg|Aachen
File:Aachen.cva.jpg|[[Aachen]]
Not issued|Aarau
File:Aarau.cva.jpg|[[Aarau]]
File:Aargau.cva.jpg|Aargau
File:Aargau.cva.jpg|[[Aargau]]
File:Aarhuus.cva.jpg|Aarhuus
File:Aarhuus.cva.jpg|[[Aarhus|Aarhuus]]
File:Aberdeen.cva.jpg|Aberdeen
File:Aberdeen.cva.jpg|[[Aberdeen]]
File:Agram.cva.jpg|Agram
File:Agram.cva.jpg|Agram
Not issued|Alessandria
Not issued ?|Alessandria
Not issued|Allenstein
Not issued ?|Allenstein
File:Altenburg.cva.jpg|Altenburg
File:Altenburg.cva.jpg|[[Altenburg]]
File:Altona.cva.jpg|Altona
File:Altona.cva.jpg|[[Altona]]
File:Amberg.cva.jpg|Amberg
File:Amberg.cva.jpg|[[Amberg]]
File:Amiens.cva.jpg|Amiens
File:Amiens.cva.jpg|[[Amiens]]
File:Amsterdam.cva.jpg|Amsterdam
File:Amsterdam.cva.jpg|[[Amsterdam]]
Not issued|Ancona
Not issued ?|Ancona
Not issued|Andorra
File:Andorra.cva.jpg|[[Andorra]]
File:Angers.cva.jpg|Angers
File:Angers.cva.jpg|[[Angers]]
Not issued|Anhalt
Not issued ?|Anhalt
File:Anclam.cva.jpg|Anklam
File:Anclam.cva.jpg|[[Anklam]]
File:Annaberg.cva.jpg|Annaberg
File:Annaberg.cva.jpg|[[Annaberg]]
File:Ansbach.cva.jpg|Ansbach
File:Ansbach.cva.jpg|[[Ansbach]]
File:Antwerpen.cva.jpg|Antwerpen
File:Antwerpen.cva.jpg|[[Antwerpen]]
Not issued|Apolda
File:apolda.cva.jpg |[[Apolda]]
File:Appenzell.cva.jpg|Appenzell
File:Appenzell.cva.jpg|Appenzell
File:Arnheim.cva.jpg|Arnheim
File:Arnheim.cva.jpg|[[Arnhem|Arnheim]]
Not issued|Arnsberg
Not issued ?|Arnsberg
Not issued|Arnstadt
File:arnstadt.cva.jpg |[[Arnstadt]]
File:Arolsen.cva.jpg|Arolsen
File:Arolsen.cva.jpg|Arolsen
File:Arras.cva.jpg|Arras
File:Arras.cva.jpg|Arras
File:Aschaffenburg.cva.jpg|Aschaffenburg
File:Aschaffenburg.cva.jpg|Aschaffenburg
File:Aschersleben.cva.jpg|Aschersleben
File:Aschersleben.cva.jpg|Aschersleben
Not issued|Astrachan
Not issued ?|Astrachan
File:Athen.cva.jpg|Athen
File:Athen.cva.jpg|Athen
File:Auerbach.cva.jpg|Auerbach
File:Auerbach.cva.jpg|[[Auerbach]]
File:Augsburg.cva.jpg|Augsburg
File:Auerbach2.cva.jpg|Auerbach (variation)
File:Aurich.cva.jpg|Aurich
File:Augsburg.cva.jpg|[[Augsburg]]
File:Azoren.cva.jpg|Azoren
File:Aurich.cva.jpg|[[Aurich]]
Not issued|Baden
File:Azoren.cva.jpg|[[Azores||Azoren]]
Not issued|Baden-Baden
File:baden.cva.jpg |[[Baden (State)|Baden]]
File:Bamberg.cva.jpg|Bamberg
File:badenbaden.cva.jpg|[[Baden-Baden]]
File:Barcelona.cva.jpg|Barcelona
File:Bamberg.cva.jpg|[[Bamberg]]
File:Barmen.cva.jpg|Barmen
File:Barcelona.cva.jpg|[[Barcelona]]
File:Basel.cva.jpg|Basel
File:Barmen.cva.jpg|[[Barmen]]
Not issued|Bautzen
File:Basel.cva.jpg|[[Basel]]
Not issued|Bayern
Not issued ?|Bautzen
Not issued|Bayreuth
File:Bayern.cva.jpg|[[Bayern]]
Not issued|Belfast
Not issued ?|Bayreuth
Not issued ?|Belfast
File:Belfort.cva.jpg|Belfort
File:Belfort.cva.jpg|Belfort
File:Belgard.cva.jpg|Belgard
File:Belgard.cva.jpg|Belgard
File:Belgien.cva.jpg|Belgien
File:Belgien.cva.jpg|Belgien
Not issued|Belgrad
File:Belgrad.cva.jpg|[[Beograd|Belgrad]]
File:Bergen.cva.jpg|Bergen
File:Bergen.cva.jpg|[[Bergen]]
Not issued|Berlin
File:Berlin.cva.jpg|[[Berlin]]
Not issued|Bern
File:Bern.cva.jpg|[[Bern]]
File:Bernburg.cva.jpg|Bernburg
File:Bernburg.cva.jpg|[[Bernburg]]
Not issued|Besançon
Not issued ?|Besançon
File:Beuthen.cva.jpg|Beuthen
File:Beuthen.cva.jpg|[[Beuthen]]
File:Biberach.cva.jpg|Biberach
File:Biberach.cva.jpg|[[Biberach]]
File:Biebrich.cva.jpg|Biebrich
File:Biebrich.cva.jpg|[[Biebrich (Wiesbaden)|Biebrich]]
Not issued|Bielefeld
Not issued ?|Bielefeld
File:Bilbao.cva.jpg|Bilbao
File:Bilbao.cva.jpg|[[Bilbao]]
File:Bingen.cva.jpg|Bingen
File:Bingen.cva.jpg|[[Bingen am Rhein|Bingen]]
File:Birmingham.cva.jpg|Birmingham
File:Birmingham.cva.jpg|[[Birmingham]]
File:Bischweiler.cva.jpg|Bischweiler
File:Bischweiler.cva.jpg|[[Bischwiller|Bischweiler]]
File:Bitterfeld.cva.jpg|Bitterfeld
File:Bitterfeld.cva.jpg|[[Bitterfeld]]
File:Bochum.cva.jpg|Bochum
File:Bochum.cva.jpg|[[Bochum]]
File:Bockenheim.cva.jpg|Bockenheim
File:Bockenheim.cva.jpg|[[Bockenheim an der Weinstrasse|Bockenheim]]
Not issued|Böhmen
File:Bohmen.cva.jpg|Böhmen
Not issued|Bologna
File:Bologna.cva.jpg|[[Bologna]]
Not issued|Bonn
Not issued ?|Bonn
Not issued|Bordeaux
File:Bordeaux.cva.jpg|[[Bordeaux]]
File:Borna.cva.jpg|Borna
File:Borna.cva.jpg|[[Borna]]
Not issued|Bosnien
File:Bosnia.cva.jpg|[[Bosnia|Bosnien]]
File:Boulogne-sur-mer.cva.jpg|Boulogne-sur-Mer
File:Boulogne-sur-mer.cva.jpg|[[Boulogne-sur-Mer]]
File:Bozen.cva.jpg|Bozen
File:Bozen.cva.jpg|[[Bolzano|Bozen]]
File:Bradfort.cva.jpg|Bradfort
File:Bradfort.cva.jpg|[[Bradford|Bradfort]]
Not issued|Brandenburg
File:Brandenburg.cva.jpg|Brandenburg
File:Braunsberg.cva.jpg|Braunsberg
File:Braunsberg.cva.jpg|[[Braunsberg]]
Not issued|Brauschweig
Not issued ?|[[Braunschweig]]
File:Bregenz.cva.jpg|Bregenz
File:Bregenz.cva.jpg|[[Bregenz]]
Not issued|Bremen
File:Bremen.cva.jpg|[[Bremen]]
File:Bremerhafen.cva.jpg|Bremerhafen
File:Bremerhafen.cva.jpg|[[Bremerhaven|Bremerhafen]]
File:Breslau.cva.jpg|Breslau
File:Breslau.cva.jpg|[[Breslau]]
File:Brieg.cva.jpg|Brieg
File:Brieg.cva.jpg|[[Brieg]]
File:Brighton.cva.jpg|Brighton
File:Brighton.cva.jpg|[[Brighton]]
File:Bristol.cva.jpg|Bristol
File:Bristol.cva.jpg|[[Bristol]]
File:Bromberg.cva.jpg|Bromberg
File:Bromberg.cva.jpg|[[Bromberg]]
File:Bruchsal.cva.jpg|Bruchsal
File:Bruchsal.cva.jpg|[[Bruchsal]]
File:Brugge.cva.jpg|Brügge
File:Brugge.cva.jpg|[[Brugge|Brügge]]
Not issued|Brünn
File:Brno.cva.jpg|[[Brno|Brünn]]
Not issued|Brüssel
File:Brussel.cva.jpg|[[Brussel|Brüssel]]
File:Buchholz.cva.jpg|Buchholz
File:Buchholz.cva.jpg|[[Buchholz]]
Not issued|Budapest
File:Budapest.cva.jpg|[[Budapest]]
File:Budweis.cva.jpg|Budweis
File:Budweis.cva.jpg|[[Budweis]]
Not issued|Bückeburg
File:Buckeburg.cva.jpg|[[Bückeburg]]
File:Bukarest.cva.jpg|Bukarest
File:Bukarest.cva.jpg|Bukarest
File:Bukowina.cva.jpg|Bukowina
File:Bukowina.cva.jpg|Bukowina
File:Bulgarien.cva.jpg|Bulgarien
File:Bulgarien.cva.jpg|Bulgarien
File:Bunzlau.cva.jpg|Bunzlau
File:Bunzlau.cva.jpg|[[Bunzlau]]
File:Burg.cva.jpg|Burg
File:Burg.cva.jpg|Burg
File:Burtscheid.cva.jpg|[[Burtscheid]]
File:Burtscheid.cva.jpg|[[Burtscheid]]
Not issued|Cadix
Not issued ?|Cadix
Not issued|Calbe
Not issued ?|Calbe
Not issued|Cambridge
Not issued ?|Cambridge
File:Cammin.cva.jpg|Cammin
File:Cammin.cva.jpg|Cammin
File:Cannstadt.cva.jpg|[[Bad Cannstadt|Cannstadt]]
File:Cannstadt.cva.jpg|[[Bad Cannstadt|Cannstadt]]
File:Catania.cva.jpg|[[Catania]]
File:Catania.cva.jpg|[[Catania]]
Not issued|Charkow
Not issued ?|Charkow
File:Charlottenburg.cva.jpg|[[Charlottenburg]]
File:Charlottenburg.cva.jpg|[[Charlottenburg]]
File:Chemnitz.cva.jpg|[[Chemnitz]]
File:Chemnitz.cva.jpg|[[Chemnitz]]
Not issued|Cherbourg
File:Cherbourg.cva.jpg|[[Cherbourg]]
Not issued|Christiania
File:Christiania.cva.jpg|[[Oslo|Christiania]]
File:Chur.cva.jpg|[[Chur]]
File:Chur.cva.jpg|[[Chur]]
File:Clausthal.cva.jpg|Clausthal
File:Clausthal.cva.jpg|Clausthal
Not issued|Cleve
Not issued ?|Cleve
Not issued|Coburg-Gotha
File:coburgg.cva.jpg |Coburg-Gotha
File:Coburg.cva.jpg|[[Coburg]]
File:Coburg.cva.jpg|[[Coburg]]
FiNot issued|Cöpenick
File:Copenik.cva.jpg|[[Köpenick|Cöpenick]]
Not issued|[[Köthen|Cöthen]]
File:coethen.cva.jpg|[[Köthen|Cöthen]]
Not issued|[[Colmar]]
File:colmar.cva.jpg|[[Colmar]]
Not issued|Constantinopel
Not issued ?|Constantinopel
File:Cordoba.cva.jpg|Cordoba
File:Cordova.cva.jpg|Cordoba
File:Cosel.cva.jpg|Cosel
File:Cosel.cva.jpg|[[ Koźle |Cosel]]
File:Cottbus.cva.jpg|[[Cottbus]]
File:Cottbus.cva.jpg|[[Cottbus]]
File:Crailsheim.cva.jpg|[[Crailsheim]]
File:Crailsheim.cva.jpg|[[Crailsheim]]
Not issued|Crimmitschau
Not issued ?|Crimmitschau
Not issued|Crossen
Not issued ?|Crossen
File:Custrin.cva.jpg|Cüstrin
File:Custrin.cva.jpg|Cüstrin
Not issued|Culm
Not issued ?|Culm
Not issued|Czernowitz
File:czernowitz.cva.jpg |[[Chernivtsi |Czernowitz]]
File:Danemark.cva.jpg|[{Denmark|Dänemark]]
File:Danemark.cva.jpg|[[Denmark|Dänemark]]
File:Dalmatien.cva.jpg|Dalmatien
File:Dalmatien.cva.jpg|Dalmatien
File:Danzig.cva.jpg|Danzig
File:Danzig.cva.jpg|[[Danzig]]
File:Darmstadt.cva.jpg|[[Darmstadt]]
File:Darmstadt.cva.jpg|[[Darmstadt]]
Not issued|Dobreczin
Not issued ?|Dobreczin
File:Demmin.cva.jpg|[[Demmin]]
File:Demmin.cva.jpg|[[Demmin]]
Not issued|Dessau
Not issued ?|Dessau
File:Detmold.cva.jpg|]]Detmold[[
File:Detmold.cva.jpg|[[Detmold]]
Not issued|Deutsches Reich
File:germany.cva.jpg|[[Germany|Deutsches Reich (alt)]]
File:germany1.cva.jpg|[[Germany|Deutsches Reich (neu)]]
File:Diedenhofen.cva.jpg|[[Diedenhofen]]
File:Diedenhofen.cva.jpg|[[Diedenhofen]]
File:Dijon.cva.jpg|Dijon
File:Dijon.cva.jpg|Dijon
Line 290: Line 436:
File:Dordrecht.cva.jpg|[[Dordrecht]]
File:Dordrecht.cva.jpg|[[Dordrecht]]
File:Dresden.cva.jpg|[[Dresden]]
File:Dresden.cva.jpg|[[Dresden]]
Not issued|Drontheim
Not issued ?|Drontheim
File:Dublin.cva.jpg|Dublin
File:Dublin.cva.jpg|Dublin
File:Duren.cva.jpg|[[Düren]]
File:Duren.cva.jpg|[[Düren]]
File:Durkheim.cva.jpg|[[Bad Dürkheim|Dürkheim]]
File:Durkheim.cva.jpg|[[Bad Dürkheim|Dürkheim]]
File:Duisburg.cva.jpg|[[Duisburg]]
File:Duisburg.cva.jpg|[[Duisburg]]
Not issued|Dundee
Not issued ?|Dundee
File:Durlach.cva.jpg|Durlach
File:Durlach.cva.jpg|Durlach
File:Dusseldorf.cva.jpg|[[Düsseldorf]]
File:Dusseldorf.cva.jpg|[[Düsseldorf]]
Not issued|Eberswalde
Not issued ?|Eberswalde
File:Edinburgh.cva.jpg|Edinburgh
File:Edinburgh.cva.jpg|Edinburgh
File:Eger.cva.jpg|[[Cheb|Eger
File:Eger.cva.jpg|[[Cheb|Eger]]
File:Eibenstock.cva.jpg|[[Eibenstock]]
File:Eibenstock.cva.jpg|[[Eibenstock]]
File:Eichstatt.cva.jpg|[[Eichstätt]]
File:Eichstatt.cva.jpg|[[Eichstätt]]
Not issued|Einbeck
Not issued ?|Einbeck
File:Eisenach.cva.jpg|[[Eisenach]]
File:Eisenach.cva.jpg|[[Eisenach]]
File:Eisleben.cva.jpg|[[Eisleben]]
File:Eisleben.cva.jpg|[[Eisleben]]
Not issued|[[Elberfeld]]
File:elberfeld.cva.jpg |[[Elberfeld]] <br>(shows arms of Elmshorn)
File:Elbing.cva.jpg|Elbing
File:Elbing.cva.jpg|Elbing
Not issued|Elmshorn
File:elmshorn.cva.jpg |[[Elmshorn]]<br>(shows arms of Elberfeld)
Not issued|Elsass
File:elsass.cva.jpg |[[Alsace|Elsass]]
Not issued|Emden
File:emden.cva.jpg |[[Emden]]
Not issued|Emmerich
Not issued ?|Emmerich
File:Ems.cva.jpg|Ems
File:Ems.cva.jpg|Ems
File:Erfurt.cva.jpg|Erfurt
File:Erfurt.cva.jpg|Erfurt
File:Erlangen.cva.jpg|Erlangen
File:Erlangen.cva.jpg|Erlangen
File:Eschweiler.cva.jpg|Eschweiler
File:Eschweiler.cva.jpg|Eschweiler
Not issued|Essen
Not issued ?|Essen
File:Esslingen.cva.jpg|Esslingen
File:Esslingen.cva.jpg|Esslingen
File:St-etienne.cva.jpg|[[Saint-Étienne|St. Etienne]]
File:St-etienne.cva.jpg|[[Saint-Étienne|St. Etienne]]
File:Eupen.cva.jpg|[[Eupen]]
File:Eupen.cva.jpg|[[Eupen]]
File:Ferrara.cva.jpg|Ferrara
File:Ferrara.cva.jpg|Ferrara
Not issued|Finnland
File:finnland.cva.jpg |[[Finland|Finnland]]
Not issued|Fiume
Not issued ?|Fiume
File:Flensburg.cva.jpg|[[Flensburg]]
File:Flensburg.cva.jpg|[[Flensburg]]
File:Florenz.cva.jpg|Florenz
File:Florenz.cva.jpg|Florenz
File:Forbach.cva.jpg|Forbach
File:Forbach.cva.jpg|Forbach
File:Forst.cva.jpg|Forst
File:Forst.cva.jpg|Forst
Not issued|[[Frankfurt am Main]]
File:frankfurtm.cva.jpg |[[Frankfurt am Main]]
File:Frankfurto.cva.jpg|[[Frankfurt an der Oder]]
File:Frankfurto.cva.jpg|[[Frankfurt an der Oder]]
File:Frankreich.cva.jpg|[[france|Frankreich]]
File:Frankreich.cva.jpg|[[france|Frankreich]]
File:Freiburg.cva.jpg|Freiburg
File:Freiburg.cva.jpg|Freiburg
File:Furth.cva.jpg|Fürth
File:Furth.cva.jpg|Fürth
Not issued|Galizien
File:galizien.cva.jpg |[[Kingdom of Galicia|Galizien]]
File:Gebweiler.cva.jpg|Gebweiler
File:Gebweiler.cva.jpg|Gebweiler
File:Gelsenkirchen.cva.jpg|Gelsenkirchen
File:Gelsenkirchen.cva.jpg|[[Gelsenkirchen]]
File:Genf.cva.jpg|Genf
File:Genf.cva.jpg|[[Genève|Genf]]
File:Gent.cva.jpg|Gent
File:Gent.cva.jpg|[[Gent]]
File:Genua.cva.jpg|Genua
File:Genua.cva.jpg|[[Genova|Genua]]
File:Gera.cva.jpg|Gera
File:Gera.cva.jpg|[[Gera]]
File:Gibraltar.cva.jpg|Gibraltar
File:Gibraltar.cva.jpg|[[Gibraltar]]
File:Giessen.cva.jpg|Giessen
File:Giessen.cva.jpg|[[Giessen]]
Not issued|Görz-Gradisca
File:gorzg.cva.jpg |Görz-Gradisca
Not issued|Gothenburg
File:Gotheburg.cva.jpg|[[Göteborg|Gothenburg]]
File:Glarus.cva.jpg|Glarus
File:Glarus.cva.jpg|[[Glarus]] (Series 3)
File:Glasgow.cva.jpg|Glasgow
File:Glarus1.cva.jpg|[[Glarus]] (variation, Series 2)
Not issued|Granada
File:Glasgow.cva.jpg|[[Glasgow]]
Not issued|Graubünden
File:Granada.cva.jpg|[[Granada]]
File:Graz.cva.jpg|Graz
File:Graubunden.cva.jpg|Graubünden
Not issued|Griechenland
File:Graz.cva.jpg|[[Graz]]
Not issued|Groningen
File:Griechenland.cva.jpg|[[Greece|Griechenland]]
Not issued|Grossbritannien
File:Groningen.cva.jpg|[[Groningen]]
File:Haag.cva.jpg|Haag
File:gb.cva.jpg |[[United Kingdom|Grossbritannien]]
Not issued|Haarlem
File:Haag.cva.jpg|[[Den Haag|Haag]]
Not issued ?|Haarlem
File:Halle.cva.jpg|[[Halle]]
File:Halle.cva.jpg|[[Halle]]
Not issued|Hamburg
File:Hamburg.cva.jpg|[[Hamburg]]
File:Hannover.cva.jpg|[[Hannover]]
File:Hannover1.cva.jpg|[[Hannover]] (city)
File:Hannover.cva.jpg|Hannover (state)
File:Le-havre.cva.jpg|[[Le Havre]]
File:Le-havre.cva.jpg|[[Le Havre]]
Not issued|Helgoland
File:helgoland.cva.jpg|[[Helgoland]]
Not issued|Helsingfors
Not issued ?|Helsingfors
File:Hermannstadt.cva.jpg|Hermannstadt
File:Hermannstadt.cva.jpg|Hermannstadt
Not issued|Hessen
File:Hessen.cva.jpg|Hessen
File:Hessen-nassau.cva.jpg|Hessen-Nassau
File:Hessen-nassau.cva.jpg|Hessen-Nassau
File:Hohenzollern-sigmaringen.cva.jpg|Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
File:Hohenzollern-sigmaringen.cva.jpg|Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Not issued|Holland
File:holland.cva.jpg |[[ Netherlands|Holland]]
File:Hull.cva.jpg|Hull
File:Hull.cva.jpg|Hull
File:Innsbruck.cva.jpg|[[Innsbrück]]
File:Innsbruck.cva.jpg|[[Innsbrück]]
Not issued|Island
Not issued ?|Island
Not issued|Istrien
File:istrien.cva.jpg |[[Istria|Istrien]]
Not issued|Italien
File:italy.cva.jpg|[[Italy|Italien]]
Not issued|Kärnten
File:Karnten.cva.jpg|[[Kärnten]]
File:Karlsruhe.cva.jpg|Karlsruhe
File:Karlsruhe.cva.jpg|[[Karlsruhe]]
File:Kasan.cva.jpg|Kasan
File:Kasan.cva.jpg|[[Kazan|Kasan]]
Not issued|Kassel
File:Kassel.cva.jpg|[[Kassel]]
File:Kiel.cva.jpg|[[Kiel]]
File:Kiel.cva.jpg|[[Kiel]]
File:Kiew.cva.jpg|Kiew
File:Kiew.cva.jpg|[[Kyiv|Kiew]]
Not issued|Kirchenstaat
File:Kirchenstaat.cva.jpg|Kirchenstaat
File:Kischinew.cva.jpg|Kischinew
File:Kischinew.cva.jpg|[[Chișinău|Kischinew]]
File:Klagenfurt.cva.jpg|[[Klagenfurt]]
File:Klagenfurt.cva.jpg|[[Klagenfurt]]
File:Koln.cva.jpg|[[Köln|Köln am Rhein]]
File:Koln.cva.jpg|[[Köln|Köln am Rhein]]
Not issued|Königsberg
Not issued ?|Königsberg
Not issued|Kopenhagen
File:Kopenhagen.cva.jpg|[[København|Kopenhagen]]
Not issued|Krain
File:krain.cva.jpg |[[Duchy of Krain|Krain]]
Not issued|Krakau
File:Krakau.cva.jpg|[[Kraków|Krakau]]
File:Krefeld.cva.jpg|[[Krefeld]]
File:Krefeld.cva.jpg|[[Krefeld]]
Not issued|Kroatien
File:croatia.cva.jpg|[[Croatia|Kroatien]]
File:Kronstadt.cva.jpg|Kronstadt
File:Kronstadt.cva.jpg|[[Brașov|Kronstadt]]
File:Laibach.cva.jpg|Laibach
File:Laibach.cva.jpg|[[Ljubljana|Laibach]]
File:Leeds.cva.jpg|[[Leeds]]
File:Leeds.cva.jpg|[[Leeds]]
File:Leicester.cva.jpg|Leicester
File:Leicester.cva.jpg|[[Leicester]]
Not issued|Leipzig
File:Leipzig.cva.jpg|[[Leipzig]]
File:Lemberg.cva.jpg|[[Lviv|Lemberg]]
File:Lemberg.cva.jpg|[[Lviv|Lemberg]]
File:Leyden.cva.jpg|[[Leiden|Leyden]]
File:Leyden.cva.jpg|[[Leiden|Leyden]]
Not issued|[[Liechtenstein]]
File:Liechtenstein.cva.jpg|[[Liechtenstein]]
File:Lille.cva.jpg|[[Lille]]
File:Lille.cva.jpg|[[Lille]]
File:Linz.cva.jpg|[[Linz]]
File:Linz.cva.jpg|[[Linz]]
Not issued|Lippe-Detmold
File:lipped.cva.jpg|[[Lippe-Detmold]]
Not issued|[[Lissabon]]
File:Lissabon.cva.jpg|[[Lisboa|Lissabon]]
Not issued|Liverpool
File:Liverpool.cva.jpg|[[Liverpool]]
File:Livorno.cva.jpg|Livorno
File:Livorno.cva.jpg|[[Livorno]]
Not issued|[[Leuven|Löwen]]
Not issued ?|[[Leuven|Löwen]]
Not issued|[[London]]
File:London.cva.jpg|[[London]]
Not issued|Lomb.-Venedig
File:Lombvenedig.cva.jpg|Lomb.-Venedig
File:Lothringen.cva.jpg|Lothringen
File:Lothringen.cva.jpg|Lothringen
File:Lubeck.cva.jpg|[[Lübeck]]
File:Lubeck.cva.jpg|[[Lübeck]]
Not issued|Lüttich
File:Luttich.cva.jpg|[[Liège|Lüttich]]
File:Luzern.cva.jpg|Luzern
File:Luzern.cva.jpg|Luzern
File:Luxemburg.cva.jpg|[[Luxembourg|Luxemburg]]
File:Luxemburg.cva.jpg|[[Luxembourg|Luxemburg]]
File:Lyon.cva.jpg|[[Lyon]]
File:Lyon.cva.jpg|[[Lyon]]
File:Mahren.cva.jpg|Mähren
File:Mahren.cva.jpg|Mähren
Not issued|Madrid
File:Madrid.cva.jpg|[[Madrid]]
File:Magdeburg.cva.jpg|Magdeburg
File:Magdeburg.cva.jpg|[[Magdeburg]]
Not issued|Mailand
Not issued ?|Mailand
File:Mainz.cva.jpg|Mainz
File:Mainz.cva.jpg|[[Mainz]]
Not issued|Malaga
Not issued ?|Malaga
File:Malmo.cva.jpg|Malmö
File:Malmo.cva.jpg|[[Malmö]]
Not issued|Manchester
Not issued ?|Manchester
File:Mannheim.cva.jpg|Mannheim
File:Mannheim.cva.jpg|[[Mannheim]]
FiNot issued|Mantua
File:Mantua.cva.jpg|[[Mantova|Mantua]]
Not issued|Marseille
File:Marseille.cva.jpg|[[Marseille]]
File:Mecheln.cva.jpg|Mecheln
File:Mecheln.cva.jpg|[[Mechelen|Mecheln]]
Not issued|Mecklenburg
File:mecklenburg.cva.jpg |Mecklenburg
Not issued|Meiningen
Not issued ?|Meiningen
File:Messina.cva.jpg|Messina
File:Messina.cva.jpg|[[Messina]]
File:Metz.cva.jpg|Metz
File:Metz.cva.jpg|[[Metz]]
Not issued|Modena
Not issued ?|Modena
Not issued|Monaco  
File:Monaco.cva.jpg|[[Monaco]]
Not issued|Montenegro
File:montenegro.cva.jpg |[[Montenegro]]
File:Moskau.cva.jpg|Moskau
File:Moskau.cva.jpg|[[Moscow|Moskau]]
File:Muhlhausen.cva.jpg|Mühlhausen
File:Muhlhausen.cva.jpg|Mühlhausen
File:Munchen.cva.jpg|München
File:Munchen.cva.jpg|[[München]]
File:Murcia.cva.jpg|Murcia
File:Murcia.cva.jpg|[[Murcia]]
File:Nancy.cva.jpg|Nancy
File:Nancy.cva.jpg|[[Nancy]]
File:Nantes.cva.jpg|Nantes
File:Nantes.cva.jpg|[[Nantes]]
Not issued|Neapel-Provinz
Not issued ?|Neapel-Provinz
Not issued|Neapel-Stadt
File:neapel.cva.jpg |[[Napoli|Neapel-Stadt]]
Not issued|Neuchatel
File:neuchatel.cva.jpg |[[Neuchâtel]]
File:Newcastle.cva.jpg|New Castle on Tyne
File:Newcastle.cva.jpg|New Castle on Tyne
File:Nishny-nowgorod.cva.jpg|Nishny-Nowgorod
File:Nishny-nowgorod.cva.jpg|Nishny-Nowgorod
Not issued|Nizza
Not issued ?|Nizza
Not issued|Norwich
File:Norwig.cva.jpg|[[Norwich]]
File:Nottingham.cva.jpg|Nottingham
File:Nottingham.cva.jpg|[[Nottingham]]
File:Nurnber.cva.jpg|[[Nürnberg]]
File:Nurnber.cva.jpg|[[Nürnberg]]
File:Odessa.cva.jpg|[[Odessa]]
File:Odessa.cva.jpg|[[Odessa]]
Not issued|Oesterreich ob der Enns
File:Oberosterreich.cva.jpg|[[Oberösterreich|Oesterreich ob der Enns]]
File:Niederosterreich.cva.jpg|Oesterreich unter der Enns
File:Niederosterreich.cva.jpg|[[Niederösterreich|Oesterreich unter der Enns]]
Not issued|Oesterreic-Schlesien
File:Ostschlesien.cva.jpg|Oesterreic-Schlesien
Not issued|Oldenburg
File:Oldenburg1.cva.jpg|Oldenburg (province)
Not issued|Oldenburg
File:Oldenburg.cva.jpg|[[Oldenburg]] city
File:Olmutz.cva.jpg|Olmütz
File:Olmutz.cva.jpg|Olmütz
Not issued|Oporto
Not issued ?|Oporto
File:Orleans.cva.jpg|Orléans
File:Orleans.cva.jpg|[[Orléans]]
Not issued|Ostpreussen
File:ostpreussen.cva.jpg |[[Ostpreussen]]
Not issued|Oxford
File:oxford.cva.jpg|[[Oxford]]
File:Padua.cva.jpg|Padua
File:Padua.cva.jpg|[[Padova|Padua]]
File:Palermo.cva.jpg|Palermo
File:Palermo.cva.jpg|[[Palermo]]
File:Paris.cva.jpg|Paris
File:Paris.cva.jpg|[[Paris]]
Not issued|Parma
File:parma.cva.jpg|[[Parma]]
File:St.-petersburg.cva.jpg|St. Petersburg
File:St.-petersburg.cva.jpg|[[Sankt Petersburg|St. Petersburg]]
Not issued|Pisa  
File:Pisa.cva.jpg|[[Pisa]]
File:Plymouth.cva.jpg|Plymouth
File:Plymouth.cva.jpg|[[Plymouth]]
File:Polen.cva.jpg|Polen
File:Polen.cva.jpg|[[Poland|Polen]]
File:Pommern.cva.jpg|Pommern
File:Pommern.cva.jpg|[[Pommern]]
File:Portsmouth.cva.jpg|Portsmouth
File:Portsmouth.cva.jpg|[[Portsmouth]]
File:Portugal.cva.jpg|Portugal
File:Portugal.cva.jpg|[[Portugal]]
File:Posen.cva.jpg|Posen
File:Posen.cva.jpg|[[Posen]]
File:Prag.cva.jpg|Prag
File:Posen1.cva.jpg|Posen (province)
File:Prag.cva.jpg|[[Praha|Prag]]
File:Pressburg.cva.jpg|[[Bratislava|Pressburg]]
File:Pressburg.cva.jpg|[[Bratislava|Pressburg]]
Not issued|Preussen
File:preussen.cva.jpg|[[Preussen]]
Not issued|Ravenna
Not issued ?|Ravenna
File:Reims.cva.jpg|Reims
File:Reims.cva.jpg|[[Reims]]
Not issued|Reuss
File:Reuss.cva.jpg|Reuss
File:Reval.cva.jpg|[[Talinn|Reval]]
File:Reval.cva.jpg|[[Tallinn|Reval]]
Not issued|Rheinland
File:Rheinland.cva.jpg|Rheinland
File:Riga.cva.jpg|Riga
File:Riga.cva.jpg|[[Riga]]
File:Rom.cva.jpg|Rom
File:Rom.cva.jpg|[[Roma|Rom]]
Not issued|Rotterdam
File:Rotterdam.cva.jpg|[[Rotterdam]]
File:Rouen.cva.jpg|Rouen
File:Rouen.cva.jpg|[[Rouen]]
Not issued|Rumänien
File:Romania.cva.jpg|[[Romania|Rumänien]]
Not issued|Russland
File:Russia.cva.jpg|[[Russia|Russland]]
Not issued|Sachsen
File:sachsen1.cva.jpg|[[Sachsen]] (kingdom)
Not issued|St. Gallen
File:sachsen.cva.jpg|[[Sachsen]] (province)
Not issued|San Marino
File:stgallen.cva.jpg |[[Sankt Gallen (canton)|St. Gallen]]
File:Salzburg1.cva.jpg|Salzburg (city)
File:sanmarino.cva.jpg |[[San Marino]]
File:Salzburg2.cva.jpg|Salzburg (state)
File:Salzburg1.cva.jpg|[[Salzburg]] (city)
File:Saragossa.cva.jpg|Saragossa
File:Salzburg2.cva.jpg|[[Salzburg (State)|Salzburg]] (state)
Not issued|Saratow
File:Saragossa.cva.jpg|[[Zaragoza|Saragossa]]
Not issued|Sardinien
Not issued ?|Saratow
Not issued|Schaffhausen
File:Sardinien.cva.jpg|Sardinien
Not issued|Schaumburg-Lippe
File:schaffhausen.cva.jpg |[[Schaffhausen]]
Not issued|Sheffield
File:Schaumburglippe.cva.jpg|[[Schaumburg-Lippe]]
No image|Sheffield (has been issued, not in my possession)
File:Schlesien.cva.jpg|Schlesien
File:Schlesien.cva.jpg|Schlesien
Not issued|Schleswig-Holstein
File:Schleswigholstein.cva.jpg|Schleswig-Holstein
Not issued|Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Not issued ?|Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Not issued|Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen
Not issued ?|Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen
File:Schweden-norwegen.cva.jpg|Schweden-Norwegen
File:Schweden-norwegen.cva.jpg|Schweden-Norwegen
File:Schweiz.cva.jpg|Schweiz
File:Schweiz.cva.jpg|[[Switzerland|Schweiz]]
Not issued|Schwerin
Not issued ?|Schwerin
File:Schwyz.cva.jpg|Schwyz
File:Schwyz.cva.jpg|[[Schwyz]]
Not issued|Serbien
File:serbien.cva.jpg |[[Serbia|Serbien]]
Not issued|Sevilla
Not issued ?|Sevilla
Not issued|Silicien
Not issued ?|Silicien
File:Siebenburgen.cva.jpg|Siebenbürgen
File:Siebenburgen.cva.jpg|Siebenbürgen
File:Solothurn.cva.jpg|Solothurn
File:Solothurn.cva.jpg|[[Solothurn]]
Not issued|Spanien
File:spanien.cva.jpg |[[Spain|Spanien]]
File:Steiermark.cva.jpg|Steiermark
File:Steiermark.cva.jpg|[[Steiermark]]
Not issued|Stettin
Not issued ?|Stettin
Not issued|Stockholm
Not issued ?|Stockholm
File:Stoke-upon-trent.cva.jpg|Stoke upon Trent
File:Stoke-upon-trent.cva.jpg|[[Stoke-upon-Trent]]
File:Strassburg.cva.jpg|Strassburg
File:Strassburg.cva.jpg|[[Strasbourg|Strassburg]]
File:Stuttgart.cva.jpg|Stuttgart
File:Stuttgart.cva.jpg|[[Stuttgart]]
Not issued|Szegedin
File:Szegedin.cva.jpg|[[Szeged|Szegedin]]
File:Tessin.cva.jpg|Tessin
File:Tessin.cva.jpg|[[Ticino|Tessin]]
Not issued|Tirol
File:Tirol.cva.jpg|[[Tirol]]
Not issued|Thurgau
File:thurgau.cva.jpg|[[Thurgau]]
Not issued|Toscana
File:Toskana.cva.jpg|Toscana
File:Toledo.cva.jpg|Toledo
File:Toledo.cva.jpg|[[Toledo]]
Not issued|Toulouse
File:toulouse.cva.jpg|[[Toulouse]]
File:Tours.cva.jpg|Tours
File:Tours.cva.jpg|[[Tours]]
Not issued|Triest
File:triest.cva.jpg|[[Triest]]
File:Troppau.cva.jpg|Troppau
File:Troppau.cva.jpg|Troppau
File:Turkei.cva.jpg|Türkei
File:Turkei.cva.jpg|Türkei
Not issued|Turin
File:Turin.cva.jpg|[[Torino|Turin ]]
Not issued|Ungarn
File:ungarn.cva.jpg |[[Hungary|Ungarn]]
File:Unterwalden.cva.jpg|Unterwalden
File:Unterwalden.cva.jpg|[[Unterwalden]]
File:Upsala.cva.jpg|[[Uppsala|Upsala]]
File:Upsala.cva.jpg|[[Uppsala|Upsala]]
Not issued|Uri
File:Uri.cva.jpg|[[Uri]]
File:Utrecht.cva.jpg|Utrecht
File:Utrecht.cva.jpg|[[Utrecht]]
File:Valencia.cva.jpg|Valencia
File:Valencia.cva.jpg|[[Valencia]]
File:Venedig.cva.jpg|Venedig
File:Venedig.cva.jpg|[[Venezia|Venedig]]
Not issued|Verona
File:Verona.cva.jpg|[[Verona]]
File:Versailles.cva.jpg|Versailles
File:Versailles.cva.jpg|[[Versailles]]
Not issued|Vorarlberg
File:Vorarlberg.cva.jpg|[[Vorarlberg]]
File:Waadt.cva.jpg|Waadt
File:Waadt.cva.jpg|[[Vaud|Waadt]]
Not issued|Waldeck
File:waldeck.cva.jpg|[[Waldeck]]
Not issued|Wallis
File:Wallis.cva.jpg|[[Wallis]]
Not issued|Warschau
File:Warschau.cva.jpg|[[Warschau]]
Not issued|Weimar
File:Weimar.cva.jpg|[[Weimar]]
File:Westfalen.cva.jpg|Westfalen
File:Westfalen.cva.jpg|[[Westfalen]]
File:Westpreussen.cva.jpg|Westpreussen
File:Westpreussen.cva.jpg|[[Westpreussen]]
Not issued|Wien
File:Wien.cva.jpg|[[Wien]]
File:Wiesbaden.cva.jpg|Wiesbaden
File:Wiesbaden.cva.jpg|[[Wiesbaden]]
Not issued|Wilna
Not issued ?|Wilna
File:Wurttemberg.cva.jpg|Württemberg
File:Wurttemberg.cva.jpg|[[Württemberg]]
File:Wurzburg.cva.jpg|Würzburg
File:Wurzburg.cva.jpg|[[Würzburg]]
File:Zurich.cva.jpg|Zürich
File:Zurich.cva.jpg|[[Zürich]]
Not issued|Zug
File:Zug.cva.jpg|[[Zug]]
</gallery>
 
==Variations==
Two stamps have been issued with a real different design; Auerbach and Glarus, see below.
 
<gallery perrow=0>
File:Auerbach.cva.jpg|[[Auerbach]]
File:Auerbach2.cva.jpg|Auerbach (variation)
File:Glarus.cva.jpg|[[Glarus]] (Series 3)
File:Glarus1.cva.jpg|[[Glarus]] (variation, Series 2)
</gallery>
 
In addition there are  some differences in printing as well as misprints known.  Sometimes, however, colour variations are largely due to old age and wear, not due to a real misprint. I am aware of the following variations and misprints (all have been found on multiple cards form different albums, hence no change due to wear):
 
Different printing of the lettering Series II in three Swiss arms (wide vs narrow printing of the II).
<gallery perrow=0>
File:aargauv.cva.jpg|Aargau
File:schweizv.cva.jpg|Schweiz
File:zurichv.cva.jpg|Zürich
</gallery>
 
Other variations:
<gallery perrow=0>
File:arolsenv.cva.jpg|Arolsen with A connected or not
File:azorenv.cva.jpg|Azoren with differently colouored bird
File:northborneov.cva.jpg|North Borneo, brown misprint/smudge around left supporter
File:hawaiiv.cva.jpg|Sandwich Inseln with half coloured stick in the 3rd quarter
File:siamv.cva.jpg|Siam with golden or silver tusk
</gallery>
</gallery>
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[[Category:Heraldic Albums]]
[[Category:Heraldic Albums]]

Revision as of 08:24, 28 January 2024

Continentale Verlags-Anstalt : Wappen-Sammel-Album


Wappen-Sammel-Album


Album information :

  • Issued by : Many small companies, but printed by Continentale Verlags-Anstalt, Sigmund Loewenthal, Hamburg
  • Date of issue : 1903 (Not 1912 as stated in the Köberich catalogue)
  • Number of stamps/cards : 480 (?). At least 426. According to the Köberich catalogue only 330 were actually issued (but I have 425 so far, see below, and know of 1 more).
  • Image variants : so far I know only of 2 real different arms (Auerbach and Glarus), but there are differences in printings, see section Variations

Background

The album was probably issued from 1903 onwards and contained an introduction, followed by 40 pages for 480 images. No date is mentioned anywhere in the album, but the cards bear the number DRGM 209633 (Deutsche Reichs-Gebrauchsmuster), a German copyright/trademark number, issued to Sigmund Loewenthal on July 30, 1903 (see images below from the German trade mark register).

Arms (crest) of Continentale Verlags-Anstalt
Arms (crest) of Continentale Verlags-Anstalt

The trademark text reads : Karte aus Papier, Pappe odgl. mit perforierten, mit Wappen beklebten oder bedruckten Feldern, um welche herum Reklamen odgl, angeordnet sind. S. Loewenthal, Hamburg, A-B-Cstr. 45, 30/7 03. (Cards made of paper or similar, with perforated fields, printed or glued with coats of arms, around which advertising is placed. Simon Loewenthal, ABC-street 45, June 30, 1903).

The images could be collected from a large number of small companies in Germany, Austro-Hungarian Empire and Holland (and maybe other countries as well). These companies issued advertising cards, with two images, that could be cut out and placed in the album. According to the cards, one card was issued weekly. With 480 cards that would mean 240 weeks. When they started issuing in 1903, the series could have been completed by 1907.

The album was issued as the first out of a series of two (the second was never issued) and contained the arms of present and former (non-European) countries and European cities. The second album supposedly would contain family arms.

At least six different album formats for the first album were issued, see below.

The cards were issued initially in Germany, but were also available in other countries. As far as I know, the names of the countries and cities, as well as the album itself were not translated. The cards were introduced for the Dutch market in 1908, as can be seen in the advertisements below.

Arms (crest) of Continentale Verlags-Anstalt

Bredase Courant 14-11-1908
Arms (crest) of Continentale Verlags-Anstalt

Delftsche Courant 14-11-1908
Arms (crest) of Continentale Verlags-Anstalt

Nieuws van den Dag 22-07-1908


The cards were also sold as postcards, without advertisement and perforations.

Arms (crest) of Continentale Verlags-Anstalt

Example of a German card
Arms (crest) of Continentale Verlags-Anstalt

Arms (crest) of Continentale Verlags-Anstalt

Example of a Dutch card
Arms (crest) of Continentale Verlags-Anstalt

Arms (crest) of Continentale Verlags-Anstalt

Example of a postcard (posted March 14, 1918)
Arms (crest) of Continentale Verlags-Anstalt

Arms (crest) of Continentale Verlags-Anstalt

Example of a German card from the now French city of Colmar
Arms (crest) of Continentale Verlags-Anstalt

Example of a German card from München
Arms (crest) of Continentale Verlags-Anstalt

Example of other postcards
Arms (crest) of Continentale Verlags-Anstalt

(non perforated)
Arms (crest) of Continentale Verlags-Anstalt

(perforated)

Series from one bookshop:

  • Protz1.cva.jpg
  • Protz2.cva.jpg
  • Protz3.cva.jpg
  • Protz4.cva.jpg
  • Protz5.cva.jpg
  • Protz6.cva.jpg
  • Protz7.cva.jpg
  • Protz8.cva.jpg
  • Protz9.cva.jpg
  • Protz10.cva.jpg
  • Protz11.cva.jpg
  • Protz12.cva.jpg
  • Protz13.cva.jpg
  • Protz14.cva.jpg
  • Protz15.cva.jpg
  • Protz16.cva.jpg
  • Protz17.cva.jpg
  • Protz18.cva.jpg
  • Protz19.cva.jpg
  • Protz20.cva.jpg
  • Protz21.cva.jpg
  • Protz22.cva.jpg
  • Protz23.cva.jpg
  • Protz24.cva.jpg
  • Protz25.cva.jpg
  • Protz26.cva.jpg
  • Protz27.cva.jpg
  • Protz28.cva.jpg
  • Protz29.cva.jpg
For more cards see here

Cards of the following companies are known to me, but there must be many more (if you have any or any information, please contact me) :

  • Johann Bach, bookshop, Schöneberg
  • Eugen Barth, Books and office supplies, Colmar, Germany (now France)
  • Lorenz Beyer, Bookshop, Mittweida, Germany
  • Adr. van Dieren, paper and office supplies, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Robert Doležal Jr., Bookshop, Arnau an der Elbe, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Hostinné, Czech Rep.)
  • Döscher & Koch, clothing, Stade, Germany
  • Hermann Exner, paper and office supplies, Berlin, Germany
  • Berta Finking, Schoolsupplies, Wilmersdorf, Germany
  • Richard Glaubig, Germania Drogerie, Drugstore, Zehlendorf, Germany
  • Willy Gross, paper supplies and book binders, Dresden, Germany
  • Hamburger & Bredtmann, office supplies, Pforzheim, Germany
  • Engelb. Hanel, School and papersupplies, Wiener-Neustadt, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Austria)
  • Georg Hoehn, Bookshop and printers, Pirna, Germany
  • Anna Kleinitzer, School supplies, Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Austria)
  • Knopf Warenhaus, Diedehofen, Germany
  • J.J.N. Loretz, Book- and artshop, 's Hertogenbosch, Holland
  • Arno Loth, School supplies, Rosenheim, Germany
  • A. Mercklein, book and papershop, Ueckermünde, Germany
  • S. Montibeller, (2 shops): clothing and paperwares, Alleegasse 56 and 60, Wien, Austria
  • Arthur Müller, bookshop, Rixdorf, Germany
  • Otto Müller, Paper and leather goods, Rixdorf (now part of Berlin), Germany (2 types)
  • Alfred Nautze, printers, Pirna, Germany
  • August Peter, Coffee, tea and other foods, Halle an der Saale, Germany
  • M.F. van Piere, Bookshop etc, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
  • Sebastian Pohl, Butcher, Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Austria) (2 types)
  • Herman Protz, Bookshop, Rixdorf bei Berlin, Germany
  • Julie Reinhard, Book- and artshop, München, Germany
  • M. Renze, Bookshop, Bielefeld, Germany
  • Arthur Schultz, butter and cheese shop, Rixdorf, Germany
  • Alb. Schwarzer, office supplies, Berlin W., Germany
  • Jos. Joh, Schweizer, Bookshop, Leitmeritz, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Litoměřice, Czech Rep.)
  • Wilhelm Wartenberg, Bookshop, Friedenau, Germany
  • unknown issue : back states only Tees, Kakao, Schokoladen (tea, coffee, chocolates)
  • unknown issue : back states only Nähr- und Stärkungsmittel für Kinder und Rekonvaleszenten (food for children and for recovering)
  • Several companies issued cards without text on the back of the stamp

Albums

At least five different album formats for the album were issued.

The oldest versions of the album were simply named Wappen-Album. Later versions were named Wappen-Sammel-Album.

All albums have the same lay-out : a front page, followed by an 8-page index of all arms and then 20 pages to glue or stick the images. All indicate that it is the first album, but the second was never published (see above).

There are no indications to the dates when the different albums were published. As the cards could be collected over a long period of time, the cards inside each album can not be used for dating a specific album. The six albums that I am aware of, can be placed in a logical sequence though, based on name and population figures.

Album 1

Album 1 has on the cover a female figure holding two (unidentified) coats of arms. The first page and index is in black. Population figures are identical to albums 2, 3 and 4, but lower as in album 5. The population figures listed correspond to figures in Wikipedia from around 1900, just before the album was supposedly published (1903-1905).

The section for the cards is printed in green, with a vertical leaf-based decoration between the cards and single borders around the cards.

Wappen-Sammel-Album
Wappen-Sammel-Album

The index of this album : File:Index1.cva.pdf

Album 2

Album 2 has on the cover a soldier in 17th century style holding a banner with the arms of Hamburg, as the publisher was based in Hamburg. The index is in green, but the content and population figures are identical to album 1,3 and 4, with only minor differences in the text. The cover states Wappen-Album, the index already Wappen-Sammel-Album, hence this album is listed as second.

The section for the cards is printed in green, with straight double borders around the cards and no vertical or horizontal lines or decorations.

Wappen-Sammel-Album
Wappen-Sammel-Album

The index of this album : File:Index2.cva.pdf

Album 3

Album 3 has as title Wappen-Sammel-Album and under the title is an empty embossed shield. The cover page is multi-coloured. The index is in green, with a smaller typeface as in albums 1,2,4 and 5. The population figures are identical to album 1 and 2, but there are some small textual differences. For example : the Sandwich Islands are 'als Königr. Hawai gen." (meaning: known as the kingdom of Hawai) in album 1, 'als Königr. Hawai genannt" in album 2 and 4 and 'als Köningreich Hawai genannt" in album 3 and 5. As it has the same name and design as album 4, it is of a later date as the previous 2 albums and thus listed as album 3.

The section for the cards is printed with white texts and green double/triple borders around the cards, the middle vertical lines going all over the page, ending in top in a leaf-like decoration.

Wappen-Sammel-Album
Wappen-Sammel-Album

The index of this album : File:Index3.cva.pdf

Album 4

Album 4 is, with album 5, the most commonly seen album. The cover design is identical to album 3 and 5. Index is printed in green with a different lay-out and similar population figures as compared to albums 1-3. Some small other textual changes.

The section for the cards is identical to album 5. Due to the lower population figures and similarity of the design of the first index page with album 3, it is listed as album 4.

Wappen-Sammel-Album
Wappen-Sammel-Album

The index of this album : File:Index4.cva.pdf

Album 5

Album 5 is the most commonly seen album. The cover is identical to album 3 and 4, but monochromatic black/brown. Index is printed in green with a different lay-out and updated population figures as compared to albums 1-4, hence it is a newer album. Some small other textual changes.

The section for the cards is identical to album 4.

Wappen-Sammel-Album
Wappen-Sammel-Album

The index of this album : File:Index5.cva.pdf

Album 6

Album 6 is the latest album that I know of. The cover is identical to album 4. Index is printed in green with a different lay-out and updated population figures as compared to album 5, hence it is the newest album. Some small other textual changes.

The section for the cards is identical to album 4 and 5.

Wappen-Sammel-Album
Wappen-Sammel-Album

The index of this album : File:Index6.cva.pdf

Images

Not all images may have been issued !

Variations

Two stamps have been issued with a real different design; Auerbach and Glarus, see below.

In addition there are some differences in printing as well as misprints known. Sometimes, however, colour variations are largely due to old age and wear, not due to a real misprint. I am aware of the following variations and misprints (all have been found on multiple cards form different albums, hence no change due to wear):

Different printing of the lettering Series II in three Swiss arms (wide vs narrow printing of the II).

  • Aargau

  • Schweiz

  • Zürich

Other variations:

  • Arolsen with A connected or not

  • Azoren with differently colouored bird

  • North Borneo, brown misprint/smudge around left supporter

  • Sandwich Inseln with half coloured stick in the 3rd quarter

  • Siam with golden or silver tusk

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