European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 9 stick to a goal collect German Stamps by Brad Durfee staff writer Kings and presidents collect but so do fire Bank Tell and members of the military Alfrieda Hartmann and her of Ober Are collectors who have been pursuing their Hobby for More than 20 i collect All German and Fritz specializes in firs Day said Al by All German she Means postage Stamps from both parts of divided Germany the Federal Republic of Ger Many As Well As the communist ruled Ger Man democratic Alfrieda said that their Hobby takes up their spare and unfortunately we dont have enough of running our jewelry and leather stands at marketplaces in the Frankfurt and Darmstadt area takes too much wed like to have More time so we could go to More stamp aug the Hartmanns belong to a stamp where they meet and Swap id advise americans who want to collect Stamps to form a where they can get together and Trade said she said that the Best thing to do is to get a Catalon and Start collecting German starting with issues from 10 years its not so expensive because the last 10 years1 issues Are still easily stamp Cata logs Are put out by various publishers and Are available in department and Coin and stamp the German stamp cat listing All Cost from 8 to 12 Marks in local one which lists German Stamps from 1945 to the pre costs there Are More sophisticated Cata logs that list All the Stamps issued in they come in two volumes one for Eastern european countries and one for Western Europe and Cost approximately 34 and 44 a towline German Catalon is sold at stars and stripes bookstores for these stamp collectors bibles show fac similes of most issues and list what they Are Worth in German there is a markup if you buy new issues from a our club orders As a and we save 30 Al Frieda another reason Why americans should form clubs is so they can order Stamps by the she a kilo of Stamps can be bought for 50 or 100 depending upon the cancellation Marks and the Stamps offices the Hobby not enveloped in mystery some collectors specialize in blocks of four one  cause Issue is the 1980 Christmas stamp she noted that some cancelled Stamps Are Worth More than the new issues in Germany and advised that you dont have to get All new you can she that you can get five or 10 people together and or Der a kilo and split the Cost and then Divide them the majority of the bought by the Are from West with a sprinkling of Berlin she Stamps from East Germany Are in new issues at downtown and also in assorted packets of cancelled assorted packages of Stamps Are Avail Able from All countries at downtown stores and Are sold either by the number of Stamps in a packet or by a random in department showed that a package of 75 Stamps from the Federal Republic and Berlin was you can also buy Stamps by the and 50gram packages Poland started at Marks and went to Marks for which is printed by West theres also a West Germany Christmas stamp Cata logs right among other the its How Many current value As single stamp and value of a a package of Stamps from in Many social projects receive support from the Sale of Stamps the youth sports the crippled children and Many other charities and these commemorative Stamps can be easily for if you were to buy a 60pfennig stamp and the numeral 60 was followed by a that Means that 30 pfennig out of the 90 you actually pay would go to support whatever cause the stamp was issued they Are issued in limited numbers and fancied by youngsters might be interested cer Tain and they could get started by specializing not by country but by their Field of you can buy packets of in lots of 75 and 100 that de pict such things As historic uniforms and the olympics to men Tion a these subject Stamps Are usually from Many packs of 50 were 5 and the prepackaged envelopes of 75 ran 8 Marks in one department the Hartmanns recommend that you pay close attention to your Catalon and keep a list of the numbers assigned to the Stamps you even in the stores you can pick up a i just paid do for a stamp that is listed at do in the latest Cata said a collector at a department store stamp american collectors will find that most German stamp collectors they meet at department store stamp counters and stamp shops speak Alfrieda said that stamp collectors Are naturally interested in other it goes along with the she said in of most department stores carry a com plete line of including magnifying stamp holders and other paraphernalia associated with the f heres How to get on new issues lists the stamp subscription offices in Frank Furt and West Berlin Send new issues to More than collectors within Ger and to More than foreign philatelists each according to the German postal system Deutsche the subscription departments said they made approximately million deliveries to collectors during the past the Bunde Spost has opened an additional subscription office in to help Han dle the popular new the Post office has a philatelic service and publishes a brochure in explaining How you get on the mailing list to receive new issues of they also Send you order forms which include the Stamps numbers which coincide with the num Bers in the Cata logs and a Price the brochure explains How you get on the mailing list and How you can receive the new issues on the Days they Are released for a slight fee or have them mailed to you quarterly for just the postage and the face value of the you can also order firs Day Spe Cial blocks and Frankfurt also handles West Berlin and that office also has 12 windows that handle Stamps sales especially for col lectors and the Stamps include Back is for information on Stamps issued by the Deutsche write to either of the following addresses service building and stamp counter Mainzer Landstrass 187189 d6000 Frankfurt am main 1 or Post amt Weiden vers Annstelle fuer poster Teichen Postrach 20 00 d8480 Weiden for information about Stamps issued by West write to service building and stamp counter goeth Strasse 2 1000 Berlin 12 6lo 13 special coverage Fritz Hartmanns specially is collecting envelopes bearing Stamps postmarked with the Date on which they were first issued firs Day this 1971 cover Marks the Winter olympics in s s red Grandy