Rhineland-Palatinate

As a result of the Yalta Conference, France was given its own occupation zone in Germany. On 30 August 1946 the state of Rhineland-Palatinate was formed out of the Bavarian or Rhenish Palatinate, the areas Koblenz and Trier from the Prussian Rhine Province, the province of Rheinhessen, part of the province of Hesse-Nassau and the district of Birkenfeld from Oldenburg. It was the last state in the Western Occupation Zones to be formed.

On 18 May 1947 the state adopted a constitution and in 1949 became a Land of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Capital: Koblenz

Area: 19.847 km²

Population: 3.004.784 (1950)

Currency: Mark (100 pfennig)

Link

The flag of Rhineland-Palatinate (French zone) in Flags of the World.

Stamp catalogue

UPU 75th anniversary

date: 4 October 1949

designer: Meyer and Pixa

printer: Druckerei F. Burda, Offenburg

perforated: 14:14¼

1 20 post horn, globe, olive branch, text "75 / JAHRE / WELT / POST / VEREIN / 1874 / 1949"

brown-lake

(cat. Michel 51/SG FB51/Yvert 50)

2 30 post horn, globe, olive branch, text "75 / JAHRE / WELT / POST / VEREIN / 1874 / 1949"

blue

(cat. Michel 52/SG FB52/Yvert 51)

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