Germany 2026

Germany

Date of Issue: 7th May 2026

one stamp (0.95 €)

Germany 2025

Germany

Date of Issue: 8th May 2025

one souvenir-sheet (0.95 €)

A world cultural leap 40,000 years ago on the edge of the Swabian Jura:

40,000 years ago, a huge leap in the development of modern man took place at the point where the Swabian Jura meets the foothills of the Alps. In the caves of the Ach and Lone valleys near Ulm, Ice Age man began to conceive and create figurative representations of animals, humans and hybrid creatures as well as the world's first musical instruments. Nowhere else in the world have older comparable artefacts and musical instruments been found.

 

The delicately crafted sculptures are evidence of the emergence of the modern human spirit, which was expressed in art, symbols, music, rituals and beliefs. They show us the central and universal significance that art and music have always had for mankind.

The best-known finds of Ice Age art include figures such as the ‘Lion Man’, a mysterious hybrid of cave lion and human, the ‘Venus of Hohle Fels’, the oldest depiction of a human in the world, and the ‘Mammoth of Vogelherd’. The skilfully crafted sculptures made of mammoth ivory are around 40,000 years old and measure between four and six centimetres in size. The lion man stands out from the group of figures with its exceptional size of 31 centimetres.

Numerous high-calibre originals, such as the Venus or the Lion Man, are on display in the Prehistoric Museum Blaubeuren and the Museum Ulm. In addition, the Württemberg State Museum in Stuttgart and the Museum of the University of Tübingen also present Stone Age artefacts from the caves of the Swabian Alb.

The oldest figurative artworks and musical instruments known to mankind were discovered in the Hohle Fels, Geißenklösterle and Sirgenstein caves in the Achtal valley and in the Bockstein, Hohlenstein-Stadel and Vogelherd caves in the Lone valley. In July 2017, UNESCO awarded these six caves and the surrounding landscapes the title of UNESCO World Heritage Site ‘Caves and Ice Age Art of the Swabian Jura’.

To this day, the two valleys of the Ach and Lone rivers remain largely unspoilt and invite you to take a journey back to the last Ice Age on a variety of hiking and cycling trails.

Special 2024 Europa folder issued by 6 countries

Europe

6 countries - Austria - Germany - Liechtenstein - Luxembourg - the Netherlands and Switzerland - issued a common "Multilaterale" folder containing this year's Europa stamps from the six countries (9 stamps in total).

This folder can be ordered by any of the 6 postal administrations.

It is the 9th issue of this kind after :  2013 (theme - "The postman van") ; 2016 (theme - "Ecology in Europe - Think Green" ; 2017 (theme - Castles) ; 2018 (theme - Bridges) ; 2019 (theme - National birds) ; 2020 (theme - Ancient postal routes) ; 2021 (theme - Endangered national wildlife) ; 2022 (theme - Stories & Myths) and 2023 "Peace - the highest value of humanity"

Germany 2024

Germany

Date of Issue: 2nd May 2024

one stamp (0.85 €)

This stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps - stamps are tête-bêche

 

Special 2023 Europa folder issued by 6 countries

Europe

6 countries - Austria - Germany - Liechtenstein - Luxembourg - the Netherlands and Switzerland - issued a common "Multilaterale" folder containing this year's Europa stamps from the six countries (8 stamps in total).

This folder can be ordered by any of the 6 postal administrations.

It is the 8th issue of this kind after :  2013 (theme - "The postman van") ; 2016 (theme - "Ecology in Europe - Think Green" ; 2017 (theme - Castles) ; 2018 (theme - Bridges) ; 2019 (theme - National birds) ; 2020 (theme - Ancient postal routes) ; 2021 (theme - Endangered national wildlife) and 2022 (theme - Stories & Myths)

Germany 2023

Germany

Date of Issue: 4th May 2023

one stamp (0.85 €)

 

This stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps

 

 

Special 2022 Europa folder issued by 6 countries

Europe


6 countries - Austria - Germany - Liechtenstein - Luxembourg - the Netherlands and Switzerland - issued a common "Multilaterale" folder containing this year's Europa stamps from the six countries (10 stamps in total).

This folder can be ordered by any of the 6 postal administrations.

It is the 7th issue of this kind after :  2013 (theme - "The postman van") ; 2016 (theme - "Ecology in Europe - Think Green" ; 2017 (theme - Castles) ; 2018 (theme - Bridges) ; 2019 (theme - National birds) ; 2020 (theme - Ancient postal routes) and 2021 (theme - Endangered national wildlife)

Germany 2022

Germany

Date of Issue: 5th May 2022

one stamp (0.85 €)

 

This stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps

NOTE : this stamp is the first ever to feature a "matrix code" introduced since last year by the German post.

You can lear more about it in this article published in December 2020 by the ÖSVLPH :

"Anyone who scans the letter before sending it can keep an eye on its status via the Post app. Matrix code franking is more forgery-proof and ensures that postal stamps cannot be used more than once."

 

The motif of the dragon fight - an extremely fortunate choice to represent what connects myths, fairy tales and legends! We already encounter the dragon fighter in ancient myth (e.g. Heracles), as well as in fairy tales from all over the world or in the Saga of the Nibelungs. It is a widespread motif that transcends genres and has been handed down worldwide for centuries.

In these sources, the dragon is a mythical creature. It can symbolise the forces of nature as well as destructive potentates of power. In many cases it stands for 'evil' par excellence. The fight against him requires not only physical strength, but above all cleverness, coupled with courage, ingenuity and the desire to save the world.

Sometimes the gruesome figure hides an enchanted youth who is redeemed by an intrepid girl. Here the threatening figure becomes the lover.

The trivialisation of the dragon in modern children's literature and thus its demonisation is completely alien to the old stories. The myths, fairy tales and legends celebrate the overcoming of fear and terror in the victory over the dragon; they appeal to man's fearlessness and will to stand up to fate, to save humane values and nature.

Thus, the pictorial representation of this central motif in myths, fairy tales and legends today - in view of global threat scenarios (famines, floods, fires, wars) - acquires an almost oppressive topicality. source : Bundesministerium der Finanzen

Special 2021 Europa folder issued by 6 countries

Europe


6 countries - Austria - Germany - Liechtenstein - Luxembourg - the Netherlands and Switzerland - issued a common "Multilaterale" folder containing this year's Europa stamps from the six countries (10 stamps in total).

This folder can be ordered by any of the 6 postal administrations.

It is the sixth issue of this kind after :  2013 (theme - "The postman van") ; 2016 (theme - "Ecology in Europe - Think Green" ; 2017 (theme - Castles) ; 2018 (theme - Bridges) ; 2019 (theme - National birds) and 2020 (theme - Ancient postal routes)

Germany 2021

Germany

Date of Issue: 6th May 2021

one stamp (0.80 €)

 

 

This stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps

 

Special 2020 Europa folder issued by 6 countries

Europe


6 countries - Austria - Germany - Liechtenstein - Luxembourg - the Netherlands and Switzerland - issued a common "Multilaterale" folder containing this year's Europa stamps from the six countries (9 stamps and 1 souvenir-sheet).

This folder can be ordered by any of the 6 postal administrations.

It is the fifth issue of this kind after :  2013 (theme - "The postman van") ; 2016 (theme - "Ecology in Europe - Think Green" ; 2017 (theme - Castles) ; 2018 (theme - Bridges)
and 2019 (theme - National birds)

Germany 2020

Germany

Date of Issue: 7th May 2020

one souvenir-sheet of 1 stamp (0.80 €)

Special 2019 Europa folder issued by 6 countries

Europe

After, the four first issues of this kind :  2013 (theme - "The postman van") ; 2016 (theme - "Ecology in Europe - Think Green" ; 2017 (theme - Castles) and 2018 (theme - Bridges)

6 countries - Austria - Germany - Liechtenstein - Luxembourg - the Netherlands and Switzerland - issued a common "Multilaterale" folder containing this year's Europa stamps from the six countries (10 stamps).

This folder can be ordered by any of the 6 postal administrations.

Germany 2019

Germany

Date of Issue: 2nd May 2019

one stamp (0.70 €)

the stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps

NOTE - This set is taking part at "The Europa Stamps Bird Project 2019" which allows you to scan the stamps in order to hear the bird's song

Special 2018 Europa folder issued by 7 countries

Europe

After, the three first issues of this kind :  2013 (theme - "The postman van") ; 2016 (theme - "Ecology in Europe - Think Green", & 2017 (theme - Castles) :

7 countries - Austria - Germany - Liechtenstein - Luxembourg - the Netherlands - Switzerland and this year joined by Slovenia - issued a common "Multilaterale" folder containing this year's Europa stamps from the seven countries (12 stamps).

This folder can be ordered by any of the 7 postal administrations.

Germany 2018

Germany

Date of Issue: 3rd May 2018

one stamp (0.70 €)

the stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps

Special 2017 Europa folder issued by 6 countries

Europe

After, the first issue of this kind in 2013 (theme - "The postman van") and a second in 2016 (theme - "Ecology in Europe - Think Green", Austria - Germany - Liechtenstein - Switzerland and this year joined by the Netherlands and Luxemburg issued a common folder containing this year's Europa stamps from the six countries (10 stamps).

This folder can be ordered by any of the 6 postal administrations.

Germany 2017

Germany

Date of Issue: 11th May 2017

one stamp (0.70 €)

the stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps

this stamp is also issued (with another German stamp) in a booklet of 20 self adhesive stamps (10 Europa stamps)

this stamp is also issued (with the "500 Jahre Reformation" 0.70 € German stamp) in a mini-sheet of 8 stamps (4 of each)

this mini-sheet of 8 stamps (4 of each) is also issued in a booklet

Special 2016 Europa folder issued by 4 countries

Europe

After, the first issue of this kind in 2013 (theme - "The postman van") , Austria - Germany - Liechtenstein - Switzerland issued again a common folder containing this year's Europa stamps from the four countries (6 stamps).

This folder can be ordered by any of the 4 postal administrations.

Germany 2016

Germany

Date of Issue: 2nd May 2016

one stamp (0.70 €)

the stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps