Postage stamps and postal history of Luxembourg on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
This is a survey of the
Luxembourg issued its first stamps on 15 September 1852, depicting the portrait of
After Luxembourg was occupied by German forces during World War II, German stamps were overprinted for use in Luxembourg in 1940 and 1941. In 1942 Luxembourg was annexed into Germany and used German stamps until its liberation in 1944.
stamps.luxcentral.com
Postal system of Luxembourg Philately of Luxembourg {{philately-stub
This is a survey of the postage stamps
A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail), who then affix the stamp to the f ...
and postal history of Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...
.
Luxembourg is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. Luxembourg has a population of over half a million people in an area of approximately 2,586 square kilometres (999 sq mi).
First stamps
Luxembourg issued its first stamps on 15 September 1852, depicting the portrait of King William III of the Netherlands
William III (Dutch: ''Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk''; English: ''William Alexander Paul Frederick Louis''; 19 February 1817 – 23 November 1890) was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1849 until his death in 18 ...
, also the Grand Duke of Luxembourg
The Grand Duke of Luxembourg ( lb, Groussherzog vu Lëtzebuerg, french: Grand-duc de Luxembourg, german: Großherzog von Luxemburg) is the monarchical head of state of Luxembourg. Luxembourg has been a grand duchy since 15 March 1815, when it w ...
. The stamps were issued in both Belgian and Prussian currency but later issues were issued only in Belgian currency. Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. ''The Stamp Atlas''. London: Macdonald, 1986, p. 60. The name of the country was not shown on stamps until 1859.
World War II
After Luxembourg was occupied by German forces during World War II, German stamps were overprinted for use in Luxembourg in 1940 and 1941. In 1942 Luxembourg was annexed into Germany and used German stamps until its liberation in 1944.
Post-war
Luxembourg resumed issuing stamps in November 1944 .Telegraph stamps
Telegraph stamp
Telegraph stamps are stamps intended solely for the prepayment of telegraph fees. The customer completed a telegraph form before handing it with payment to the clerk who applied a telegraph stamp and cancelled it to show that payment had bee ...
s were first issued in Luxembourg in 1873.
See also
*P&TLuxembourg
POST Luxembourg, formerly known as Entreprise des Postes et Télécommunications, is a mail and telecommunications company based in Luxembourg. The company is a government-owned corporation, which originated from Luxembourg's state-owned PTT agenc ...
References
Further reading
*''Luxembourg Postal History: An Introduction: The Early Days of the Postal Service'' by C. S. Holder, 1998.External links
stamps.luxcentral.com
Postal system of Luxembourg Philately of Luxembourg {{philately-stub