Collecting Germany

I've been collecting stamps for nearly seventy years. Although my ethnic background is German, I wasn't seriously motivated to collecting Germany until a visit ten years ago by a cousin who lives in Emden, Germany. We've been corresponding and exchanging stamps ever since. As a result I've expanded my "new" collection to include nearly every area that is or has ever utilized used German stamps.

Occupation stamps are especially challenging. It's amazing what can be found. Germany is an extremely active stamp issuing nation and certainly exceeds the United States in the complexity of usage. While German stamp collecting has been a delight, I still regard my American collection as my primary interest.

-Kurt Heinz