Germany will begin its 1992 stamp program Jan. 9 with three anniversary issues, a new coat of arms definitive and another definitive in the women in history series.
A 60-pfennig commemorative will observe the 2,000th anniversary of the city of Koblenz. It was founded by the Romans, who named it Confluentes because it is located at the confluence of the Rhine and Mosel rivers.
The design shows the monument of Emperor William I, a silhouette of the city with the churches of Our Lady and St. Florin and the city`s coat of arms.
The 100th birth anniversary of Protestant theologian Martin Niemoller will be depicted on the 100-pfennig commemorative. Niemoller was an outspoken critic of Hitler and his anti-Jewish policy. He was jailed in 1937 and held in a concentration camp until 1945.
After World War II, Niemoller resumed his ecclesiastical work. His portrait is shown on the stamp.
Another 100-pfennig commemorative notes the 25th anniversary of the
”Terre des Homes” child welfare organization founded to help children injured in the Vietnam War and later expanded to aid children in 28 countries. The design shows the peering eyes of a child.
The new coat of arms series will debut on a 100-pfennig stamp with a salute to the state of Baden-Wurttemberg, founded in 1922 from the merger of the southwest German states of Wurttemberg-Baden, Wurttemberg-Hohenzollern and Baden. The design depicts the federal state`s coat of arms-three lions on a shield-and a map indicating the state`s location. The series will continue in alphabetical order of the states` names.
The women in history series features a 400-pfenning stamp honoring Charlotte von Stein (1742-1827). An intimate friend of writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, She exerted considerable influence on his creative work.
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The U.S. Postal Service has added two stamps for 1992.
A definitive depicting a pumpkin seed sunfish will be issued at a date and site to be announced. No denomination has yet been decided. The sunfish is found in the eastern, north central and northwestern United States.
A 19-cent postal card marking the 150th anniversary of the Wadsworth Atheneum will be issued Jan. 16 in Hartford, Conn. The Atheneum is the nation`s first public museum.
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Two definitives in the landscape series have been issued by Switzerland. The designs feature mountain lakes on values of 50 and 80 centimes.
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Several commemoratives and a miniature sheet were issued recently by Brazil.
The stamps observed the centennial of the Bureau of Agriculture and Provision, 70 cruzeiros; the 150th anniversary of the births of Prudente Moraes Barros and Manuel Campos Salles, the republic`s first and second civilian presidents, 90 and 70 cruzeiros, respectively; Christmas, 70 cruzeiros; national thanksgiving day, 70 cruzeiros; a tribute to the military police, 80 cruzeiros; and a tribute to Father Damien de Veuster for his work with lepers, 3 cruzeiros.
The miniature sheet of two stamps honored the 150th anniversary of the crowning of emperor Don Pedro II, 800 cruzeiros, and the 100th anniverary of his death, 80 cruzeiros.
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Three commemoratives recalling the 50th anniversary of War in the Pacific were issued Dec. 9 by Norfolk Island. The designs depict battle scenes of tanks and soliders landing, 43 cents, a bomber about to take off, 70 cents and war ships, $1.
Norfolk, known for its decorative evergreens, lies about 900 miles east of Australia, which administers the island.
