The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 19, May 9, 2004, Article 11

MEDALS ON STAMPS

  Steve Pellegrini writes: "In the Perhaps Better Late then Never
  Category: Medals on Stamps. Munich medallist Karl Goetz
  produced an essai set of four stamps which featured four of his
  medal designs. These were produced for the 1932 Deutsche
  Bundespost stamp design competition. The 15 pfennig stamp
  carries the exact design of the medal Goetz lists as his Opus 289.
  Gunther Keinast, in his very scarce book 'Goetz II, A
  Supplement' gives the 4 denominations a group opus number of
  K-639. Also by Goetz is the ubiquitous postage stamp of the
  Weimar Republic - the medallion portrait of Presided Paul von
  Hindenburg.  This postal portrait is based directly on a 1927
  pattern 5RM commemorative coin (K-387) Goetz had
  submitted to the Bavarian Mint in competition. Although the
  Hindenburg 5 Mark pattern was not adopted by the Mint
  Goetz removed the denomination from the design and had it
  privately issued as a medallic gedenkentaler for Hindenburgs
  80th birthday (K-386). This 'so-called taler' was to become
  Goetz' best-selling work with a mintage of well over 100,000.
  These are today a perennial  favorite on EBay where a nice
  example can be picked up for about $35."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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