East Saxony

under construction and under suspicion

East Saxony, or Ost-Sachsen, was a postal district in the Soviet Zone of Germany, a grouping of OPD Dresden, OPD Chemnitz and OPD Leipzig.

 File:E Sax 12pf POCHTA.jpg|12pf ПОЧТА File:E Sax 10pf roul.jpg|10pf second issue rouletted File:East Sax 3pf.jpg|1945 3pf perfed 13x12½ File:West Saxony POST.jpg|1946 4pf value 
 * In 1945, an imperf 12pf red design with a numeral "12" was issued, with POST at top and ПОЧТА at bottom.
 * A bit later, designs with POST only were issued. These were imperf, and rouletted or perfed in different gauges.
 * 3pf and 10pf gray (new color) lithographed imperfs were issued later that year.
 * In late 1945, typographed values in new colors were issued, perf 13x12½.
 * 1946 saw a return to imperf stamps, lithographed, and in new colors.
 * Also in 1946, a two stamp semipostal set for Dresden reconstruction was released.

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