The Free City of Danzig was a semi-autonomous city-state that existed between 1920 and 1939. It consisted of the port of Danzig (today Gdansk in Poland) and nearly 200 towns in the surrounding areas. The city-state was not independent – it existed under the protection of the League of Nations.
Danzig had its own stamps from 1920 – 1939. Initially the stamps were overprinted German stamps, but in January 1921, the first Danzig Free State stamps appeared and this continued until the beginning of World War II when the Free City was annexed by the German Reich.
1920
“Germania” Series of Germany (Overprinted Danzig)
SG # 1
Unused (Hinged)
“Germania” Series of Germany (Surcharged)
SG # 16
Unused (Hinged)
1921
Air Series
SG # 121
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 123
Unused (Hinged)
Arms Series
SG # 65
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 68
Used (Hinged)
SG # 76
Used (Hinged)
SG # 106
Used (Hinged)
SG # 86
Used (Hinged)
SG # 87
Used (Hinged)
SG # 89
Used (Hinged)
SG # 90
Used (Hinged)
1923
Lions of Danzig Series
SG # 99
Used (Hinged)
SG # 136
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 137
Unused (Hinged)
Poor Peoples’ Fund Series
SG # 123b
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 123c
Unused (Hinged)
Lions of Danzig Series
SG # 134
Unused (Hinged)
Coat of Arms Series
(Surcharge with figure of value in Tausend (T) or Million or Millionen (M))
SG # 156
Unused (Hinged)
Air Series
SG # 162
Unused (Hinged)
SG # 163
Unused (Hinged)
1924
Freie Stadt Danzig Series
SG # 268
Used (Hinged)
SG # 270
Used (Hinged)
SG # 180b
Used (Hinged)
SG # 180b
Used (Hinged)
SG # 181
Used (Hinged)
SG # 187
Used (Hinged)