Geography Economic geography Stimulants, aetheric oils and fragrance-producing plants Aetheric oils and fragrances, resins and varnishes, rubber and gutta-percha, dye-producing plants, young rubber tree (Castilloa elastica) (Ule rubber), New Guinea subtitle: Stoedtner, Franz (photo publisher) (photographer), 1900

Geography Economic geography Fruit plants Tropical fruit (coconut palms, pandanaceae, breadfruit tree, mango tree, baobab tree, dump palm, liver sausage tree, banana and other fruit trees), young coconut palms, behind them casuarine trees, New Guinea subtitle: Stoedtner, Franz (photo publisher) (photographer), 1900

History of technology Technology and economy Extraction of rubber and production of rubber Extraction of rubber, rubber tree, New Guinea subtitle: Stoedtner, Franz (photograph publisher) (photographer), 1900

Geography Economic geography Stimulants, aetheric oils and fragrance-producing plants Aetheric oils and fragrances, resins and varnishes, rubber and gutta-percha, dye-producing plants, rubber planting (Castilloa elastica), New Guinea subtitle: Stoedtner, Franz (Photograph publisher) (Photographer), 1900

Geography Economic geography Stimulants, aetheric oils and fragrance-producing plants Aetheric oils and fragrances, resins and varnishes, rubber and gutta-percha, dye-producing plants, natives of New Guinea bring the gutta-percha cakes obtained to a coastal station subtitle: Stoedtner, Franz (photo publisher) (photographer), 1900

Geography Economic geography Landscapes Cereals (fields, elevators, storehouses, rye, oats, barley, wheat, maize, rice), (Kaffirs)Millet field (Andropogon sorghum), New Guinea subtitle: Stoedtner, Franz (Photograph publisher) (Photographer), 1900

Geography Economic geography Fruit plants Tropical fruit (coconut palms, pandanaceae, breadfruit tree, mango tree, baobab tree, dump palm, liver sausage tree, banana and other fruit trees), five-year-old coconut palms; in the middle: canoe with superstructure and boom, New Guinea subtitle: Stoedtner, Franz (photo publisher) (photographer), 1900

Geography Economic geography Plants supplying tanning, braiding and paper pulp Plants supplying tanning, braiding and fibre pulp, paper pulp, fibre banana (Musa wariana), am Waria, New Guinea subtitle: Stoedtner, Franz (Photographer), 1900

Geography Economic geography Irritants, aetheric oils and fragrance-producing plants Aetheric oils and fragrances, resins and varnishes, rubber and gutta-percha, dye-producing plants, cases of a strong palaquium suptianum: clearing of undergrowth, New Guinea subtitle: Stoedtner, Franz (photo publisher) (photographer), 1900

• description: VS (handwritten): VIII B 28. VIII 141. Duk Duk representative of New Britain. Stamp: L. Friederichsen

• description: Duk Duk, representative in front of a matted hut, New Britain. Stamp: L. Friederichsen

Explanation: When the North German Confederation was founded, the postal system was organised as a unified state transport authority with the simultaneous disappearance of the territorial postal institutions. Bremen received a federal post office. In 1871, postal sovereignty was transferred to the German Reich. In 1874, the Reichspostverwaltung appointed Bremen as the seat of an Oberpostdirektion, which became the medium Reichspostbehörde. In addition to the territory of Bremen, its area of responsibility included the part of the administrative district of Hanover on the left bank of the Weser, parts of the administrative district of Stade and the administrative district of Thedinghausen in Brunswick. Until the First World War she was also responsible for the postal services in German New Guinea, on the Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Palau and Marshall Islands and Samoa. From 1934-1945 the Oberpostdirektion was called Reichspostdirektion Bremen. In 1943 it also took over the district of the Oldenburg management, which had until then been independent, and which included the Weser-Ems district. The privatization of Deutsche Bundespost was initiated in 1989, and in 1990 it was separated into the postal service and telecommunications divisions at OPD. At the end of 1992, the Postal Directorate was divided into the Postal Service and Telecommunications Directorates. Since 1995 they have been part of Deutsche Post AG and Deutsche Telekom AG. Lit.: Christian Piefke, Die Entstehung der Oberpostdirektion Bremen, in: Postgeschichtliche Blätter aus der Weser-Ems-Gebiet, Vol. 1, H. 1, 1955, S. 2-3; Werner Guddat, 100 Jahre Oberpostdirektion Bremen, Leer 1974; Theodor Windmann, 100 Jahre Oberpostdirektion Bremen, in: Postgeschichtliche Hefte Weser-Ems, Vol. 1, 1955, S. 2-3. 4, H. 4, 1973, p. 77-84; Johannes Rust, Die Postgeschichte des Bezirks der Reichspostdirektion Bremen für den Kriegsjahre 1939-1945, Bremen 1949; K. Johanns, Die ersten Schritte. Attempt to reconstruct postal conditions in the Reichspostdirektions district of Bremen after the end of the Second World War until the resumption of limited correspondence on 1 July 1945, in: Philatelie und Postgeschichte, 20, No. 89, 1986, p. 1-19; Alexis Wegener, Die Post in Bremen und Bremerhaven 1945-1964, in: Wachsende Städte an der Unterweser, 1965, p. 88-96; Der OPD-Bezirk Bremen, in: Zeitschrift für das Post- u. Fernmeldewesen, 7 (1955), p. 41-53; Oberpostdirektion Bremen (ed.), Oberpostdirektion Bremen im neuen Haus, Bremen 1985; Herbert Leclerc, Von Apia bis Yap. Former German postal institutions in the South Seas, in: Archiv für deutsche Postgeschichte 1982, pp. 7-32; Fritz Thole, Die Leiter der Oberpostdirektion Bremen, in: Postgeschichtliche Blätter aus dem Weser-Emsgebiet, vol. 1, H. 1, 1955, p. 3, H. 3, 1956, p. 29-38, vol. 2, H. 6, 1961, p. 118-119. Reference: Christian Piefke, Die Entstehung der Oberpostdirektion Bremen, in: Postgeschichtliche Blätter aus der Weser-Ems-Gebiet, vol. 1, H. 1, 1955, p. 2-3; Werner Guddat, 100 Jahre Oberpostdirektion Bremen, Leer 1974; Theodor Windmann, 100 Jahre Oberpostdirektion Bremen, in: Postgeschichtliche Hefte Weser-Ems, vol. 4, H. 4, 1973, p. 77-84; Johannes Rust, Die Postgeschichte des Bezirks der Reichspostdirektion Bremen für die Kriegsjahre 1939-1945, Bremen 1949; K. Johanns, Die ersten Schritte. Attempt to reconstruct postal conditions in the Reichspostdirektions district of Bremen after the end of the Second World War until the resumption of limited correspondence on 1 July 1945, in: Philatelie und Postgeschichte, 20, No. 89, 1986, p. 1-19; Alexis Wegener, Die Post in Bremen und Bremerhaven 1945-1964, in: Wachsende Städte an der Unterweser, 1965, p. 88-96; Der OPD-Bezirk Bremen, in: Zeitschrift für das Post- u. Fernmeldewesen, 7 (1955), p. 41-53; Oberpostdirektion Bremen (ed.), Oberpostdirektion Bremen im neuen Haus, Bremen 1985; Herbert Leclerc, Von Apia bis Yap. Former German Post Offices in the South Seas, in: Archiv für deutsche Postgeschichte 1982, pp. 7-32; Fritz Thole, Die Leiter der Oberpostdirektion Bremen, in: Postgeschichtliche Blätter aus dem Weser-Ems-Gebiet, vol. 1, h. 1, 1955, pp. 3, h. 3, 1956, pp. 29-38, vol. 2, h. 6, 1961, pp. 118-119.