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The Coffee Hag albums were published in the early 20th century by the Kaffee Handelsgesellschaft AG (Kaffee HAG, Coffee Hag) in Bremen, Germany, starting with heraldic stamps and collector's albums. The stamps and books were the initiative of the Die Brücke association. This was an initiative of Emperor Wilhelm II to make an archive of published material. At the same time the association developed standard sizes for publishing material. To promote their activities and their new standards, they encouraged companies to publish material in their standards. The Kaffee Hag company was one of the companies that agreed to do so. Hence the stamps are published in the so-called ''Weltformat V der Brücke'' (or 4 × 5.66 cm), which is also printed on the back of the stamps. The albums were published in the ''Weltformat IX'' (16 × 22.6 cm). Only on the German and Swiss stamps was there the reference to the ''Weltformat''. The association went bankrupt in 1913 and was abolished in 1914, but the size of the stamps remained the same for all the albums. The company hired the famous artist Otto Hupp to design the stamps. Otto Hupp already had published several well-known volumes on German civic heraldry since the 1890s. The albums became a success in Germany and the company exported the idea to the other European countries in which the company operated. ==The albums== Two series, Germany and Switzerland, were started before World War I and were never finished. In the 1920s and 1930s the second series of these countries as well as the other countries were launched. In each country different heraldic artists were used to write the albums and draw the images. In the 1920s the series were again published in Switzerland and Germany, followed by other countries. The following albums were published: *Germany 1st series: 6 albums, plus a series of stamps for Silesia, but no album Silezia *Switzerland old series: 4 albums *Germany new series: 10 albums, the 11th album (German-Austria) was planned, but not issued *Switzerland new series : 19 albums, with multiple reprints. More than 60 albums are known *Netherlands: 2 albums, loose sheets with multiple storage options *Belgium: 6 albums, 3 Dutch and 3 French albums (identical) *Poland: 1 album, 2nd album planned, but not issued *Danzig: 1 album *Norway: 1 album and one reprint *Sweden: 1 album *Denmark: 1 album *Yugoslavia: 1 album - also contains rare stamps from pre-WWII Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia *Austria: 1 album, with additional luxury edition *Czechoslovakia: 1 album, with additional luxury edition *England/Ireland: 1 album *France (as Café Sanka): 6 albums (of 40 planned) In total around 125 different albums were published between 1914 and 1955. Albums for the Baltic states, Italy as well as a second album for Poland and an 11th for Germany were planned, but never issued. The French series stopped after 6 albums of the planned 40. More than 12500 different stamps were issued, making it the largest heraldic publication of the 20th century. The image stamps were collected using coupons in the coffee packages, not only from Hag, but sometimes in packagesof other companies as well. The stamps were issued in sheets, but the sizes of the sheets as well as the distribution was organised differently in each country. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coffee Hag albums」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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