FREE: 8 OLD BAVARIA/GERMANY STAMPS WITH "DEUTSCHES REICH" OVERPRINT

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8 OLD STAMPS FROM BAVARIA UNDER GERMAN RULE WITH "DEUTSCHES REICH" OVERPRINT

SOME INFO ABOUT BAVARIA & GERMANY:

Bavaria as a part of the German Empire

Bavarian stamps during the German empire period.
After the rise of Prussia to prominence Bavaria managed to preserve its independence by playing off the rivalries of Prussia and Austria. Allied to Austria, it was defeated in the 1866 Austro-Prussian War and did not belong to the North German Federation of 1867, but the question of German unity was still alive. When France attacked Prussia in 1870, the south German states Baden, Württemberg, Hessen-Darmstadt and Bavaria joined the Prussian forces and ultimately joined the Federation, which was renamed Deutsches Reich (German Empire) in 1871. Bavaria continued as a monarchy, and it even had some special rights within the federation (such as an army, railways and a postal service of its own).