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Special show
"Gems of German Philately"
Special shows are the salt in the soup of every large exhibition. The special show "Gems of German Philately" was conceived especially for IBRA. Here is the opportunity for every collector, even those who otherwise never exhibit, to show a piece or a cover on a sheet. A corresponding book will also be produced to show the diversity of German philately across all collecting areas and time periods.
A total of 111 collecting areas have been identified, into which the collecting area of Germany is divided. The list can be found below. When registering, you can choose from this list online.
| No | Collection areas |
| 0.0 | Prephilately |
| 1.0 | Old Germany (until 1871) |
| 1.1 | Baden |
| 1.2 | Bavaria |
| 1.3 | Bergedorf |
| 1.4 | Braunschweig |
| 1.5 | Bremen |
| 1.6 | Hamburg |
| 1.7 | Hanover |
| 1.8 | Helgoland |
| 1.9 | Lübeck |
| 1.10 | Mecklenburg Schwerin |
| 1.11 | Mecklenburg Strelitz |
| 1.12 | Schwerin and Strelitz |
| 1.13 | Oldenburg |
| 1.14 | Preussen |
| 1.15 | Saxony |
| 1.16 | Schleswig Holstein |
| 1.17 | Thurn and Taxis |
| 1.18 | Württemberg |
| 1.19 | North German postal district 1868-1871 |
| 2.0 | German Empire (1871-1918) |
| 2.1 | Elsace-Lorraine |
| 2.2 | Chest shields |
| 2.3 | Crown and eagle |
| 2.4 | Private and city mail |
| 2.5 | Germania |
| 3.0 | German colonies |
| 3.1 | Cameroon |
| 3.2 | Carolines |
| 3.3 | Kiatschau |
| 3.4 | Marianen |
| 3.5 | Marshal Islands |
| 3.6 | New Guinea |
| 3.7 | East Africa |
| 3.8 | Samoa |
| 3.9 | Southwest Africa |
| 3.10 | Togo |
| 4.0 | German Empire shipping post |
| 4.1 | Naval ship post |
| 4.2 | HAPAG |
| 4.3 | Ocean shipping company |
| 5.0 | German foreign post offices |
| 5.1 | China |
| 5.2 | Morocco |
| 5.3 | Turkey/Levant |
| 6.0 | German occupation WW1 |
| 6.1 | Belgium |
| 6.2 | West stage area |
| 6.3 | Poland |
| 6.4 | Upper East |
| 6.5 | Romania |
| 7.0 | Belgian occupation Germany |
| 7.1 | Belgian military post Rhineland |
| 7.2 | Eupen and Malmedy |
| 8.0 | German voting areas after the 1. World War |
| 8.1 | Allenstein |
| 8.2 | Marienwerder |
| 8.3 | Upper Silesia |
| 8.4 | Schleswig |
| 9.0 | German Empire/Weimar Republic (1918-1933) |
| 9.1 | Weimar Republic in general |
| 9.2 | High inflation |
| 10.0 | Gdansk (1920-1935) |
| 10.1 | German post office in Gdansk |
| 10.2 | Polish Post in Gdansk Port Gdansk |
| 11.0 | Memel (1920-1925) |
| 12.0 | Saar region (1920-1935) |
| 13.0 | German Empire/Third Reich (1933-1945) |
| 14.0 | German occupation WW2 |
| 14.1 | Albania |
| 14.2 | Belgium and northern France |
| 14.3 | Bohemia & Moravia |
| 14.4 | Alsace |
| 14.5 | General government |
| 14.6 | Channel Islands |
| 14.7 | Kurland |
| 14.8 | Laibach |
| 14.9 | Latvia |
| 14.10 | Sudetenland |
| 15.0 | Other Third Reich |
| 15.1 | Field mail |
| 15.2 | German service mail |
| 15.3 | Lagerpost |
| 15.4 | Prisoner of war camp mail |
| 15.5 | Internment camp mail |
| 15.6 | War and propaganda forgeries |
| 16.0 | Occupation Germany 1945-1949 |
| 16.1 | German local editions |
| 16.2 | Fee paid, emergency measures |
| 16.3 | American zone |
| 16.4 | British zone |
| 16.5 | Community expenditure |
| 16.6 | French zone |
| 16.7 | Soviet zone |
| 16.8 | Bizone |
| 16.9 | Berlin before 1949 |
| 17.0 | Germany after 1949 |
| 17.1 | Federal Republic of Germany |
| 17.2 | Berlin after 1949 |
| 17.3 | Saarland Federal Republic |
| 17.4 | Modern private mail Germany |
| 17.5 | GDR |
| 17.6 | German military mail abroad |
| 17.7 | Foreign military mail in Germany after 1949 |
| 18.0 | Other |
