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4 unusual facts about Coffee Hag albums


Café HAG

In the 1920s and 1930s Kaffee HAG was known for the publication of the Coffee Hag albums of heraldic emblems.

Coffee Hag albums

This album was printed at three different locations (München, Laupen and an unmarked issue) with the same images, but the stamps differed slightly in design.

The series were started in 1911 with the first album with Kantons und Stadtwappen (arms of Cantons and cities), numbered 1-80.

Two series, Germany and Switzerland, were started before World War I and were never finished.


Hillesheim, Mainz-Bingen

In Ludwig Roselius’s Coffee Hag albums from the early 20th century, Hillesheim’s arms are shown in somewhat different tinctures.


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