Germany 1705, 1713, B818

     After the reunification of Germany the border between Brandenburg, Sachsen Anhalt, Niedersachsen and Mecklenburg-Vorpommen was changed so there was no longer a border between Mecklenburg-Vorpommen and Sachsen-Anhalt.

        Old Borders                                     New Borders
 

Among the stamps issued in 1992-1994 featuring a map of the reunified Federal German Republic with state borders, three show the old border: Hessen (Scott catalog number 1705, issued in 1993), Schleswig-Holstein (1713, issued in 1994)and Brandenburg (B818, issued in 1997). Those three stamps are errors. The Brandenburg stamp issued in 1993 (1702) also has the old border, but was issued in 1993 before the border change. The rest of the stamps in the set show the new borders.