Stamps of Brunant

Brunant has issued postage stamps for over 100 years. The first national postal service, the Realpost, was founded in 1870 and the current Brunants Post was founded in 1921.

Early stamps
The first Brunanter stamps were issued in 1884. They were issued in denominations from ½ cent to 8 Thalers. These were made in magenta and in 1887 were replaced with green stamps. But, the fact that they were all in the same color made them easy to mix up. So, in 1896 new stamps were issued in a variety of hues and tones.

Johan II era
When Johan II came to power, the new stamps were denominated in new (4th) thalers. The regular stamps were issued by the Realpost until 1921, when it was reformed to Brunants Post. These came in a variety of colors. In 1927 the first commemorative stamp was issued, on the 500th anniversary of independence. More commemoratives would be issued throughout the 1930s onwards.

Regular stamps
Stamps featuring Marten II's likeness were first issued in 1968. This issue consisted of 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12.5, 25, 50 cents and 1 Thaler. In 1971 a second set of stamps was issued, with denominations of 20 cents, 30 cents, 1.20 and 2 Thalers. In 1976 3.80 and 5 Thaler stamps followed. These were issued unchanged until 2002, except for those from 1992, which had the dates "1967-1992" to commemorate the silver anniversary of the king's reign.

Euro stamps
In 2002 Brunant issued the first Euro stamps. The 2002 series commemorated the adoption of the Euro and Brunant's entry in the Eurozone. The introduction of the Euro led to a new stamp series. Standard stamps had designs that varied yearly.

Panorama series
In 2008 Brunants Post issued a series of stamps commemorating Brunant's nature and history. The first was a 3 Euro stamp with the central ranges. The next in the series featured Cape Cross' Geography (2009), the Battle of Bosterbeck (2010) and Grijzestad harbor (2011).