{{Short description|Stamp collection}} [[File:Bi Zone 1945 23 DE M-Serie.jpg|right|thumb|A 1945 stamp of Germany (not from the Model Collection).]] The '''Model Collection''' is a collection of 1945–1946 [[local stamp|local provisional stamps]] of Germany issued following the allied occupation, unused and on covers that forms part of the [[British Library Philatelic Collections]]. It was formed by Dr Walther Model von Thunen and donated to the British Museum in 1956.<ref name=bl1>[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/philatelic/philateliccollections/collectionsoverview/collectionscountry/philcollectionscountry.html The Model Collection.] British Library, 17 February 2012.</ref>

==See also== *[[Foreign Office Collection]] *[[Postage stamps and postal history of Germany]]

==External links== *[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/philatelic/philateliccollections/articles/articlesmodel/articlesmodel.html British Library article on the Model Collection.]

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{British Library Named Collections}}

[[Category:British Library Philatelic Collections]] [[Category:Philately of Germany]]

{{British-Library-stub}} {{philately-stub}}