# Model Collection

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{{Short description|Stamp collection}}
right|thumb|A 1945 stamp of Germany (not from the Model Collection).
The '''Model Collection''' is a collection of 1945–1946 [local provisional stamps](/source/local_stamp) of Germany issued following the allied occupation, unused and on covers that forms part of the [British Library Philatelic Collections](/source/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](/source/Foreign_Office_Collection)
*[Postage stamps and postal history of Germany](/source/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==
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{{British Library Named Collections}}

Category:British Library Philatelic Collections
Category:Philately of Germany

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