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Various postal companies issued stamps on the occasion of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. First and foremost, of course, the host country Germany with brands of Deutsche Post AG.

Postage stamps from Germany
A total of 14 special stamps appeared between March 2003 and January 2006 in the series For the Sport. Every year, Deutsche Post also publishes a numis sheet linking both collectibles (postage stamps and coins). The special stamps were not only intended to draw attention to the 2006 Football World Cup in collectors’ circles or to serve as souvenirs for guests, the multiple proceeds from the sale of the award-winning stamps were used primarily to support tasks of the German Sports Aid Foundation in all areas of sport.

2006 World Cup stamps

On Wednesday, 8. In February 2006, Chancellor Angela Merkel and Federal Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück presented the new World Cup stamps at the Federal Chancellery. The postage stamps ran under the sports brand series “Für den Sport 2006”, which also included a brand to the World Equestrian Games in August 2006 in Aachen.
On all five stamps, there were surcharges of 20 to 55 cents, which were traditionally intended to benefit the German Sports Aid for the promotion of young talent in top sport. Over the past 40 years, more than €117 million has flowed from the proceeds to athletes.

The proceeds of the sterling silver 10 euro football coin went to the art and culture programme of the World Cup. This was initiated by the Federal Government. It has now been implemented by the DFB-Kulturstiftung.

The Chancellor handed over the stamps to the President of the Organising Committee, Franz Beckenbauer. The motifs of the five stamps show in detail the following motifs: stadium atmosphere with a sea of Germany flags, the FIFA World Cup Stadium Munich, where the opening match took place (9 June 2006), the Olympic Stadium Berlin, where the final was held (9 July 2006) and the official World Cup poster.

On 4 May 2006, the four successful stamps mentioned above were again issued as a postage stamp block. Since this was only a kind of “new compilation” of the brands, there was no special first day stamp. Also, according to the regulations of Deutsche Post AG, this block could not be devalued with the first day stamp of February, since its date was months before the issue. In order to be able to provide a "first day stamp", a special stamp in rectangular form was only kept in the stamp office in Bonn.

2005 World Cup stamps

On 11 February 2005, then Federal Interior Minister Otto Schily (SPD) presented the award-winning stamp series “For Sport 2005” and the third 10-euro silver coin World Championship 2006. The first copies went to the Managing DFB President Dr. Theo Zwanziger, Deutsche Sporthilfe-