On Jan. 11 four values released with two in "Women in German History" series and two in "Sights" series. All the new values are dominated in both pfennigs and euro, so that these stamps will still be adapt to use after 1 January 2002, when the euro will be introduced.

Both "Women in German History" series and "Sights" series have been adhesived on letters since middle 1980s, this time the women dipected are two writers: Marieluise Fleisser and Nelly Sachs, the sights in featuring are Schwerin Castle and The St. Nikolai Cathedral.

Marieluise Fleisser, 1901-1974, writer, born on 23 November 1901 in Ingolstadt, the town played a central role in her life and works. She wrote plays (e.g., "Fegefeuer in Ingolstadt", 1926, "Pioniere in Ingolstadt", 1929), narratives and a novel ("Mehlreisende Frieda Geier", 1932). The power of her language is rooted in her Bavarian background. In the last decade of
her life she took on the unexpected role of literary foster mother of a young generation of authors of political folk plays written in dialect, gained recognition and was awarded literary prizes. She died on 2 February 1974 in Ingolstadt.

Nelly Sachs, 1891-1970, writer, born into a Jewish family on 10 December 1891 in Berlin. Influenced by Selma Lagerlf she began to write, ("Legenden und Erzhlungen", 1921), however after 1933 she was only allowed to publish her literary works in magazines published by the Jewish Cultural Association, Berlin. With the help of Lagerlf she fled to Stockholm in 1940. She studied modern Swedish poetry, which in the end helped her to find her own poetic voice. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1966. Nelly Sachs died on 12 May 1970 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Schwerin Castle, situated on an island in Lake Schwerin, is one of the most important buildings in the federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and in 1979 was classed as a historical monument of international importance. The building was documented as early as the 10th century as a Slavic frontier castle. Well-known architects were responsible for providing it with its present appearance in the mid-19th century. Prior to its renovation large parts of the existing older castle building were demolished; several older buildings which were worth maintaining were integrated into the new structure.Today, Schwerin Castle is the seat of the Federal State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and also houses the Schlosskirche, which is still used for church services, and the Castle Museum.

The St. Nikolai Cathedral, with its baroque spire standing 99.97 metres tall, is situated on the west side of the market place
in Greifswald. The church was built from brick in the North-German Gothic style during the 13th and 14th centuries. The Mayor's Chapel in the cathedral was home, behind oak doors, to the University's charter; the inaugural ceremony took place in the church on 17 October 1456. Since that time it has been customary to give St. Nikolai the title "Dom" (cathedral). Extensive renovations commenced on the outside of the building in 1977, on the inside in 1982. The prayer and professor's bell, which was cast in 1940, again rang out in 1999. Its etchings make it one of the most beautiful bells in the Baltic area.