included 5 square stamps with denominations from ½ to 4 schillings. All used the same design - a combined coat of arms of the Free Cities of Lübeck and Hamburg (the two city states which were the sovereign lords over the Bi-Urban Condominium) - but the higher values were larger stamps. All values were printed in black on different coloured papers, except for the 3s stamp, which was printed in blue on pink paper. With Lübeck's sale of its share in the condominium to Hamburg in 1867 the territory was integrated into the adjacent city state of Hamburg as the Rural Seigniory of Bergedorf and the separate Bi-Urban Mail became part of Hamburg's postal service without any more separate stamps. Hamburg, including its Rural Seigniory of Bergedorf began using stamps of the North German Confederation in 1868. Since the Bi-Urban Condominium had such a small population, relatively few of these stamps were made, and even fewer used; the price of unused stamps is from US$30–$50, while genuinely used stamps go for US$300–$2,000. Reprints, forgeries, and especially faked cancellations are quite common. Notable structures Church "St. Petri and Pauli" Fernmeldeturm Hamburg-Bergedorf Transmitter Hamburg-Billstedt Hamburger Sternwarte also called Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory Schloss Bergedorf Notable people Ida Boy-Ed (1852–1928), writer Johann Adolph Hasse, (1699–1783), composer Alfred Lichtwark (1852–1914), director of the Hamburger Kunsthalle Ferdinand Pfohl (1862–1949), music critic, music writer and composer Jack Pferdeschwanz (1996), entertainer, curling player See also Hamburg-Bergedorf station References General sources Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, official website (in German) Bibliography Harald Richert: Bergedorf - eine selbständige Stadt. In: Lichtwark Nr. 54. Hrsg. Lichtwark-Ausschuß, Bergedorf, 1991. Jetzt: Verlag HB-Werbung, Hamburg-Bergedorf. . External links Bergedorf homepage (in German) Bergedorf Round Table of the Koerber Foundation privat Bergedorf Citypage (in German) Boroughs of Hamburg