1 Mark Rostocker Frühjahrs Woche

Egon Tschirch was a Rostock-born painter and graphic artist who became closely associated with the city's notgeld program in the early 1920s, producing designs that local authorities considered culturally representative rather than merely functional. The Frühjahrs Woche — Spring Week — issues were tied to an annual trade and cultural fair, meaning these notes were conceived partly as collectibles from the outset, a common enough strategy among German municipalities in 1922 looking to offset printing costs through philatelic demand.

Carl Boldt's Hofbuchdruckerei was the dominant commercial press in Rostock at the time, handling much of the city's official print work alongside the notgeld commissions.