Sperber

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The steamer Sperber as she was originally built in 1907 is seen on the 50 pf. stamp. Today she looks quite a different vessel, the mast and funnel having gone.
The Sperber was built in Danzig in 1907 and has a length of 29.1 in.; breadth 5.1 in. She is registered to carry 330 persons.
SG B469 Sea Breezes 4/75

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Built in 1907 by the yard of J.W. Klawitter, Danzig for the Dampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft Oberhavel und Tegeler See (Lake Tegel), Berlin
Launched as SPERBER (sparrow-hawk)
Dim. 29.1 x 5.1m.
1 Steam engine 125 hp.
330 passengers.

The company was taken over the same year by Spree-Havel Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft “Stern” including the SPERBER.
July 1934 the “Stern” merged with the Teltower Kreisschiffahrt and a new company was formed, Stern und Kreisschiffahrt der Teltower Kanal AG.
1945 On the end of World War II she was badly damaged.
1949/50 Repaired and modernized with a maireform bow and an upper deck.
1962 Laid up in Mariendorf,
1967 Lengthened and the steam-engine taken out and replaced by a diesel engine at the Teltow yard.
Length 38.6m.
Again in service by the Stern & Kreisschiffahrt.
2010 In service on Lake Wannsee, Berlin, same owner.

The stamp is designed after photo taken around 1955.

Source: Navicula. Steam Ships of Europe by Alistair Deayton, Various web-sites.