In 1944, the German Reich issued 42 stamps, which were cataloged in the Michel catalogue under numbers 864–906 (852–M896 in the Stanley Gibbons catalogue). The aforementioned German Third Reich stamp catalogue values the complete 1944 issue collection at €40. The chronology of the 1944 releases according to the Michel catalogue is as follows:

 

  • January 25, 1944: One stamp, 12 + 38 pfennig, commemorating the 100th birthday of Robert Koch (100. Geburtstag von Robert Koch). Robert Koch (Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch) was a German scientist and microbiologist, awarded the Nobel Prize in 1905 for his research in physiology and medicine. Michel #864.
  • January 29, 1944: One stamp, 54 + 96 pfennig, commemorating the 11th anniversary of Adolf Hitler’s rise to power (11. Jahrestag der Machtergreifung Hitlers). Michel #865.
  • February 25, 1944: A series of 3 stamps (6 + 4, 12 + 8, 42 + 108 pfennig) celebrating the 25th anniversary of German airmail (25 Jahre Deutscher Luftpostdienst). Michel #866–868.
  • March 2, 1944: A series of 4 stamps honoring the 10th anniversary of the Mother and Child welfare organization (10 Jahre Hilfswerk „Mutter und Kind“). Denominations: 3 + 2, 6 + 4, 12 + 8, 12 + 8 pfennig. Michel #869–872.
  • March 11, 1944: Series of 13 stamps for Heroes’ Memorial Day (Heldengedenktag), depicting Wehrmacht troops. Michel #873–885.
  • March 11, 1944: Another stamp, 12 + 38 pfennig, for the 1200th anniversary of the city of Fulda (1200 Jahre Stadt Fulda), featuring a statue of Flora in Fulda Castle garden. Michel #886.
  • April 14, 1944: Adolf Hitler’s 55th birthday (55. Geburtstag von Adolf Hitler), denomination 54 + 96 pfennig. Michel #887.
  • May 1944: Series of 6 stamps celebrating postal comradeship (Kameradschaftsblock der Deutschen Reichspost). Denominations: 6 + 9, 8 + 12, 12 + 18, 16 + 24, 20 + 30, 24 + 36 pfennig. Michel #888–893.
  • June 1944: Two stamps (6 + 4, 12 + 8 pfennig) depicting workers: “Girl with Rake” and “Boy with Shovel” (Ausstellung des Arbeitsdienstes). Michel #894–895.
  • July 2, 1944: One stamp, 6 + 4 pfennig, commemorating the 400th anniversary of Albertus University in Königsberg (400 Jahre Albertus-Universität in Königsberg), featuring Duke Albert. Michel #896.
  • July 2, 1944: Series of 2 stamps, Tiroler marksmen (Tiroler Landesschießen), 6 + 4 and 12 + 8 pfennig. Michel #897–898.
  • July 23, 1944: Stamp 42 + 108 pfennig, Munich horse race (Rennen um „Das Braune Band“ in München-Riem). Michel #899.
  • August 1944: Two stamps depicting horse heads, Vienna Grand Prize races (Rennen um den Großen Preis von Wien 1944 in Freudenau). Denominations: 6 + 4, 12 + 88 pfennig. Michel #900–901.
  • September 11, 1944: Two stamps (6 + 4, 12 + 88 pfennig) for the German Society of Goldsmiths (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst). Michel #902–903.
  • October 2, 1944: One stamp, 6 + 24 pfennig, “Day of the Stamp” (Tag der Briefmarke), featuring an envelope and posthorn. Michel #904.
  • November 9, 1944: Commemorating the 21st anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch (21. Jahrestag des Hitlerputsches), 12 + 8 pfennig. Michel #906. The stamp depicts an eagle fighting a snake. The Beer Hall Putsch (Hitler-Ludendorff-Putsch) was Hitler’s failed attempt to seize power on November 9, 1923, in Munich. All leaders, including Hitler, were arrested and sentenced to prison; Göring and Hess escaped to Austria.