Famous people

From 1967 to 1972, the GDR's Deutsche Post issued a series of postage stamps under the name Famous Personalities , which were printed using the elaborate intaglio printing process . The individual issues each contained a value in a significantly reduced edition (so-called blocking value ). Personalities from German-speaking countries whose birth or death anniversaries were honored were shown. As its successor, the series of stamps Important Personalities was launched in 1973 and continued until the end of the GDR in 1990 .

The Lipsia catalog of the GDR does not subdivide and connects both series as important personalities . Here the description of the Michel catalog was chosen.

List of issues and motives

Legend

• Image: An edited image of the brand mentioned. The ratio of the size of the stamps to each other is shown approximately to scale in this article.
• Description: A brief description of the motif and / or the reason for the issue. In the case of issued series or blocks , the descriptions that belong together are indented with a marker.
• Value: The face value of the individual stamp in pfennigs . A "+" means that it is an additional stamp (= postage value + donation).
• Issue Date: The date this stamp was first sold.
• Edition: As far as known, the number of this edition offered for sale is given here.
• Design: As far as is known, it is stated here who designed this brand.
• Mi.-No .: This stamp is listed in the Michel catalog under the corresponding number.

image	description	value	Issue date	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	Famous People (I) Georg Herwegh (1817–1875), poet	5	September 27, 1967	6,000,000	Margot Bitzer	1293
	Marie Curie (1867–1934), chemist	10	July 6, 1967	8,000,000	Margot Bitzer	1294
	Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), graphic artist and painter	20th	July 6, 1967	8,000,000	Margot Bitzer	1295
	Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768), archaeologist and historian	25th	September 27, 1967	5,000,000	Margot Bitzer	1296
	Theodor Storm (1817–1888), poet and writer	40	September 27, 1967	1,500,000	Margot Bitzer	1297
	Famous People (II) Karl Landsteiner (1868–1943), bacteriologist	10	17th July 1968	8,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1386
	Emanuel Lasker (1868–1941), writer and philosopher , world chess champion	15th	17th July 1968	5,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1387
	Hanns Eisler (1898–1962), composer	20th	17th July 1968	8,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1388
	Ignaz Semmelweis (1818–1865), doctor and obstetrician	25th	17th July 1968	4,500,000	Gerhard Stauf	1389
	Max von Pettenkofer (1818–1901), hygienist	40	17th July 1968	1,600,000	Gerhard Stauf	1390
	Famous People (III) Martin Andersen Nexø (1869–1954), writer	10	5th February 1969	12,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1440
	Otto Nagel (1894–1967), painter and graphic artist	20th	5th February 1969	12,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1441
	Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt (1769–1859), natural scientist and geographer	25th	5th February 1969	1,700,000	Gerhard Stauf	1442
	Theodor Fontane (1819–1898), poet and writer	40	5th February 1969	4,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1443
	Famous People (IV) Ernst Barlach (1870–1938), sculptor , graphic artist, poet	5	20th January 1970	5,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1534
	Johannes Gutenberg (around 1397–1468), inventor of the printing press	10	20th January 1970	12,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1535
	Kurt Tucholsky (1890–1935), writer	15th	20th January 1970	4,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1536
	Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), composer	20th	20th January 1970	12,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1537
	Friedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843), poet	25th	20th January 1970	1,700,000	Gerhard Stauf	1538
	Georg Hegel (1770–1831), philosopher	40	20th January 1970	4,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1539
	Famous People (V) Johannes Robert Becher (1891–1958), writer and poet	5	February 23, 1971	7,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1644
	Heinrich Mann (1871–1950), writer	10	February 23, 1971	10,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1645
	John Heartfield (1891–1968), graphic artist and picture writer	15th	February 23, 1971	5,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1646
	Willi Bredel (1901–1964), writer	20th	February 23, 1971	8,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1647
	Franz Mehring (1846–1919), politician and writer	25th	February 23, 1971	1,800,000	Gerhard Stauf	1648
	Johannes Kepler (1571–1630), astronomer and natural scientist	50	February 23, 1971	3,500,000	Gerhard Stauf	1649
	Famous People (VI) Rudolf Virchow (1821–1902), pathologist , medical historian , politician	40	October 13, 1971	5,500,000	Gerhard Stauf	1707
	Famous People (VII) Johannes Tralow (1882–1968), writer and director	10	January 25, 1972	8,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1731
	Leonhard Frank (1882–1961), writer	20th	January 25, 1972	6,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1732
	Korla Awgust Kocor (1822–1904), composer	25th	January 25, 1972	4,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1733
	Heinrich Schliemann (1822–1890), businessman and archaeologist	35	January 25, 1972	5,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1734
	Friederike Caroline Neuber (1697–1760), actress and theater director	50	January 25, 1972	1,900,000	Gerhard Stauf	1735

literature

• Michel catalog Germany 1999/2000. Schwaneberger Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-87858-028-2 .
• LIPSIA color catalog GDR 1983, transpress VEB publishing house for traffic, VLN 162-925 / 197/83, SV 9197
• GDR universal catalog; Edited by Peter Fischer, Frithjof Skupin and Wolfgang Gudenschwager; Publisher: Transpress, Verlag für Verkehrwesen ISBN 3-344-00001-2

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