Postage stamps from 1973 issued by the GDR Deutsche Post

Stamp pads 1973
World Festival of Youth and Students Michel block number 38	20 years combat groups Michel block number 39

The postage stamp year 1973 of the German Post Office of the German Democratic Republic comprised 70 individual special stamps , two stamp blocks with one special stamp each and a miniature sheet with a total of six special stamps. Fourteen definitive stamps were issued this year. A total of 92 motifs appeared. Three long-term stamp series began in this year:

• Important personalities (1973–1989). A total of 56 different editions appeared.
• Personalities of the German labor movement (1973–1990). There were also 56 different editions from this series.
• The new definitive stamp series structure in the GDR , the previous editions State Council chairman Walter Ulbricht replaced

All postage stamp issues since 1964 as well as the 2- mark values ​​of the definitive series President Wilhelm Pieck and the definitive series of State Council Chairman Walter Ulbricht , published since 1961, originally had unlimited postage validity . With the reunification after October 2, 1990, all brands lost their validity.

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 (1973)	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
Special stamps
	Important personalities (I) Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), painter	5	Jan. 23	1,900,000	Gerhard Stauf	1815
	Friedrich Wolf (1888–1953), playwright and film author	10	Jan. 23	6,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1816
	Max Reger (1873–1916), composer	20th	Jan. 23	6,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1817
	Max Reinhardt (1873–1943), theater manager	25th	Jan. 23	5,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1818
	Johannes Dieckmann (1893–1969), politician	35	Jan. 23	5,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1819
	Museum of Natural History , Berlin: Paleontological Collections Oldest conifers ( Lebachia speciosa )	10	0Feb 6	10,200,000	Gerhard Voigt	1822
	Carboniferous ferns ( Sphenopteris hollandica )	15th	0Feb 6	4,500,000	Gerhard Voigt	1823
	Pterosaur ( Pterodactylus kochi )	20th	0Feb 6	8,100,000	Gerhard Voigt	1824
	Permian Fern ( Botryopteris )	25th	0Feb 6	5,100,000	Gerhard Voigt	1825
	Primeval bird ( Archeopteryx lithographica )	35	0Feb 6	5,100,000	Gerhard Voigt	1826
	Trilobite ( Odontopleura ovata )	70	0Feb 6	1,900,000	Gerhard Voigt	1827
	500th birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer ; Title page and page from his work De revolutionibus	70	Feb 13	3,500,000	Gerhard Stauf	1828
	World Festival of Youth and Students , Berlin (I) Flag block , world clock on Alexanderplatz , Berlin	10 + 5	Feb 13	10,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1829
	Youth , dove of peace	25 + 5	Feb 13	10,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1830
	Luge World Championships , Oberhof Luge track , Oberhof	35	Feb 13	6,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	1831
	Leipzig Spring Fair Exact forage harvester "E 280" in complex field use	10	06th Mar	8,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	1832
	Lathe "DFS 400 NC" for chuck and tip parts with numerical control	25th	06th Mar	5,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	1833
	Protected songbirds Summer golden chicken ( Regulus ignicapillus )	5	20 Mar	10,000,000	Gerhard Voigt	1834
	Crossbill ( Loxia leucoptera )	10	20 Mar	15,000,000	Gerhard Voigt	1835
	Waxwing ( Bombycilla garrulus )	15th	20 Mar	5,000,000	Gerhard Voigt	1836
	White star and red star bluethroat	20th	20 Mar	12,000,000	Gerhard Voigt	1837
	Goldfinch ( Carduelis carduelis )	25th	20 Mar	6,000,000	Gerhard Voigt	1838
	Golden Oriole ( Oriolus oriolus )	35	20 Mar	6,000,000	Gerhard Voigt	1839
	Gray wagtail ( Motacilla cinerea )	40	20 Mar	4,000,000	Gerhard Voigt	1840
	Wallcreeper ( Tichodroma muraria )	50	20 Mar	2,000,000	Gerhard Voigt	1841
	United rail vehicle construction Class 211 electric locomotive	5	May 22	5,100,000	Detlef Glinski	1844
	Machine refrigerator car MK 4, 21m	10	May 22	7,200,000	Detlef Glinski	1845
	Long distance passenger car type 47 D / k	20th	May 22	6,000,000	Detlef Glinski	1846
	Special freight wagons	25th	May 22	6,000,000	Detlef Glinski	1847
	Double-decker standard seating car	35	May 22	5,100,000	Detlef Glinski	1848
	Passenger car type Y / B70	85	May 22	1,900,000	Detlef Glinski	1849
	Important theater productions " King Lear ", tragedy by William Shakespeare , staged by Wolfgang Langhoff at the Deutsches Theater Berlin	10	May 29th	8,100,000	Lothar Grünewald	1850
	“ A Midsummer Night's Dream ”, opera by Benjamin Britten based on William Shakespeare , staged by Walter Felsenstein at the Komische Oper in Berlin	25th	May 29th	6,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	1851
	“ Mother Courage ”, play by Bertolt Brecht ; Production by Bertolt Brecht and Erich Engel at the Berliner Ensemble	35	May 29th	1,900,000	Lothar Grünewald	1852
	Personalities of the German labor movement (I) Hermann Matern (1893–1971), party and state functionary	40	0Jan. 8	5,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1855
	Historical memorials in Weimar Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , poet ; Goethe House	10	June 26th	15,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1856
	Christoph Martin Wieland , poet; Wielandhaus (Oßmannstedt)	15th	June 26th	5,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1857
	Friedrich Schiller , poet; Schiller House	20th	June 26th	13,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1858
	Johann Gottfried Herder , writer , philosopher and theologian ; Herderhaus	25th	June 26th	6,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1859
	Lucas Cranach the Elder , painter and draftsman ; Cranachhaus	35	June 26th	5,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1860
	Franz Liszt , composer ; Liszthaus	50	June 26th	1,900,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1861
	World Festival of Youth and Students , Berlin (II) Fireworks , TV and VHF tower , world clock , Berlin	5	03rd of July	7,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1862
	Asians and Europeans , book , lattice mast	15th	03rd of July	5,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1863
	Construction workers , oil pipeline , insulators	20th	03rd of July	7,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1864
	Africans and Europeans, glass flasks , dam	30th	03rd of July	3,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1865
	Emblem of the World Federation of Democratic Youth and the World Student Union	35	03rd of July	5,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1866
	World Festival of Youth and Students , Berlin (III) This stamp was issued as a stamp block: Brandenburg Gate , Berlin and emblem of the games	50	July 26th	3,500,000	Hans Detlefsen	1867
	Death of Walter Ulbricht Same motif in black as the definitive series "State Council Chairman Walter Ulbricht" Walter Ulbricht, first chairman of the GDR State Council	20th	0Aug 8	5,000,000	Karl Wolf	1870
	10 years of United Energy Systems "Peace" Energy network of the socialist countries, high voltage pylon	35	14 Aug	4,500,000	Hans Detlefsen	1871
	Leipzig Autumn Fair EXPOVITA , exhibition of equipment for recreational use	10	28 Aug	7,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1872
	EXPOVITA, exhibition of equipment for recreational use	25th	28 Aug	5,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1873
	20 years of combat groups Members of the battle groups and badges	10	Sep 11	6,000,000	Joachim Riess	1874
	Members of the combat groups, Brandenburg Gate , Berlin	20th	Sep 11	6,000,000	Joachim Riess	1875
	This stamp was issued as a stamp block: Member of the Red Front Fighter League , the International Brigades in Spain and the combat groups	50	Sep 11	2,200,000	Joachim Riess	1876
	15 years of the magazine " Problems of Peace and Socialism " Stylized earth globe, red flag	20th	Sep 11	6,000,000	Joachim Riess	1877
	International memorials and memorials Memorial in the Langenstein-Zwieberge memorial	25th	Sep 18	4,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	1878
	Admission to the United Nations UN Building , New York ; UN emblem ; State coat of arms of the GDR	35	19 Sep	8,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1883
	3rd stamp exhibition of young philatelists of the GDR , Halle "Young couple"; Painting by Günter Glombitza	20 + 5	04th Oct	4,500,000	Manfred Gottschall	1884
	World Trade Union Congress , Varna World Trade Union Confederation (WGB) emblem	35	Oct 11	4,500,000	Hans Detlefsen	1885
	Invincible Vietnam (VII) Child face, symbols of construction	10 + 5	Oct 11	5,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1886
	Days of Soviet Science and Technology in the GDR Rocket launch	10	23 Oct	8,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1887
	Map of the USSR , hammer and sickle	20th	23 Oct	6,000,000	Gerhard Pröbrock	1888
	Ryazan petroleum distillation plant	25th	23 Oct	1,900,000	Manfred Gottschall	1889
	Solidarity with the Chilean people Luis Corvalan , Chilean labor leader	10 + 5	0Nov 5	5,000,000	Joachim Riess	1890
	Salvador Allende , President of Chile	25 + 5	0Nov 5	5,000,000	Joachim Riess	1891
	Dresden State Art Collections , Old Masters Gallery : Paintings Child with doll ; by Christian Leberecht Vogel	10	Nov 13	13,000,000	Horst Naumann	1892
	Madonna with the Rose ; from Parmigianino	15th	Nov 13	4,500,000	Horst Naumann	1893
	Woman with braided blond hair ; by Peter Paul Rubens	20th	Nov 13	8,000,000	Horst Naumann	1894
	Lady in white ; by Titian	25th	Nov 13	5,000,000	Horst Naumann	1895
	Archimedes ; by Domenico Fetti	35	Nov 13	4,500,000	Horst Naumann	1896
	A bouquet of blue irises ; by Jan Davidsz. de Heem	70	Nov 13	1,900,000	Horst Naumann	1897
	25th anniversary of the UN declaration of human rights emblem	35	Nov 20	5,100,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1898
	Fairy tale (VIIII): At the behest of the pike These and the following five stamps were issued together as miniature sheets : Russian folk winter fairy tale, revised by Alexei Tolstoy Scene from the fairy tale	5	0Dec 4	2,000,000	Gerhard Bläser	1901
	Scene from the fairy tale	10	0Dec 4	2,000,000	Gerhard Bläser	1902
	Scene from the fairy tale	15th	0Dec 4	2,000,000	Gerhard Bläser	1903
	Scene from the fairy tale	20th	0Dec 4	2,000,000	Gerhard Bläser	1904
	Scene from the fairy tale	25th	0Dec 4	2,000,000	Gerhard Bläser	1905
	Scene from the fairy tale	35	0Dec 4	2,000,000	Gerhard Bläser	1906
Definitive stamps
	Structure in the GDR , large format (I) Lenin Monument , high-rise residential building, Berlin	20th	Jan. 23	unknown	Manfred Gottschall	1820
	Karl-Marx-Monument in front of new buildings, Karl-Marx-Stadt	35	Jan. 23	unknown	Manfred Gottschall	1821
	Construction in the GDR , large format (II) Pelikan , Alfred Brehm House , Berlin Zoo	5	Apr 10	unknown	Manfred Gottschall	1842
	Neptune Fountain and high-rise apartment building, Rathausstrasse , Berlin	10	Apr 10	unknown	Manfred Gottschall	1843
	Structure in the GDR , large format (III) New buildings on Fischerinsel , Berlin	15th	June 13th	unknown	Manfred Gottschall	1853
	Alexanderplatz , Berlin	25th	June 13th	unknown	Manfred Gottschall	1854
	Structure in the GDR , small format (I) Neptune Fountain and high-rise apartment building, Rathausstrasse , Berlin	10	July 26th	unknown	Manfred Gottschall	1868
	Lenin Monument , high-rise residential building, Berlin	20th	July 26th	unknown	Manfred Gottschall	1869
	Construction in the GDR , large format (IV) Brandenburg Gate , Berlin	40	Sep 18	unknown	Manfred Gottschall	1879
	Neue Wache , Berlin	50	Sep 18	unknown	Manfred Gottschall	1880
	Old town hall and high-rise apartment building, Wintergartenstrasse , Leipzig	70	Sep 18	unknown	Manfred Gottschall	1881
	Soviet memorial , Berlin-Treptow	1 M.	Sep 18	unknown	Manfred Gottschall	1882
	Structure in the GDR , large format (V) Memorial on Ernst-Thälmann-Platz , new buildings, Halle (Saale)	30th	Nov 20	unknown	Manfred Gottschall	1899
	National coat of arms	2 M.	Nov 20	unknown	Manfred Gottschall	1900

Miniature sheet

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  Fairy tale (VIIII): At the behest of the pike

Remarks

1. ↑ see also file: Bundesarchiv Bild 183-85458-0001, Berlin, building the wall, at the Brandenburger Tor.jpg

See also

• Stamp pads of the German Post of the GDR
• Postage stamps from 1973 of the German Federal Post Office
• Postage stamps from 1973 of the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin

literature

• Michel catalog Germany 1999/2000 , Schwaneberger Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-87858-028-2
• LIPSIA color catalog GDR 1983, transpress VEB publishing house for traffic, VLN 162-925 / 197/83, SV 9197

Web links

Commons : Postage stamps of the Federal Republic, Berlin and the GDR from 1973  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps from other countries 1973  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files