Postage stamps issued in 1977 by the GDR Deutsche Post

Stamp pads 1977 (pads shown reduced by 33% compared to the individual stamps )
30 years of the Society for German-Soviet Friendship Michel, block number 47	International stamp exhibition of socialist countries SOZPHILEX 1977, Berlin Michel block number 48
100th birthday of Felix Edmundowitsch Dzerzhinsky Michel block number 49	60th anniversary of the October Revolution in Russia Michel block number 50
200th birthday of Heinrich von Kleist Michel block number 51

The stamp year 1977 of the Deutsche Post of the German Democratic Republic comprised 71 individual special stamps , five stamp blocks with a total of six special stamps and three miniature sheets with a total of eight special stamps. Five stamps were printed together; there was a pair with an interior decorative field. Some motifs were available both as single stamps and as miniature sheets. Definitive stamps were not issued in this year. A total of 88 motifs appeared.

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.

Special stamps
image	description	value	Issue date (1977)	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	Important personalities (IV) Arnold Zweig (1887–1968), writer , quote in the background	10	February 8	15,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	2199
	Otto von Guericke (1602–1686), statesman and physicist , Magdeburg hemispheres in the background	20th	February 8	8,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	2200
	Albrecht Daniel Thaer (1752–1828), doctor and farmer , agricultural symbols in the background	35	February 8	4,500,000	Gerhard Stauf	2201
	Gustav Hertz (1887–1975), physicist and Nobel Prize winner , in the background part of a diagram of a system for separating isotopes by diffusion	40	February 8	2,100,000	Gerhard Stauf	2202
	Natural monuments The spring ; Karst spring near Plauen	10	February 24th	15,000,000	Joachim Riess	2203
	Small organ ; Sandstone pillars near Jonsdorf	20th	February 24th	8,000,000	Joachim Riess	2204
	Thousand-year-old Ivenack oaks near Stavenhagen	25th	February 24th	5,000,000	Joachim Riess	2205
	Stone rose ; near Saalburg	35	February 24th	4,500,000	Joachim Riess	2206
	Rough shear stone ; Boulder near Fürstenwalde	50	February 24th	2,100,000	Joachim Riess	2207
	Leipzig Spring Fair Messehaus am Markt , Leipzig , Book Fair	10	8th of March	8,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	2208
	Annex to the casting and rolling of aluminum broadband in VEB light metal Nachterstedt	25th	8th of March	4,500,000	Jochen Bertholdt	2209
	Historical Sorbian costumes Senftenberg	10	March 22	15,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	2210
	Bautzen	20th	March 22	8,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	2211
	Klitten	25th	March 22	5,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	2212
	Nochten	35	March 22	4,500,000	Hans Detlefsen	2213
	Muskau	70	March 22	2,100,000	Hans Detlefsen	2214
	Important personalities (V) Carl Friedrich Gauß (1777–1855), mathematician , astronomer and physicist , in the background a seventeenth corner with a compass and an isosceles triangle	20th	April 19th	8,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	2215
	International Long Distance Cycling for Peace Warsaw - Berlin - Prague The following three stamps were issued as a composite: Wheel change	10	April 19th	3,000,000	Berthold Lindner and Robert Diedrichs	2216
	spurt	20th	April 19th	3,000,000	Berthold Lindner and Robert Diedrichs	2217
	Finish	35	April 19th	3,000,000	Berthold Lindner and Robert Diedrichs	2218
	Congress of the Free German Trade Union Federation (FDGB), Berlin Flags, symbolic handshake	20th	May 3rd	8,100,000	Lothar Grünewald	2219
	25 years of the Society for Sport and Technology (GST) shoot	10	17th of May	8,000,000	Ekkehard Haller	2220
	Diving	20th	17th of May	8,000,000	Ekkehard Haller	2221
	Modelling	35	17th of May	2,100,000	Ekkehard Haller	2222
	World Telecommunication Day Channel transfer cabinet VKM with mechanical filters; Emblem of the International Telecommunications Association (UIT)	20th	17th of May	8,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	2223
	Old musical instruments from the Vogtland Accordion (around 1900)	10	14th June	8,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	2224
	Treble viol (1747)	20th	14th June	8,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	2225
	Oboe (1785), clarinet (1830), transverse flute (1817)	25th	14th June	5,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	2226
	Concert zither (1891)	35	14th June	4,500,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	2227
	Trumpet (1860)	70	14th June	2,100,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	2228
	400th birthday of Peter Paul Rubens Bathsheba at the fountain	10	June 28th	8,000,000	Horst Naumann	2229
	Mercury and Argus	15th	June 28th	5,000,000	Horst Naumann	2230
	The drunken Hercules	20th	June 28th	8,000,000	Horst Naumann	2231
	Diana's return from the hunt	25th	June 28th	4,500,000	Horst Naumann	2232
	The old woman with the brazier	35	June 28th	4,500,000	Horst Naumann	2233
	Leda with the swan	50	June 28th	2,100,000	Horst Naumann	2234
	30 years of the Society for German-Soviet Friendship This stamp was issued as a stamp block: Golden badge of honor from DSF	50	June 28th	2,100,000	Müller	2235
	Modern technology in agriculture Tractor T-150K with plow 6 PHX-35	10	July 12	8,100,000	Detlef Glinski	2236
	Fertilizer spreader DO 32 / N on truck IFA W50	20th	July 12	8,100,000	Detlef Glinski	2237
	Potato toboggan loader E 684	25th	July 12	5,100,000	Detlef Glinski	2238
	High pressure collecting press K 453	35	July 12	4,500,000	Detlef Glinski	2239
	Rotary milking parlor M 693-40	50	July 12	2,100,000	Detlef Glinski	2240
	VI. Gymnastics and sports festival ; VI. Children's and Youth Partakiade , Leipzig high jump	5	July 19	5,000,000	Ralf-Jürgen Lehmann	2241
	Mile run	10 + 5	July 19	4,000,000	Ralf-Jürgen Lehmann	2242
	Hurdles	20th	July 19	8,000,000	Ralf-Jürgen Lehmann	2243
	Rhythmic sports gymnastics	25 + 5	July 19	4,000,000	Ralf-Jürgen Lehmann	2244
	dance	35	July 19	4,500,000	Ralf-Jürgen Lehmann	2245
	Torchbearers, red flags	40	July 19	2,100,000	Ralf-Jürgen Lehmann	2246
	International stamp exhibition of socialist countries SOZPHILEX 1977, Berlin (II) This stamp was also issued as a miniature sheet : Bread for all (detail), painting by Wolfram Schubert	10	August 16	16,400,000	Horst Naumann	2247
	This stamp was also issued as a miniature sheet: ... when communists dream (detail), painting by Walter Womacka	25th	August 16	12,000,000	Horst Naumann	2248
	This stamp was issued as a stamp block: World Youth Song , painting by Lothar Zitzmann	50 + 20	August 16	2,100,000	Horst Naumann	2249
	Leipzig Autumn Fair Consumer department store and pedestrian bridge, Leipzig	10	August 30th	8,000,000	Paul Reissmüller	2250
	Arts and crafts made of glass and wood ; Exhibits from the " expertic " series	25th	August 30th	4,500,000	Paul Reissmüller	2251
	100th birthday of Felix Edmundowitsch Dzerzhinsky This and the following stamp were issued as a stamp pad: F. Dzerzhinsky, Young Pioneers	20th	September 6th	2,800,000	Gerhard Stauf	2252
	F. Dzerzhinsky, Soviet politician	35	September 6th	2,800,000	Gerhard Stauf	2253
	Transport Museum Dresden Oldest original steam locomotive in the GDR " Muldenthal " (1861)	5	13.september	4,500,000	Hans Detlefsen	2254
	Oldest electric tram car from Dresden (1896)	10	13.september	15,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	2255
	First airworthy German powered aircraft by Hans Grade (1909)	20th	13.september	8,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	2256
	Phenomobile three-wheeler	25th	13.september	5,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	2257
	First passenger steamship on the Upper Elbe " Queen Maria " (1837)	35	13.september	2,100,000	Hans Detlefsen	2258
	60th anniversary of the October Revolution in Russia Cruiser Aurora	10	September 20th	8,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	2259
	Storm on the Winter Palace	25th	September 20th	4,500,000	Manfred Gottschall	2260
	This stamp was issued as a stamp block: Lenin , Russian revolutionary statesman	1 M.	September 20th	2,200,000	Manfred Gottschall	2261
	International memorials and memorials : Soviet Memorial Berlin-Schönholz Soviet Memorial (Schönholzer Heide)	35	September 20th	3,500,000	Joachim Riess	2262
	International solidarity Fist with a bowl of flames	10 + 5	October 18	3,500,000	Burst	2263
	Personalities of the German labor movement (VI) Ernst Meyer (1887–1930), KPD chairman	10	October 18	12,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	2264
	August Frölich (1877–1966), Chief Minister of State of Thuringia	10	October 18	12,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	2265
	Gerhart Eisler (1897–1968)	10	October 18	12,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	2266
	200th birthday of Heinrich von Kleist This stamp was issued as a stamp block: H. von Kleist, poet	1 M.	October 18	2,100,000	Paul Rosié	2267
	Central Mass of the Masters of Tomorrow (MMM) This and the following stamp were issued as a composite print with a decorative field in between: Rocket with MMM tail ascending to the right	10	November 8th	3,000,000	Contactor	2268
	Rocket with MMM tail ascending to the left	20th	November 8th	3,000,000	Contactor	2269
	Hunting Mouflon ( Ovis musimon )	10	15th of November	15,000,000	Horst Naumann	2270
	Red deer ( Cervus elaphus )	15th	15th of November	2,100,000	Horst Naumann	2271
	Pheasant hunting	20th	15th of November	8,000,000	Horst Naumann	2272
	Mallard duck flying up from the nest , red fox	25th	15th of November	4,500,000	Horst Naumann	2273
	Tractor driver saves fawn	35	15th of November	4,500,000	Horst Naumann	2274
	Wild boar ( Sus scrofa )	70	15th of November	4,500,000	Horst Naumann	2275
	fire Department Competition with scaling ladders	10	22nd of November	15,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	2276
	Children's group visits the fire department	20th	22nd of November	8,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	2277
	Fire watchtower , fire truck , tank tender	25th	22nd of November	5,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	2278
	First aid : artificial respiration	35	22nd of November	4,500,000	Jochen Bertholdt	2279
	Fireboat in action	50	22nd of November	2,100,000	Jochen Bertholdt	2280
	Fairy tale (XII): Sixes come all over the world These and the following five stamps were issued together as miniature sheets : Scene from the fairy tale	5	22nd of November	2,100,000	Paul Rosié	2281
	Scene from the fairy tale	10	22nd of November	2,100,000	Paul Rosié	2282
	Scene from the fairy tale	20th	22nd of November	2,100,000	Paul Rosié	2283
	Scene from the fairy tale	25th	22nd of November	2,100,000	Paul Rosié	2284
	Scene from the fairy tale	35	22nd of November	2,100,000	Paul Rosié	2285
	Scene from the fairy tale	60	22nd of November	2,100,000	Paul Rosié	2286
Definitive stamps
image	description	value	Issue date (1977)	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
Definitive stamps were not issued in this year

Miniature sheets and compound prints

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  International Long Distance Cycling for Peace Warsaw - Berlin - Prague

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  International Stamp Exhibition socialist countries SOZPHILEX 1977, Berlin :
  Bread for All (detail), paintings by Wolfram Schubert

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  International Stamp Exhibition socialist countries SOZPHILEX 1977, Berlin :
  ... if communists dream (detail), painting by Walter Womacka

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  Central Mass of the Masters of Tomorrow (MMM)

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  Fairy tale (XII): Sixes come all over the world

Notes and individual references

1. ↑ ^{a b} A commemorative coin was issued in 1977 in the GDR on the same occasion
2. ↑ See stamp day (GDR)

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, 1983, DNB 203661915 .

See also

• Postage stamp year 1977 of the Deutsche Bundespost
• Postage stamp year 1977 of the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin

Web links

Commons : Postage stamps of the Federal Republic, Berlin and the GDR from 1977  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps from other countries 1977  - Collection of images, videos and audio files