Buildings and monuments
Buildings and monuments was the last definitive series of the Deutsche Post in the GDR . After the monetary, economic and social union, the stamps appeared on Monday, July 2, 1990 in DM currency and were from this point also valid in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany and in West Berlin until December 31, 1991. Mixed frankings with the stamps of the Deutsche Bundespost and the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin were allowed, those with older GDR postage stamps in GDR marks only until October 2, 1990, when they became invalid.
Printing process
The stamps designed by Hans Detlefsen were printed in rotogravure with a comb perforation of 14 1/4 to 14 in sheets (10 × 10) and Michel number 3346 additionally as a roll stamp (from July 31, 1990). The stamps 3345 and 3346 were also issued in stamp booklets (MH 10).
List of brands
Definitive stamps
image | description | Values in pennies |
Edition | particularities | Mi. -No |
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Albrechtsburg Castle and Cathedral , Meissen | 10 | 170,000,000 | 3344 | |
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Goethe-Schiller Monument , Weimar | 30th | 283,640,000 |
|
3345 |
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Brandenburg Gate , Berlin | 50 | 352,240,000 |
|
3346 |
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Kyffhäuser Monument | 60 | 55,000,000 | 3347 | |
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Semper Opera House , Dresden | 70 | 75,000,000 | 3348 | |
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Sanssouci , Potsdam | 80 | 50,500,000 | 3349 | |
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Wartburg , Eisenach | 100 | 45,000,000 | 3350 | |
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Cathedral , Magdeburg | 200 | 80,000,000 | 3351 | |
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Castle , Schwerin | 500 | 25,500,000 | 3352 |
Postal stationery
Postcard postage was valid until March 31, 1991 in the Eastern traffic area and in all Eastern Bloc countries. Postcards to western countries cost 50 pfennigs at the time, but no independent official postcards were produced for them. Postcard sales ended on March 31, 1991 ; with additional postage, the cards could be used until December 31, 1991.
image | description | Values in pennies |
Edition | Date of issue (1990) | particularities | Mi. -No |
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Goethe-Schiller Monument, Weimar | 30th | xxx.xx0.000 | 2nd July | Postcard I: from July 2nd II: from September |
P 107 → 3345 |
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Goethe-Schiller Monument, Weimar | 30/30 | xxx.xx0.000 | August 28th | Postcard with reply card | P 108 → 3345 |
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Goethe-Schiller Monument, Weimar | 30th | per 1,000,000 | see special features |
Picture postcard with three different motifs:
|
P 109 → 3345 |
Notes and individual references
- ↑ Bundesgesetzblatt 1991, Part I, page 726 Ordinance amending the postal order of March 22, 1991
See also
- Postage stamps from 1990 by the GDR Deutsche Post
- Postage stamps issued in 1990 by the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin
literature
-
Michel catalog
- Germany 1999/2000, Schwaneberger Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-87858-028-2
- Germany Special 2004, Volume 2
- Postal stationery catalog Germany 1999