Postage stamp issues of the Soviet occupation zone

Goethe Festival Weeks (block number 6)

Soviet occupation zone from June 8, 1947

After the end of the Second World War , East Germany (the area that would later become the German Democratic Republic ) came under Soviet administration .

As early as June 1945, new postage stamps were issued on the territory of the Soviet occupation zone (SBZ). The expenditure can be divided into regional expenditure and general expenditure:

Regional editions (until May 1946)

For general editions (from June 1948) see the list below

Joint issue with imprint

From June 1948 on there was a break between the Allies of the Western Powers and the Soviet military administration , which in the course of the process led to the fact that the joint issues of the Allied occupation were initially issued with so-called district hand stamp overprints. From July these were then issued with the imprint "Soviet / Occupation / Zone". From August 1948, the first own stamps appeared.

The last edition for the Soviet Zone was published on August 30, 1949 on the occasion of the Leipzig Autumn Fair. On October 7, 1949, the GDR was founded in the Soviet Zone. (→ Postage stamps from 1949 issued by the GDR Deutsche Post ). The last stamps of the Soviet occupation zone lost their validity in the GDR on December 31, 1951.

From July 1948 to August 1949 a total of 28 definitive stamps with overprint, 16 new postage stamps and 16 special postage stamps including a stamp block were issued.

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.
Values: the face value of the individual stamp.
Date of issue: the first date this stamp was sold.
Valid until: After this date the mark could no longer be used.
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.
MiNr .: This stamp is listed in the Michel catalog under the corresponding number.

Special stamps
image	description	Values in pennies	Issue date	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Leipzig Autumn Fair Leipzig Autumn Fair 1459: The first New Year's Market	16 + 9	August 29, 1948	April 30, 1950	6,000,000	Gruner	198
	Leipzig Autumn Fair 1469: Foreign cloth makers move in	50 + 25	August 29, 1948	April 30, 1950	6,000,000	Gruner	199
	day of the stamp Emblem of the Institute for Philately	12 + 3	October 23, 1948	April 30, 1950	5,000,000	Müller	228
	30th anniversary of the death of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg	24	January 15, 1949	December 31, 1951	5,000,000	Müller	229
	Leipzig Spring Fair Leipzig Spring Fair 1556: First fair in the new town hall	30 + 15	March 6, 1949	June 30, 1951	2,500,000	Gruner	230
	Leipzig Spring Fair 1536: Italians at the Leipzig Fair	50 + 25	March 6, 1949	June 30, 1951	2,500,000	Gruner	231
	Elections to the German People's Congress Dove of peace with olive branch	24	May 13, 1949	December 31, 1951	3,500,000	Gravenhorst	232
	Session of the Third People's Congress Peace dove with olive branch and imprint “3. German People's Congress 29. – 30. May 1949 "	24	May 29, 1949	December 31, 1951	Remaining stocks of the issues not yet spent without imprint	Gravenhorst	233
	200th birthday of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) Goethe as a student, painting by Georg Friedrich Schmoll	6 + 4	July 20, 1949	June 30, 1951	1,250,000	More beautiful	234
	Goethe in the Campagna, painting by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein	12 + 8	July 20, 1949	June 30, 1951	1,250,000	More beautiful	235
	Goethe as a poet and minister, painting by Johann Heinrich Lips	24 + 16	July 20, 1949	June 30, 1951	1,250,000	More beautiful	236
	Goethe as a 68-year-old man, painting by Joseph Karl Stieler	50 + 25	July 20, 1949	June 30, 1951	1,250,000	More beautiful	237
	Goethe in old age, copper engraving by Carl August Schwerdgeburth	84 + 36	July 20, 1949	June 30, 1951	1,250,000	More beautiful	238
	Goethe Festival Weeks in Weimar This stamp was only issued as a stamp pad	50 + 450	August 22, 1949	June 30, 1951	150,000	Gravenhorst	239
	Leipzig Autumn Fair Leipzig Autumn Fair 1650: Russian merchants at the fair	12 + 8	August 30, 1949	June 30, 1951	2,000,000	Gruner	240
	Leipzig Autumn Fair 1765: The young Goethe at the fair	24 + 16	August 30, 1949	June 30, 1951	2,000,000	Gruner	241
Definitive stamps
image	description	Values in pennies	Issue date	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Control council issue workers with imprint Tree planter	2	July 3, 1948	February 28, 1950	20,343,500	fire	182
	Tree planter	6th	July 3, 1948	February 28, 1950	38,781,000	fire	183
	sower	8th	July 3, 1948	February 28, 1950	24,118,500	Luckenbach	184
	sower	10	July 3, 1948	February 28, 1950	29,367,400	Luckenbach	185
	Workers	12	July 3, 1948	February 28, 1950	73.148.500	Rogmann	186
	Tree planter	15th	July 3, 1948	February 28, 1950	13,289,300	fire	187
	Bricklayer, farmer's wife	16	July 3, 1948	February 28, 1950	15,658,700	Banach	188
	sower	20th	July 3, 1948	February 28, 1950	20,247,600	Luckenbach	189
	Bricklayer, farmer's wife	24	July 3, 1948	February 28, 1950	78.210.300	Banach	190
	Tree planter	25th	July 3, 1948	February 28, 1950	12,231,400	fire	191
	Workers	30th	July 3, 1948	February 28, 1950	21,968,000	Rogmann	192
	sower	40	July 3, 1948	February 28, 1950	19,330,200	Luckenbach	193
	Bricklayer, farmer's wife	50	July 3, 1948	February 28, 1950	16,878,800	Banach	194
	Workers	60	July 3, 1948	February 28, 1950	21,211,700	Rogmann	195
	Workers	80	July 3, 1948	February 28, 1950	14,900,100	Rogmann	196
	Bricklayer and farmer's wife	84	July 3, 1948	February 28, 1950	6,141,400	Banach	197
	Berlin bear with print As in the original, this edition was published both perforated (A-Type) and pierced (B-Type)	5	September 19, 1948	February 28, 1950	3,864,500 (A) 1,937,000 (B)	Goldhammer	200 A + B
		6th	September 13, 1948	February 28, 1950	6,680,100	Schwabe	201
		8th	September 13, 1948	February 28, 1950	49.960.400	Goldhammer	202
		10	September 9, 1948	February 28, 1950	5,445,600	Schwabe	203
		12	September 13, 1948	February 28, 1950	1,194,800	Schwabe	204
		20th	September 14, 1948	February 28, 1950	2,553,900	Schwabe	205
		30th	September 10, 1948	February 28, 1950	1,235,500	Goldhammer	206
	Control board issue digits with print	5	September 8, 1948	February 28, 1950	13,238,000	unknown	207
		30th	September 17, 1948	February 28, 1950	1,695,000	unknown	208
		45	September 9, 1948	February 28, 1950	2,557,600	unknown	209
		75	September 17, 1948	February 28, 1950	4,212,900	unknown	210
		84	September 3, 1948	February 28, 1950	4,370,600	unknown	211
	Personalities from politics, art and science Käthe Kollwitz	2	October 13, 1948	February 28, 1954	unknown	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	212
	Gerhart Hauptmann	6th	October 11, 1948	March 31, 1954	unknown	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	213
	Karl Marx	8th	October 16, 1948	February 28, 1954	unknown	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	214
	August Bebel	10	October 16, 1948	February 28, 1954	unknown	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	215
	Friedrich Engels	12	October 11, 1948	February 28, 1954	unknown	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	216
	Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel	15th	October 16, 1948	February 28, 1954	unknown	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	217
	Rudolf Virchow	16	October 16, 1948	February 28, 1954	unknown	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	218
	Käthe Kollwitz	20th	October 27, 1948	February 28, 1954	unknown	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	219
	Ernst Thalmann	24	November 4, 1948	February 28, 1954	unknown	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	220
	Rudolf Virchow	25th	October 27, 1948	February 28, 1954	unknown	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	221
	Friedrich Engels	30th	October 27, 1948	February 28, 1954	unknown	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	222
	Gerhart Hauptmann	40	October 27, 1948	February 28, 1954	unknown	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	223
	Karl Marx	50	November 10, 1948	February 28, 1954	unknown	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	224
	Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel	60	October 11, 1948	February 28, 1954	unknown	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	225
	Ernst Thalmann	80	October 11, 1948	April 15, 1954	unknown	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	226
	August Bebel	84	October 11, 1948	February 28, 1954	unknown	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	227

Remarks

↑ For the period between May 1946 and June 1948, the joint issues for the American, British and Soviet zones were used in the Soviet Zone .

↑ These issues of the SBZ were printed on paper with the watermark 3 Kreuzblumen . From 1952 the post office of the GDR issued postage stamps with the same motifs, colors and denominations, with the exception of the value of 12 Pfennig, but on paper with watermark 2 Posthorn DDR.

literature

Michel Germany catalog 2006/2007. Schwaneberger Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-87858-035-5 .

Web links

Commons : Postage stamp issues for the SBZ - collection of images, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps of Germany from 1948 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps of Germany from 1949 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

[1] For the period between May 1946 and June 1948, the joint issues for the American, British and Soviet zones were used in the Soviet Zone .

[2] These issues of the SBZ were printed on paper with the watermark 3 Kreuzblumen . From 1952 the post office of the GDR issued postage stamps with the same motifs, colors and denominations, with the exception of the value of 12 Pfennig, but on paper with watermark 2 Posthorn DDR.