Postage stamp issues for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (SBZ)

After the end of the Second World War , East Germany (the area that would later become the German Democratic Republic ) came under Soviet administration . In five regions of the Soviet occupation zone , including Mecklenburg-West Pomerania , new postage stamps were issued from June 1945.

In the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania area, a total of 24 definitive stamps and 9 special postage stamps were issued between August 1945 and February 1946

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.
Issue Date : 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.
	Victim of fascism Rudolf Breitscheid (SPD)	6 + 14	October 21, 1945	November 20, 1945	203,400	Herbert Bartholomew	20th
	Erich Klausener (center)	8 + 22	October 21, 1945	November 20, 1945	198,900	Herbert Bartholomew	21st
	Ernst Thälmann (KPD)	12 + 28	October 21, 1945	November 20, 1945	199,200	Herbert Bartholomew	22nd
	Land reform Junkerland in peasant hands Farmer with plow	6 + 14	December 8, 1945	February 28, 1946	421,300	Herbert Bartholomew	23
	Farmer sowing	8 + 22	December 8, 1945	February 28, 1946	418,900	Herbert Bartholomew	24
	Farmer cutting grain	12 + 28	December 8, 1945	February 28, 1946	425.100	Herbert Bartholomew	25th
	Child aid little kid	6 + 14	December 31, 1945	February 28, 1946	411,000	Herbert Bartholomew	26th
	girl	8 + 22	December 31, 1945	February 28, 1946	448,000	Herbert Bartholomew	27
	Boy	12 + 28	December 31, 1945	February 28, 1946	416,000	Herbert Bartholomew	28
Definitive stamps
image	description	Values in pennies	Issue date	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Definitive series 1 Number on greenish paper	6th	August 28, 1945	October 31, 1946	6,996,000	Gustav Otto	8th
	Digit on white paper	6th	November 16, 1945	October 31, 1946	3,990,000	Gustav Otto	9
	Numeral on gray-violet paper	6th	January 11, 1946	October 31, 1946	1,994,000	Gustav Otto	10
	Farmer with plow, pink print on pink paper	8th	October 6, 1945	October 31, 1946	3,993,000	Gustav Otto	11
	Farmer with plow, black print on purple-pink paper	8th	October 19, 1945	October 31, 1946	500,000	Gustav Otto	12
	Farmer with a plow, gray-purple print on light blue-green paper	8th	November 3, 1945	October 31, 1946	1,002,000	Gustav Otto	13
	Farmer with a plow, black print on light blue-green paper	8th	November 2, 1945	October 31, 1946	495,000	Gustav Otto	14th
	Farmer with plow, brown print on white paper	8th	January 7, 1946	October 31, 1946	1,030,000	Gustav Otto	15th
	Farmhouse and sheaf of wheat, black print on pink paper	12	August 28, 1945	October 31, 1946	7,000,000	Gustav Otto	16
	Farmhouse and sheaf of wheat, red print on white paper	12	November 9, 1945	October 31, 1946	3,390,000	Gustav Otto	17th
	Farmhouse and sheaf of wheat, pink to brown-red print on white paper	12	December 20, 1945	October 31, 1946	1,592,000	Gustav Otto	18th
	Farmhouse and sheaf of wheat, dark red print on pink paper	12	January 30, 1946	October 31, 1946	1,982,000	Gustav Otto	19th
	Definitive series 2 Farmhouses	3	January 17, 1946	October 31, 1946	629,000	Erwin Wriedt	29
	Red deer	4th	January 17, 1946	October 31, 1946	212,400	Erwin Wriedt	30th
	Red deer	4th	February 25, 1946	October 31, 1946	434,400	Erwin Wriedt	31
	Fishing boat	5	January 17, 1946	October 31, 1946	637,000	Erwin Wriedt	32
	Farmer	6th	January 17, 1946	October 31, 1946	1,346,000	Erwin Wriedt	33
	Windmill	8th	January 17, 1946	October 31, 1946	641.200	Erwin Wriedt	34
	Farmer with horse plow	10	January 22, 1946	October 31, 1946	629.200	Erwin Wriedt	35
	House building	12	January 22, 1946	October 31, 1946	2,798,000	Erwin Wriedt	36
	Farmer with a motor plow	15th	January 24, 1946	October 31, 1946	998.200	Erwin Wriedt	37
	Harbor, ships, and granaries	20th	January 29, 1946	October 31, 1946	1,000,000	Erwin Wriedt	38
	Industry	30th	January 26, 1946	October 31, 1946	1,004,000	Erwin Wriedt	39
	Woman with spinning wheel	40	January 22, 1946	October 31, 1946	946,000	Erwin Wriedt	40

Remarks

↑ Date of issue / date on postage stamps: On October 21, 1945, a KPD memorial event for the »victims of fascism« took place in Neubrandenburg. On October 8, 1945, the Committee for the Victims of Fascism in Berlin published initial estimates of the number of those who had lost their lives to National Socialist crimes (around 20 million people).

literature

Michel catalog Germany 2006/2007 (paperback), Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH (2006), ISBN 3-87858-035-5

Web links

Commons : Stamp issues for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps of Germany from 1945 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps of Germany from 1946 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

[1] Date of issue / date on postage stamps: On October 21, 1945, a KPD memorial event for the »victims of fascism« took place in Neubrandenburg. On October 8, 1945, the Committee for the Victims of Fascism in Berlin published initial estimates of the number of those who had lost their lives to National Socialist crimes (around 20 million people).