Postage stamp issues for Thuringia (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 Thuringia , new postage stamps were issued from June 1945.

In Thuringia a total of eight definitive stamps and nine special postage stamps were issued between October 1945 and February 1946 . Five special stamps were only issued as a stamp block, the three other stamp blocks reproduce stamps that were also issued as individual stamps (seven definitive stamps, four special stamps).

For the victims of fascism (block number 1)	Christmas, welfare (block number 2)
Reconstruction of the National Theater Weimar (block number 3)	Reconstruction of bridges (block number 4)

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.
	Reconstruction of the National Theater Weimar These stamps were only issued as stamp block 3 Friedrich Schiller	6th	March 27, 1946	October 31, 1946	436,000	Engelbert schooner	107AX
	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe	10	March 27, 1946	October 31, 1946	436,000	Engelbert schooner	108AX
	Franz Liszt	12	March 27, 1946	October 31, 1946	436,000	Engelbert schooner	109AX
	Christoph Martin Wieland	16	March 27, 1946	October 31, 1946	436,000	Engelbert schooner	110AX
	Weimar National Theater	40	March 27, 1946	October 31, 1946	436,000	Engelbert schooner	111AX
	Reconstruction of the destroyed bridges in Thuringia these stamps were also issued as stamp block 4 Saalburg Bridge	10 + 60	March 30, 1946	October 31, 1946	1,000,000	Engelbert schooner	112
	Camsdorf Bridge , Jena	12 + 68	March 30, 1946	October 31, 1946	1,000,000	Engelbert schooner	113
	Göschwitz Saale Bridge	16 + 74	March 30, 1946	October 31, 1946	1,000,000	Engelbert schooner	114
	Ilm Bridge Mellingen	24 + 76	March 30, 1946	October 31, 1946	1,000,000	Engelbert schooner	115
Definitive stamps
image	description	Values in pennies	Issue date	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Definitive series The stamps with the values of 3, 4 and 5 pfennig were also issued as stamp block 1, the stamps of 4, 6, 12 and 20 pfennig also as stamp block 2 Fir trees in the Thuringian Forest	3	January 4, 1946	October 31, 1946	2,000,000	Engelbert schooner	92
	Fir trees in the Thuringian Forest	4th	January 4, 1946	October 31, 1946	2,700,000	Engelbert schooner	93
	Fir trees in the Thuringian Forest	5	October 20, 1945	October 31, 1946	4,600,000	Engelbert schooner	94
	Letter and post horn	6th	October 1, 1945	October 31, 1946	35,700,000	Engelbert schooner	95
	Letter and post horn	8th	October 29, 1945	October 31, 1946	4,600,000	Engelbert schooner	96
	Friedrich Schiller	12	October 19, 1945	October 31, 1946	27,000,000	Engelbert schooner	97
	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe there are also cut editions in addition to the perforated ones	20th	November 24, 1945	October 31, 1946	6,200,000	Engelbert schooner	98
	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe there are also cut editions in addition to the perforated ones	20th	December 22, 1945	October 31, 1946	4,000,000	Engelbert schooner	99