Postage stamps from 1949 issued by Deutsche Post

The 1949 postage stamps issued by Deutsche Post (as the successor to the Deutsche Reichspost , the Deutsche Bundespost was only founded in 1950) comprised ten special stamps . Strictly speaking, these are the special stamps issued since the institutionalization of the Federal Republic of Germany through the entry into force of the Basic Law on May 23, 1949. The definitive stamps of the three western occupation zones were still sold.

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.
Valid To: The date on which the validity ended.
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	Values in pennies	Issue date (1949)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Opening of the 1st German Bundestag topping out ceremony	10	7th of September	August 31, 1950	3,000,000	Max Bittrof	111
	topping out ceremony	20th	7th of September	August 31, 1950	3,000,000	Max Bittrof	112
	100 years of German postage stamps 1 cruiser Kingdom of Bavaria Hammer mark	10 + 2	30. September	August 31, 1950	1,000,000	Bruckmann	113
	3 cruiser Kingdom of Bavaria	20th	30. September	August 31, 1950	1,000,000	Bruckmann	114
	6 cruiser Kingdom of Bavaria	30th	30. September	August 31, 1950	1,000,000	Bruckmann	115
	75 years of the Universal Postal Union Heinrich von Stephan (1831-1897) Co-founder of the Universal Postal Union	30th	9th October	August 31, 1950	2,000,000	Max Bittrof	116
	Helper of humanity Charitable stamps with surcharge Saint Elisabeth of Thuringia (1207–1231) Landgrave	8 + 2	December 14th	March 31, 1951	4,000,000	unknown	117
	Paracelsus of Hohenheim (1493–1541) Philosopher and doctor	10 + 5	December 14th	March 31, 1951	6,000,000	unknown	118
	Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852) Pedagogue	20 + 10	December 14th	March 31, 1951	6,000,000	unknown	119
	Johann Hinrich Wichern (1808–1881) theologian	30 + 15	December 14th	March 31, 1951	4,000,000	unknown	120