Postage stamps from 1949 issued by the GDR Deutsche Post

1. Postage stamp after the founding of the GDR for the 75th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union with a face value of 50 Pfennig.

The 1949 stamps issued by Deutsche Post of the German Democratic Republic consisted of 4 special stamps . Definitive stamps were not issued.

particularities

This year of stamps was the first in the history of Deutsche Post in the GDR. The GDR was founded on October 7, 1949 in the area of the former Soviet Occupation Zone (SBZ), and just two days later its post issued its first stamp with a face value of 50 Pfennig , which with its topic (see below) was already in the issuing program the Soviet Zone for 1949 was included. The stamps of this year still bore the inscription "Deutsche Post"; it was not until 1950 that the impression was "German Democratic Republic", and in later years also "GDR".

The stamps of the Soviet occupation zone initially retained their franking power in the GDR territory and were individually invalid after postage determination depending on the replacement of the postage levels with newly issued GDR stamps. The last time stamps from the Soviet occupation zone could be used for postal purposes was on December 31, 1951.

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	Mi. -No.
	75 years of the Universal Postal Union Dove with letter and globe	50	9th October	December 31, 1951	3,000,000	Jacob and Wise	242
	Founding conference of the international trade union federation for the Post in the World Trade Union Confederation Brandenburg Gate , made up of the letters “Berlin”, a globe and 2 postal workers	12	October 27	December 31, 1951	1,500,000	Fred Gravenhorst	243
	Founding conference of the international trade union federation for the Post in the World Trade Union Confederation Brandenburg Gate, made up of the letters “Berlin”, a globe and 2 postal workers	30th	October 27	December 31, 1951	750,000	Fred Gravenhorst	244
	day of the stamp The black Bayern Einser from 1849 under a magnifying glass	12 + 3	30th of October	June 30, 1951	1,000,000	Fred Gravenhorst	245
Definitive stamps
image	description	Value in pennies	Issue date	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	Mi. -No
Definitive stamps were not issued in this year