Postage stamps from 1950 issued by the GDR Deutsche Post

Stamp pad 1950

German stamp exhibition, DEBRIA, Leipzig Michel block number 7

The postage stamp year 1950 of the German Post Office of the German Democratic Republic comprises 27  special stamps , a stamp block with two special stamps and four definitive stamps . A total of 29 motifs were issued; seven special stamps and the stamp pad were issued with a surcharge , which totaled 1.20 marks . All values ​​were freely available at the post office counters ; the block to stamp exhibition DEBRIA however, was only on this, at the Leipzig Messe - Special post offices and available from the shipping point for collector's stamps in Berlin.

All marks were printed on paper with watermark No. 1 ( finial ).

The validity of the special stamps ended between June 30, 1951 and March 31, 1952. In contrast, the definitive stamps had postage paid until March 31, 1962 , only the 2 DM value remained valid until October 2, 1990.

particularities

• Special stamps

The emission of special postage stamps increased significantly compared to the previous year. In this year, political topics (May 1st, popular election, peacekeeping), historical events (Bach birthday, academy anniversary and Mansfeld copper slate mining) and GDR sport (1st winter sports championships) were honored - a range of topics that already covered future spending policy of the GDR essentially outlines. Almost all stamps now carry the country indication "German Democratic Republic", only the block for the German Postage Stamp Exhibition (DEBRIA) has a motif of the GDR stamp for the day of the stamp in 1949, which still has the designation "Deutsche Post".

• Definitive stamps

Since the GDR was founded on October 7, 1949 as a political reaction to the implementation of the Basic Law in the western occupation zones at the end of May 23, 1949, four values ​​of a definitive stamp set with the portrait of the President of the GDR, Wilhelm Pieck, to be brought to the post office counter.

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	Value in pennies (unless otherwise stated)	Issue date (1950)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	1st Winter Sports Championships Schierke 1950 Downhill skier	12	2nd March	December 31, 1951	2,000,000	Fred Gravenhorst	246
	Figure skater	24	2nd March	December 31, 1951	2,000,000	Fred Gravenhorst	247
	Leipzig Spring Fair 1950 Demonstration of the first Meissen porcelain at the Easter fair in 1710 by Johann Friedrich Böttger	24 + 12	5. March	June 30, 1951	1,000,000	Erich Gruner	248
	Sales stand in the municipal department store for the first sample fair in 1894	30 + 14	5. March	June 30, 1951	1,000,000	Erich Gruner	249
	60 years May 1st Globe with the rising sun and the inscription "May 1st"	30th	1st of May	December 31, 1951	1,000,000	Wilhelm Nix	250
	Bach year 1950 (200th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach's death ) Shepherd boy from antiquity with a double flute	12 + 4	14th June	June 30, 1951	1,000,000	Felix Jacob, EP way	256
	Girl with a hand organ from the Middle Ages	24 + 6	14th June	June 30, 1951	1,000,000	Felix Jacob, EP way	257
	Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach	30 + 8	14th June	June 30, 1951	1,000,000	Felix Jacob, EP way	258
	Three singing masks, excerpt from notes with the sequence BACH	50 + 16	14th June	June 30, 1951	1,000,000	Felix Jacob, EP way	259
	DEBRIA, German Stamp Exhibition, Leipzig Postage stamp for Stamp Day 1949 ( Saxon three from 1850 with globe and carrier pigeon )	84 + 41	July 1	June 30, 1951	750,000	Fred Gravenhorst	260
	250 years of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin Mathematician Leonhard Euler	1	10th of July	March 31, 1952	2,000,000	Gerhard Screeches	261
	Natural scientist Alexander von Humboldt	5	10th of July	March 31, 1952	2,000,000	Gerhard Screeches	262
	Historian Theodor Mommsen	6th	10th of July	March 31, 1952	5,000,000	Gerhard Screeches	263
	Political and cultural scientist Wilhelm von Humboldt	8th	10th of July	March 31, 1952	2,000,000	Gerhard Screeches	264
	Physicist and physiologist Hermann von Helmholtz	10	10th of July	March 31, 1952	2,000,000	Gerhard Screeches	265
	Physicist Max Planck	12	10th of July	March 31, 1952	10,000,000	Gerhard Screeches	266
	Philologist Jacob Grimm	16	10th of July	March 31, 1952	2,000,000	Gerhard Screeches	267
	Physicist and chemist Walther Nernst	20th	10th of July	March 31, 1952	2,000,000	Gerhard Screeches	268
	Universal scholar Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz	24	10th of July	March 31, 1952	10,000,000	Gerhard Screeches	269
	Theologian and church historian Adolf von Harnack	50	10th of July	March 31, 1952	2,000,000	Gerhard Screeches	270
	DEBRIA, German Stamp Exhibition, Leipzig Postage stamp for Stamp Day 1949 ( Black Bavaria Einser from 1849 under a magnifying glass )	12 + 3 (block price: 1.40 DM)	26th of August	June 30, 1951	750,000	Fred Gravenhorst	271
	Stamp for DEBRIA 1950 (Globus, pigeon , Sachsendreier )	84 + 41 (block price: 1.40 DM)	26th of August	June 30, 1951	750,000	Fred Gravenhorst	272
	750 years of Mansfeld copper slate mining Miner with jackhammer in the tunnel	12	September 1	December 31, 1951	2,000,000	Fred Gravenhorst	273
	Foundry tapping at the blast furnace	24	September 1	December 31, 1951	2,000,000	Fred Gravenhorst	274
	Popular elections on October 15, 1950 Symbols from the world of work with dove of peace and ballot box	24	September 28th	December 31, 1951	5,000,000	Fred Gravenhorst	275
	Fight for peace Dove of peace and hand in front of a tank	6th	15th December	December 31, 1952	2,000,000	Gerhard Martens	276
	Peace dove and hand before a bombing raid	8th	15th December	December 31, 1952	2,000,000	Gerhard Martens	277
	Peace dove and hand in front of a nuclear weapon explosion	12	15th December	December 31, 1952	2,000,000	Gerhard Martens	278
	Dove of peace and hand over a military cemetery with white cemetery cross	24	15th December	December 31, 1952	2,000,000	Gerhard Martens	279
Definitive stamps
image	description	Value in pennies (unless otherwise stated)	Issue date	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	Mi. -No
	Definitive stamp series: President Wilhelm Pieck (I) , printing: VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei (DWD) Portrait of Wilhelm Pieck ( letterpress )	12	May 27th	March 31, 1962	NN	Fred Gravenhorst	251
	Portrait of Wilhelm Pieck ( letterpress )	24	May 27th	March 31, 1962	NN	Fred Gravenhorst	252
	Portrait of Wilhelm Pieck ( letterpress )	1 DM	May 27th	March 31, 1962	NN	Fred Gravenhorst	253
	Portrait of Wilhelm Pieck ( offset print )	2 DM	May 27th	October 2, 1990	Total: NN, 2nd partial edition 1951: 2,500,000	Fred Gravenhorst	254

Notes and individual references

1. ↑ ^{a b c} see Postage Stamp Day (GDR)

literature

• Michel catalog Germany Special 1999 , Munich, Schwaneberger Verlag 1999, ISBN 3-87858-132-7
• Peter Fischer u. a .: GDR universal catalog. Berlin, transpress publishing house for transport 1986, ISBN 3-344-00001-2

See also

• Stamp pads of the German Post of the GDR
• Postage stamps issued in 1950 by the Deutsche Bundespost
• Postage stamps from 1950 issued by the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin
• Postage stamps issued by the Saar Protectorate in 1950

Web links

Commons : Postage stamps of the Federal Republic, Berlin and the GDR from 1950  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps from other countries 1950  - Collection of images, videos and audio files