Postage stamp year 1951 of the German Federal Post Office

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The complete series Posthorn

The postage stamp year 1951 of the Deutsche Bundespost comprised nine special stamps . In that year and at the beginning of 1952, the first definitive series of the Deutsche Bundespost Posthorn was issued based on a design by Georg Alexander Mathéy with 16 values.

This series is still one of the most sought after definitive stamps in the Federal Republic of Germany today (2008). The purchasing power of 1.00 DM today corresponds to around 2.61 euros.

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 (1951) 		Date of Expiry Edition draft MiNr.
DBP 1951 139 Marienkirche.jpg 700 years of Marienkirche Lübeck
10 + 5 August 30th February 29, 1952 2,000,000 Max Bittrof 139
DBP 1951 140 Marienkirche.jpg
  • Wall painting in the Marienkirche
 20 + 5 August 30th February 29, 1952 2,000,000 Max Bittrof 140
DBP 1951 141 Briefmarkenausstellung.jpg Stamp exhibition in Wuppertal
10 + 2 September 14th March 31, 1952 1,000,000 Hermann Schardt 141
DBP 1951 142 Briefmarkenausstellung.jpg
  • Old German postage stamps under a magnifying glass
 20 + 3 September 14th March 31, 1952 1,000,000 Hermann Schardt 142
DBP 1951 143 Vincent von Paul.jpg Helper of humanity
4 + 2 23rd October May 31, 1952 4,000,000 Hermann Zapf 143
DBP 1951 144 Bodelschwingh.jpg
10 + 3 23rd October May 31, 1952 3,000,000 Hermann Zapf 144
DBP 1951 145 Brandström.jpg
20 + 5 23rd October May 31, 1952 3,000,000 Hermann Zapf 145
DBP 1951 146 Pestalozzi.jpg
30 + 10 23rd October May 31, 1952 1,500,000 Hermann Zapf 146
DBP 1951 147 Roentgen.jpg On the 50th anniversary of the award of the Nobel Prize to Wilhelm Röntgen
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845–1923)
 30th 10th of December May 31, 1952 5,000,000 Ludwig Barth 147

Definitive stamps
image description Values in
pennies 		Issue
date (1951) 		Date of Expiry Edition draft MiNr.
DBP 1951 131 Posthorn.jpg
DBP 1951 138 Posthorn.jpg 		Definitive series: post horn set
The values ​​from 4 Pf to 25 Pf are produced using the letterpress process,
while the values ​​from 30 Pf to 90 Pf were printed in intaglio printing .
The letterpress values ​​are slightly smaller than the intaglio printing.
 2 August 1st December 31, 1954 120,430,000 Georg Alexander Mathéy 123
4th 20th June December 31, 1954 1,931,515,000 124
5 August 1st December 31, 1954 356,560,000 125
6th September 20th December 31, 1954 146,730,000 126
8th September 20th December 31, 1954 93,660,000 127
10 20th June December 31, 1954 3,510,250,000 128
15th September 20th December 31, 1954 180,610,000 129
20th 20th June December 31, 1954 2,571,370,000 130
25th September 20th December 31, 1954 99,000,000 131
30th August 1st December 31, 1954 203,300,000 132
40 20th of December December 31, 1954 185,350,000 133
50 March 11, 1952 December 31, 1954 106,000,000 134
60 20th of December December 31, 1954 231,800,000 135
70 March 11, 1952 December 31, 1954 34,100,000 136
80 April 16, 1952 December 31, 1954 74,170,000 137
90 April 16, 1952 December 31, 1954 59,650,000 138

See also

literature

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

Web links

Commons : Postage stamps of the Federal Republic, Berlin and the GDR from 1951  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : Postage stamps from other countries 1951  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b c d Although the stamps with a face value of 50, 70, 80 and 90 Pfennig were only issued in 1952, they belong to the set issued in 1951 and are therefore among the stamps of the year 1951.