Postage stamps from 1952 issued by the GDR Deutsche Post

2 pf.	6 pf.	8 pf.	10 pf.
16 Pf.	20 pf.	30 Pf.	40 Pf.
60 pf.	80 Pf.	84 Pf.
Permanent series personalities from politics, art and science (II)

The postage stamp year 1952 of the Deutsche Post of the German Democratic Republic comprises 24  special stamps - a slight increase in the number of stamps (1951: 18 values) - and 15  definitive stamps . 4 values ​​had a surcharge between 3 and 10  pfennigs , a total of 0.29 marks . In 1952, as in the previous year, no block appeared . A total of 32 motifs were issued by the post office.

The values ​​were printed on paper with the watermark No. 1 ( Kreuzblume ) until August, then on paper with the watermark No. 2 ( GDR and Posthorn ).

The unlimited special stamps available at the post office counters could z. Some can only be used until January 31, 1953, but most of them until December 31, 1953. The edition for the National Development Program in Berlin did not lose its validity until June 30, 1955 - probably to promote the sale of these surcharges.

The definitive stamps were valid longer; it ended between February 28, 1954 and March 31, 1962. The Pieck value of 2 DM could even be used for postal purposes until October 2, 1990.

particularities

• Special stamps

The trade fair edition, which is now in its third year, was dedicated to the autumn trade fair in 1952 with a motif on heavy machinery construction. The series was also continued on Stamp Day with a value of 24 Pfennig. Other editions paid tribute to famous composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven , who died 125 years ago, and famous personalities from science, literature and art. For the first time in a series that appeared until 1957, a stamp for the International Peace Tour was issued in May 1952, after the second GDR winter sports championships in Oberhof at the beginning of the year brought sport motifs into the brand image.

• Definitive stamps

In this year, the Wilhelm Pieck definitive series was supplemented with a value of 5 Pfennig; Another 3 values ​​appeared again, now with the watermark No. 2. In addition, from September without a special issue date, 11 values ​​(so-called Heads II edition ) of the series Personalities from Politics, Art and Science, already published in the Soviet occupation zone in 1948 with a different watermark, were released brought to the counters with postage levels complementary to the Pieck series .

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	Issue date	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	3rd Winter Sports Championships Oberhof 1952 Cross-country skiers in the trail	12	January 12th	December 31, 1953	2,000,000	Heinz Liedtke, Heinz Weber	298
	Ski jumper jumping from the Thüringenschanze in the so-called template style	24	January 12th	December 31, 1953	2,000,000	Heinz Liedtke, Heinz Weber	299
	125th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven's death Composer Ludwig van Beethoven	12	26th of March	January 31, 1953	2,305,000	Kurt Eigler	300
	Composer Ludwig van Beethoven	24	26th of March	January 31, 1953	2,305,000	Kurt Eigler	301
	State visit by Klement Gottwald President of the CSR Klement Gottwald , Hradschin , Brandenburg Gate	24	1st of May	January 31, 1953	2,000,000	Kurt Eigler	302
	National development program Berlin Debris clearing with trolleys in front of residential buildings in Stalinallee	12 + 3	1st of May	June 30, 1955	2,500,000	Kurt Eigler, Bruno Bade	303
	Shell construction in front of residential houses in Stalinallee	24 + 6	1st of May	June 30, 1955	2,500,000	Kurt Eigler, Bruno Bade	304
	Roof structure in front of the Red City Hall	30 + 10	1st of May	June 30, 1955	1,500,000	Kurt Eigler, Bruno Bade	305
	Construction manager and craftsman with construction drawing on a construction site	50 + 10	1st of May	June 30, 1955	1,500,000	Kurt Eigler, Bruno Bade	306
	V. International Long Distance Cycling for Peace Warsaw , Berlin , Prague Racing cyclist on the track	12	5th of May	January 31, 1953	2,000,000	Heinz Liedtke, Heinz Weber	307
	Handel Festival , Halle (Saale) Composer Georg Friedrich Handel	6th	5th July	December 31, 1953	2,000,000	Kurt Eigler	308
	Composer Albert Lortzing	8th	5th July	December 31, 1953	2,000,000	Kurt Eigler	309
	Composer Carl Maria von Weber	50	5th July	December 31, 1953	1,500,000	Kurt Eigler	310
	Birthdays and deaths of famous people Writer Victor Hugo	12	August 11th	December 31, 1953	1,500,000	Kurt Eigler	311
	Polymath Leonardo da Vinci	20th	August 11th	December 31, 1953	1,000,000	Kurt Eigler	312
	Poet Nikolai Gogol	24	August 11th	December 31, 1953	1,500,000	Kurt Eigler	313
	Polymath Avicenna ibn Sīnā	35	August 11th	December 31, 1953	1,000,000	Kurt Eigler	314
	Leipzig Autumn Fair 1952 Trade fair mark "MM", Leipzig city ​​arms , heavy engineering , globe , dove of peace	24	7th of September	December 31, 1953	2,500,000	Kurt Eigler	315
	Trade fair mark "MM", Leipzig city arms, heavy engineering, globe, dove of peace	35	7th of September	December 31, 1953	1,500,000	Kurt Eigler	316
	100th anniversary of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn's death Initiator of the German gymnastics movement Friedrich Ludwig Jahn	12	15th October	January 31, 1953	8,000,000	Kurt Eigler	317
	450 years of the University of Halle-Wittenberg Augusteum in Wittenberg	24	September 2nd	December 31, 1953	8,000,000	Erich Gruner	318
	Stamp Day 1952 24 Pf-Pieck postage stamp, dove of peace, hammer and wreath of ears in front of flags	24	28th of October	December 31, 1953	2,000,000	Kurt Eigler	319
	Congress of Nations for Peace, Vienna 1952 Earth globe with flag ribbon and dove of peace over St. Stephen's Cathedral	24	December 8th	December 31, 1953	5,000,000	Kurt Eigler	320
	Earth globe with flag ribbon and dove of peace over St. Stephen's Cathedral	35	December 8th	December 31, 1953	2,000,000	Kurt Eigler	321
Definitive stamps
image	description	Value in pennies	Issue date	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	Mi. -No
	Definitive series: President Wilhelm Pieck (II) , printing: VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei (DWD) , watermark "DDR and Posthorn" Wilhelm Pieck ( letterpress )	5	September 22	March 31, 1962	NN	Fred Gravenhorst	322
	Wilhelm Pieck (letterpress)	12	August	March 31, 1962	NN	Fred Gravenhorst	323
	Wilhelm Pieck (letterpress)	24	August	March 31, 1962	NN	Fred Gravenhorst	324
	Wilhelm Pieck (letterpress)	1 DM	October	March 31, 1962	NN	Fred Gravenhorst	325
	Definitive series: personalities from politics, art and science (II) , watermark "GDR and Posthorn" Draftsman and sculptor Käthe Kollwitz	2	October	February 28, 1954	NN	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	327
	Poet Gerhart Hauptmann	6th	November	February 28, 1954 (on lottery letters March 31, 1954)	NN	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	328
	Philosopher Karl Marx	8th	October	February 28, 1954	NN	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	329
	SPD leader August Bebel	10	October	February 28, 1954	NN	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	330
	Doctor and politician Rudolf Virchow	16	September	February 28, 1954	NN	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	332
	Draftsman and sculptor Käthe Kollwitz	20th	October	February 28, 1954	NN	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	333
	Philosopher and politician by Friedrich Engels	30th	December	February 28, 1954	NN	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	335
	Poet Gerhart Hauptmann	40	October	February 28, 1954	NN	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	336
	Philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel	60	October	February 28, 1954	NN	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	338
	KPD leader Ernst Thälmann	80	October	April 15, 1953	NN	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	339
	SPD leader August Bebel	84	November	February 28, 1954	NN	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	341

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

• Postage stamp year 1952 of the Deutsche Bundespost
• Postage stamps from 1952 issued by the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin
• Stamp year 1952 of the Saar Protectorate

Web links

Commons : Postage stamps of the Federal Republic, Berlin and the GDR from 1952  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps from other countries 1952  - Collection of images, videos and audio files