Postage stamps from 1954 issued by the Deutsche Bundespost

The postage stamp year 1954 of the Deutsche Bundespost comprised seven special stamps and 20 new definitive stamps . The definitive set of Federal President Theodor Heuss was issued with 20 values from 2 Pfennig to 3 DM.

In 1957 , the values between 30 and 90 pfennigs were replaced by somewhat smaller stamps with the same motif, but with different colors. With the reprint of six stamps from 1960, with the values 5, 7, 10, 15, 20 and 25 Pfennig, the colors also vary, but only slightly. With this set, stamp collectors differentiate between the mentioned color variants and many different features, which are characterized by different papers, with and without fluorescence , as well as by different orientation of the watermark .

2 pf.	4 pf.	5 pf.	6 pf.	7 Pf.	8 pf.	10 pf.	15 Pf.	20 pf.	25 Pf.
30 Pf.	40 Pf.	50 pf.	60 pf.	70 pf.	80 Pf.	90 Pf.	1 DM	2 DM	3 DM
Series: Theodor Heuss (I)

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 (1954)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	100th birthday of Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915) and Emil von Behring (1854–1917) Ehrlich received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1908 , Behring received it in 1901, both were serologists	10	March 13th	June 30, 1955	10,000,000	Johannes Boehland	197
	500 years of the Gutenberg Bible A printer at the hand press of Johannes Gutenberg (around 1400–1468)	4th	5th of May	June 30, 1955	21,200,000	Walter Brudi	198
	1200th anniversary of Boniface's death (approx. 672 / 675–754 / 755) Missionary and church reformer, he is also known as the "Apostle of the Germans"	20th	June 5th	June 30, 1955	5,000,000	Ernst Göhlert	199
	Helper of humanity Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945) Artist , she made lithographs , etchings , copperplate engravings and woodcuts	7 + 3	December 28th	December 31, 1955	3,100,000	Karl Hans Walter	200
	Lorenz Werthmann (1858–1921) Catholic priest and social politician, he was the founder and first president of the German Caritas Association	10 + 5	December 28th	December 31, 1955	5,300,000	Karl Hans Walter	201
	Johann Friedrich Oberlin (1740-1826) Pastor from Alsace	20 + 10	December 28th	December 31, 1955	3,700,000	Karl Hans Walter	202
	Bertha Pappenheim (1859–1936) Women's rights activist , Jewish social pioneer and founder of the Jewish Women's Association	40 + 10	December 28th	December 31, 1955	1,550,000	Karl Hans Walter	203
Definitive stamps
image	description	Values in pennies	Issue date (1954)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Definitive series: Federal President Theodor Heuss small format, letterpress, values from 2 to 25 pfennigs medium format, intaglio, values from 30 to 90 pfennigs large format, intaglio printing, values from 1 to 3 DM	2	15th June	December 31, 1964	120,430,000	Georg Alexander Mathéy	177
		4th	31 January		1,931,515,000		178
		5	April 1st		356,560,000		179
		6th	April 1st		146,730,000		180
		7th	July 28th		146,730,000		181
		8th	April 1st		93,660,000		182
		10	31 January		3,510,250,000		183
		15th	April 1st		180,610,000		184
		20th	April 1st		2,571,370,000		185
		25th	25th June		99,000,000		186
		30th	31 January		203,300,000		187
		40	April 1st		185,350,000		188
		50	15th June		106,000,000		189
		60	15th June		231,800,000		190
		70	15th June		34,100,000		191
		80	15th June		74,170,000		192
		90	15th June		59,650,000		193
		1 DM	April 1st		34,100,000		194
		2 DM	15th June		74,170,000		195
		3 DM	15th June		59,650,000		196