Postage stamps from 1954 issued by the GDR Deutsche Post

Stamp pad 1954

First central stamp exhibition of the Philatelie Working Group , Berlin Michel block number 10

The postage stamp year 1954 of the Deutsche Post of the German Democratic Republic comprised 15 individual special stamps and a stamp block with one special stamp.

New definitive stamps were not issued this year, but existing stamps were published with a new franking imprint . A total of 24 motifs were issued.

particularities

→ Main article : Five-year plan (stamp series)

Due to a postage reduction on October 1, 1954, new definitive stamps were required. Since these were not yet available, an overprint with new postage levels was issued on existing definitive stamps for the first time on postage stamps from the GDR. This compilation is an excerpt of the most important changes.

Postal services and postal charges
Postage for	from March 1, 1946 old	new from October 1, 1954
Printed matter up to 20 grams	6th	5
Printed matter over 20 to 50 grams	8th	5
Long-distance postcards	12	10
Business papers , samples , mixed shipments up to 100 grams	16	15th
Long-distance letters up to 20 grams	24	20th
Station letters from 20 to 250 grams	48	40
Business papers, samples, mixed items from 250 to 500 grams	60	50
Long-distance letters weighing up to 20 grams as registered mail	84	70

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	Issue date (1954)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	225th birthday of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781), poet and philosopher	20th	January 20th	June 30, 1955	2,000,000	Kurt Eigler	423
	Foreign ministers conference in Berlin Dove of peace over negotiating table, tape, demonstration	12	January 25th	June 30, 1955	5,000,000	Erich Gruner	424
	1st anniversary of Joseph Stalin's death Josef Stalin (1878–1953), Soviet statesman	20th	5. March	June 30, 1955	3,700,000	Kurt Eigler	425
	VII. International Long Distance Cycling for Peace Cyclists in a town through	12	April, 30th	June 30, 1955	3,000,000	Bruno Petersen	426
	Racing cyclist on the track	24	April, 30th	June 30, 1955	3,000,000	Bruno Petersen	427
	II. Germany meeting of young people , Berlin Folk dance couple , young people with flags	12	3rd of June	June 30, 1955	3,000,000	Bruno Bade, Kurt Eigler	428
	Youngsters in front of the flag	24	3rd of June	June 30, 1955	3,000,000	Kurt Eigler	429
	80th anniversary of Fritz Reuter's death Fritz Reuter (1810–1874), Low German dialect writer	24	July 12	June 30, 1955	1,500,000	Kurt Eigler	430
	Help for the flood victims Sosa dam	24 + 6	August 16	December 31, 1956	2,500,000	Kurt Eigler	431
	10th anniversary of Ernst Thälmann's death Ernst Thälmann (1886–1944), politician	24	18th of August	December 31, 1956	4,000,000	Kurt Eigler	432
	Leipzig Autumn Fair Grimmaische Strasse with the “ Handelshof ” exhibition center , Leipzig	24	September 4th	December 31, 1956	3,000,000	Erich Gruner	433
	Grimmaische Strasse with the “Handelshof” exhibition center, Leipzig	35	September 4th	December 31, 1956	1,500,000	Erich Gruner	434
	5 years German Democratic Republic Wilhelm Pieck , first President of the GDR ; Flags; Böhlen gasoline plant and tractor	20th	October 6th	December 31, 1956	5,000,000	Erich Gruner	443
	Wilhelm Pieck, first President of the GDR; Flags; Böhlen gasoline plant and tractor	35	October 6th	December 31, 1956	2,500,000	Erich Gruner	444
	day of the stamp Cologne Cathedral , Völkerschlachtdenkmal Leipzig	20th	23rd October	December 31, 1956	3,000,000	Kurt Eigler	445 A
	First central stamp exhibition of the Philately Company Working Groups , Berlin This stamp was issued as a cut stamp block: Cologne Cathedral, Völkerschlachtdenkmal Leipzig	20th	30th of October	December 31, 1956	500,000	Kurt Eigler	445 B
The Michel number 446 was not assigned							446
Definitive stamps
image	description	value	Issue date (1954)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	Definitive series: Five-year plan (II) Woman at the teleprinter	15th	January 25th	December 31, 1962	unknown	Erich Gruner	411
	Working people in front of Kurhaus Bad Elster	20th	February 6th	March 31, 1959	unknown	Erich Gruner	413
	Chemist , chemical plant	40	February 15th	December 31, 1962	unknown	Erich Gruner	418
	Definitive series: five-year plan (III) Workers from East and West shake hands Imprint on Michel number 407	5	October 1	May 31, 1962	unknown	Erich Gruner	435
	Young learners, behind them picture of Karl Marx Imprinted on Michel number 408	5	October 1	May 31, 1962	unknown	Erich Gruner	436
	Farmer , craftsman , intellectual Imprinted on Michel number 410	10	October 1	May 31, 1962	unknown	Erich Gruner	437
	Steel smelter, smelter Imprint on Michel number 412	15th	October 1	May 31, 1962	unknown	Erich Gruner	438
	Karl-Marx-Allee (Stalinallee), Berlin Imprint on Michel number 414	20th	October 1	May 31, 1962	unknown	Erich Gruner	439 a
	Karl-Marx-Allee (Stalinallee), Berlin Imprint on Michel number 371	20th	October 1	May 31, 1962	unknown	Erich Gruner	439 b
	Zwinger , Dresden Imprint on Michel number 419	40	October 1	May 31, 1962	unknown	Erich Gruner	440
	Ocean-going ship on pile Imprint on Michel number 420	50	October 1	May 31, 1962	unknown	Erich Gruner	441
	Family, skyscraper on Weberwiese , Berlin Imprint on Michel number 422	70	October 1	May 31, 1962	unknown	Erich Gruner	442

Notes and individual references

1. ↑ Peter Fischer, Frithjof Skupin and Wolfgang Gudenschwager (eds.): GDR universal catalog . Transpress publishing house for traffic, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-344-00001-2 , page 700: Postal services and postal charges
2. ↑ The flood of the Elbe in the summer of 1954 ( Memento of the original from June 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. see also: Medal for fighting the flood disaster in July 1954 
   
3. ↑ A Lanz Bulldog from West Germany was shown as a tractor
   Source: Peter Tichatzky: Bunte DDR-Briefmarkenwelt. Viewed through a magnifying glass . Eulenspiegel Verlag , Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-359-02297-8 , page 43: "A tractor from the west"
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Although this stamp was issued in 1954, it is counted as being in the 1953 year in philately .
5. ↑ There are different versions of these editions, which are divided into original stamp, reprint, reprint, color variant or watermark.
   This article shows an example image for each.

literature

• Michel catalog Germany 1999/2000 . Schwaneberger Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-87858-028-2
• LIPSIA color catalog GDR 1983 . transpress VEB publishing house for traffic, VLN 162-925 / 197/83, SV 9197
• Peter Fischer, Frithjof Skupin and Wolfgang Gudenschwager (eds.): GDR universal catalog . Transpress Verlag for Transport, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-344-00001-2 .

See also

• Stamp pads of the German Post of the GDR
• Postage stamps from 1954 issued by the Deutsche Bundespost
• Postage stamp year 1954 of the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin
• Stamp year 1954 of the Saar Protectorate

Web links

Commons : Postage stamps of the Federal Republic, Berlin and the GDR from 1954  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps from other countries 1954  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Section "Permanent Series Five-Year Plan" in the Association of German Philatelists