Postage stamps from 1955 issued by the Deutsche Bundespost

The postage stamp year 1955 of the Deutsche Bundespost comprised 22 special stamps and one definitive stamp .

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 (1955)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	100th anniversary of the death of Carl Friedrich Gauß (1777–1855) Mathematician , astronomer , geodesist and physicist	10	February 23	June 30, 1956	22,250,000	Hermann Eidenbenz	204
	Start of flight for Deutsche Lufthansa The Lufthansa logo, a stylized crane	5	March 31	December 31, 1956	10,000,000	Miller and Bladder	205
	The Lufthansa logo, a stylized crane	10	March 31	December 31, 1956	10,000,000	Miller and Bladder	206
	The Lufthansa logo, a stylized crane	15th	March 31	December 31, 1956	10,000,000	Miller and Bladder	207
	The Lufthansa logo, a stylized crane	20th	March 31	December 31, 1956	10,000,000	Miller and Bladder	208
	100th birthday of Oskar von Miller (1855–1934) Civil engineer , hydropower pioneer and founder of the Deutsches Museum	20th	May 7th	June 30, 1956	20,000,000	Max Eugen Cordier	209
	150th anniversary of the death of Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) Poet , playwright , philosopher and historian	40	May 9	June 30, 1956	5,000,000	Karl Hans Walter	210
	50 years of Kraftpost Historic bus from 1906	20th	June 1st	June 30, 1956	5,000,000	Miller and Bladder	211
	State exhibition Baden-Württemberg Coat of arms of Baden-Württemberg	7th	15th June	June 30, 1956	10,000,000	Hermann Bentele	212
	Coat of arms of Baden-Württemberg	10	15th June	June 30, 1956	10,000,000	Hermann Bentele	213
	Research funding The universe as a macrocosm symbol above an atomic model as a microcosm symbol	20th	June 24th	June 30, 1956	10,000,000	Kurt Kranz	214
	10 years of eviction Group of displaced persons	20th	August 2nd	December 31, 1956	20,000,000	Hahn and Lemcke	215
	1000 years of battle on the Lechfeld The end of the Hungarian wars in 955 The coat of arms of Augsburg , the imperial orb with sword and pine cone , hit by 3 arrows	20th	August 10	December 31, 1956	5,000,000	Ernst Göhlert	216
	International Postage Stamp Exhibition WESTROPA 1955 stylized carrier pigeon and magnifying glass	10 + 2	September 14th	December 31, 1956	2,000,000	Hermann Bentele	217
	stylized post horn and tweezers	20 + 3	September 14th	December 31, 1956	1,500,000	Hermann Bentele	218
	European timetable conference in Wiesbaden Railway signal in front of symbolized rails	20th	5th October	December 31, 1956	10,000,000	Anton Stankowski	219
	Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868) Writer , painter and educator	10	October 22nd	December 31, 1956	10,000,000	Anton Stankowski	220
	10 years UN ( United Nations ) The emblem of the UN, a stylized globe framed by a laurel wreath	10	October 24th	December 31, 1956	5,000,000	Karl Hans Walter	221
	Helper of humanity Amalie Sieveking (1794-1859) Co-founder of organized diakonia	7 + 3	15th of November	December 31, 1956	3,500,000	Hubert Berke	222
	Adolph Kolping (1813-1865) Catholic priest and founder of the Kolping Society	10 + 5	15th of November	December 31, 1956	6,000,000	Hubert Berke	223
	Samuel Hahnemann (1755–1843) Doctor , medical writer and translator , he is the founder of homeopathy	20 + 10	15th of November	December 31, 1956	5,000,000	Hubert Berke	224
	Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) British nurse , considered a pioneer of modern nursing, honorary member of the American Statistical Association This stamp represents a small peculiarity in that the first name Florence was incorrectly printed as Florentine	40 + 10	15th of November	December 31, 1956	1,600,000	Hubert Berke	225
Definitive stamps
image	description	Values in pennies	Issue date (1955)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	Mi. -No
	Intended as a supplement to other values same motif as stamp from 1958 MiNr. 285, but different watermark	1	December 1	December 31, 1970	113,500,000	Arthur Schraml	226