Postage stamp year 1956 of the Deutsche Bundespost

The postage stamp year 1956 of the Deutsche Bundespost comprised 22  special stamps .

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 (1956)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	125th birthday of Heinrich von Stephan (1831–1897) Stephan was a co-founder of the Universal Postal Union	20th	January 7th	June 30, 1957	10,000,000	Arthur Schraml	227
	200th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) Composer of the Viennese Classic	10	January 27th	June 30, 1957	20,000,000	Michel + Kieser	228
	100th anniversary of the death of Heinrich Heine (1797–1856) Poet and journalist	10	February 17th	June 30, 1957	10,000,000	Müller and Karl Oskar Blase	229
	1000 years of Lüneburg old slewing crane in front of historic town houses as a backdrop	20th	2.May	December 31, 1957	5,000,000	Alfred Mahlau	230
	Olympic year Numeral in Greek design and Olympic rings	10	June 9th	December 31, 1957	20,000,000	Hermann Bentele	231
	For the youth A boy, various symbols, hammer mark	7 + 3	21 July	December 31, 1957	2,000,000	Michel + Kieser	232
	A girl with a flute and various symbols, hammer price	10 + 5	21 July	December 31, 1957	2,000,000	Michel + Kieser	233
	100th anniversary of Robert Schumann's death composer	10	July 28th	December 31, 1958	20,000,000	Michel + Kieser	234
	German Evangelical Church Congress The stamp shows the symbol of the German Evangelical Church Congress, the Jerusalem Cross	10	8th August	December 31, 1958	10,000,000	Herbert Stelzer	235
	The stamp shows the symbol of the German Evangelical Church Congress, the Jerusalem Cross	20th	8th August	December 31, 1958	10,000,000	Herbert Stelzer	236
	1st anniversary of the death of Thomas Mann (1875–1955) Narrator and writer , Thomas Mann received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929	20th	August 11th	December 31, 1958	10,000,000	Karl Hans Walter	237
	800 years of Maria Laach Abbey Church The Maria Laach Abbey near Mendig in the Eifel is one High medieval monastery , built between 1093 and 1216	20th	August 24th	December 31, 1958	10,000,000	Ernst Göhlert	238
	German Catholic Day The stamp shows the floor plan of Cologne Cathedral and a hand raised in an oath	10	29th August	December 31, 1958	10,000,000	Josef Fassbender	239
	IPA, International Police Exhibition The brand shows a raised hand behind a world map	20th	September 1	December 31, 1958	10,000,000	Michel + Kieser	240
	European stamp The stamp shows the word Europe vertically in a steel frame in front of a European flag	10	September 15th	December 31, 1958	68,000,000	Gonzague	241
	The stamp shows the word Europe vertically in a steel frame in front of a European flag	40	September 15th	December 31, 1958	28,000,000	Gonzague	242
	Helpers of Humanity , Medical Professions Midwife with child	7 + 3	October 1	December 31, 1958	3,800,000	Bert Hunter	243
	Ignaz Semmelweis (1818–1865) Hungarian doctor , he was the first to introduce hygiene regulations for doctors and hospital staff	10 + 5	October 1	December 31, 1958	6,000,000	Bert Hunter	244
	Mother at the cradle	20 + 10	October 1	December 31, 1958	5,500,000	Bert Hunter	245
	Child sister with children playing	40 + 10	October 1	December 31, 1958	2,000,000	Bert Hunter	246
	day of the stamp The stamp shows a carrier pigeon with a letter in its beak	10	October 27	December 31, 1958	20,000,000	Uli Huber	247
	War grave relief The stamp shows some grave crosses	10	November 17th	December 31, 1958	50,000,000	Herbert Kern	248

Specialty

The stamp for the millennial anniversary of Lüneburg (Michel no. 230) was also the last special stamp without a surcharge, which was only produced in five million copies. After that, there were two more issues with just under ten million stamps at the beginning of the 1970s, all other surcharge-free special stamps were initially issued with a circulation of at least ten, quickly twenty or more million copies, with individual issues reaching values ​​well above this.

See also

• Postage stamp year 1956 of the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin
• Postage stamp year 1956 of the Saar Protectorate
• Postage stamps from 1956 issued by the GDR Deutsche Post

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 1956  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps from other countries 1956  - Collection of images, videos and audio files