Postage stamps from 1956 issued by the GDR Deutsche Post

Stamp pad 1956

70th birthday of Ernst Thälmann Michel block number 14

The postage stamp year 1956 of the Deutsche Post of the German Democratic Republic comprises 48  special stamps and a stamp block, the stamp of which was also issued as a single value.

With the exception of the last two values ​​of the year, which already have the new watermark No. 3 ( GDR around finial ), this year was printed on paper with the watermark No. 2 (GDR and post horn ). A total of 44 motifs were issued. Three special stamps were issued with a surcharge between 10 and 80 Pf. (1 DM in total ), and the stamp block 14 was issued at twice the nominal value.

Since 1955 , a value, and almost all were in most special stamp sets usually block and from 1962 appeared little sheet issues in significantly reduced edition printed. These so-called values ​​in small circulation were, apart from a delivery limited to two items per postal customer, on the first day of issue and on the first day after the expiry of the collection period, only with a collector's pass at the post office counters or via a direct purchase from the dispatch point of the Deutsche Post available in Berlin . In this brand year, the circulation of these values ​​was 750,000 and from Mi. 286 1,000,000. From Mi. In 538 1,200,000 copies were printed.

The validity of the issues mostly ended on March 31, 1958; The spending on the anniversary of the Carl-Zeiss-Werke Jena, the Tierpark Berlin and international solidarity lasted a year longer. By contrast, the incorrect first edition for Robert Schumann expired on September 30, 1956.

particularities

The number of special stamps roughly corresponded to the previous year. In the Olympic year, a total of eight motifs for sporting events - including two values ​​for the Summer Olympics in Melbourne, in which GDR athletes took part in an all-German team for the first time ( 1952 still without GDR athletes), appeared on the counter. Anniversaries of famous personalities were honored on eight stamps, whereby the values ​​on the 100th anniversary of the death of the composer Robert Schumann were initially given notes by Franz Schubert in the brand fund, so that the issue came back to the counter after a correction. The traditional two editions for the Leipzig trade fairs are also included again in this year. The anti-fascist gesture of GDR politics was to be documented in the brand image with issues for Ernst Thälmann's 70th birthday and the construction of the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial. Finally, the motif collectors were given a six-value edition for the zoo in Berlin with images of animals and a set of four values ​​for the opening of air traffic in the GDR with images of three aircraft of the GDR airline Deutsche Lufthansa .

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 (1956)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	200th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart's bust from the right	10	January 27th	March 31, 1958	750,000	Kurt Eigler	510
	Mozart's bust from the left	20th	January 27th	March 31, 1958	3,000,000	Kurt Eigler	511
	Civil aviation opened in the GDR Flag of the German Lufthansa of the GDR , airport building Berlin-Schönefeld	5	February 1st	March 31, 1958	750,000	Kurt Eigler	512
	Airplane Ilyushin Il-14 (Il 14) of Lufthansa in flight from top left	10	February 1st	March 31, 1958	5,000,000	Kurt Eigler	513
	Airplane Il-14 of Lufthansa in flight from the bottom right	15th	February 1st	March 31, 1958	5,000,000	Kurt Eigler	514
	Airplane Il-14 of Lufthansa in flight from the right	20th	February 1st	March 31, 1958	5,000,000	Kurt Eigler	515
	100th anniversary of Heinrich Heine's death Portrait of Heinrich Heine	10	February 17th	March 31, 1958	750,000	Kurt Eigler	516
	Portrait of Heinrich Heine	20th	February 17th	March 31, 1958	3,000,000	Kurt Eigler	517
	Leipzig Spring Fair 1956 Railway cranes	20th	February 25	March 31, 1958	5,000,000	Erich Gruner	518
	Railway cranes	35	February 25	March 31, 1958	5,000,000	Erich Gruner	519
	70th birthday of Ernst Thälmann This stamp was also issued in a cut block of stamps in an edition of 750,000 pieces at an issue price of 0.40  DM on May 25, 1956 (Michel no. 520 B). Half-length portrait of Ernst Thälmann in front of a red flag	20th	April 16	March 31, 1958	6,000,000	Kurt Eigler	520 A
	IX. International Long Distance Cycling for Peace Warsaw-Berlin-Prague Hand with a laurel branch in front of a spoked wheel	10	April, 30th	March 31, 1958	5,000,000	Bruno Petersen	521
	Coat of arms of Prague , Berlin , Warsaw in front of a spoked wheel	20th	April, 30th	March 31, 1958	5,000,000	Bruno Petersen	522
The Michel number 523 was not assigned							523
	750 years of Dresden Kreuzkirche , town hall and new buildings on the Altmarkt	10	June 1st	March 31, 1958	5,000,000	Helmuth Gotze	524
	Georgentor , Augustus Bridge , Hausmannsturm , Catholic Court Church	20th	June 1st	March 31, 1958	5,000,000	Helmuth Gotze	525
	Technical university with the tower of the observatory ( Beyer building )	40	June 1st	March 31, 1958	1,000,000	Helmuth Gotze	526
	10 years of state- owned companies Worker with VEB emblem, factory	20th	June 30th	March 31, 1958	5,000,000	Bruno Petersen	527
	100th anniversary of Robert Schumann's death In this edition sheet music from Franz Schubert , Wanderer's Night Song was mistakenly used. The stamps were therefore withdrawn from sale on July 23, 1956 and replaced by Michel numbers 541 and 542. Half-length portrait of Robert Schumann	10	20th of July	September 30, 1956	1,000,000	Kurt Eigler	528
	Half-length portrait of Robert Schumann	20th	20th of July	September 30, 1956	5,000,000	Kurt Eigler	529
	II. German Gymnastics and Sports Festival , Leipzig Two soccer players	5	July 25th	March 31, 1958	5,000,000	Bruno Petersen	530
	Javelin thrower	10	July 25th	March 31, 1958	5,000,000	Bruno Petersen	531
	Two hurdler	15th	July 25th	March 31, 1958	1,000,000	Bruno Petersen	532
	Gymnast on the rings	20th	July 25th	March 31, 1958	5,000,000	Bruno Petersen	533
	1st anniversary of Thomas Mann's death Half-length portrait of the writer and Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann (reverse image).	20th	13 August	March 31, 1958	5,000,000	Axel Bengs	534
	100th birthday of Jakub Bart-Ćišinski Half-length portrait of the Sorbian poet based on a model by Horst Schlosser	50	20th of August	March 31, 1958	2,000,000	Kurt Eigler	535
	Leipzig Autumn Fair 1956 Plauener lace , sample fair symbol	10	September 1	March 31, 1958	6,000,000	Wolfgang Hoepfner	536
	Sailboat , sample fair icon	20th	September 1	March 31, 1958	6,000,000	Wolfgang Hoepfner	537
	Establishment of national memorials Bell tower of the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial	20 + 80	September 8th	March 31, 1959	1,200,000	Peterpaul White	538
	(XVI.) 1956 Summer Olympics (Melbourne) Olympic rings , laurel , torch	20th	September 28th	March 31, 1959	5,000,000	Hanns Zethmeyer	539
	Olympic rings, javelin throwing in ancient times	35	September 28th	March 31, 1958	3,000,000	Hanns Zethmeyer	540
	100th anniversary of Robert Schumann's death (corrected images of the composer's music) Half-length portrait by Robert Schumann, sheet music from Eichendorff's Mondnacht	10	8th October	March 31, 1958	1,000,000	Kurt Eigler	541
	Half-length portrait by Robert Schumann, sheet music from Eichendorff's Mondnacht	20th	8th October	March 31, 1958	5,000,000	Kurt Eigler	542
	500 years of the University of Greifswald Classic seal of the rector of the university	20th	October 17th	March 31, 1958	5,000,000	Axel Bengs, Rudolf Skribelka	543
	Stamp Day 1956 Medieval mail runner around 1450	20th	October 27	March 31, 1958	5,000,000	Paul Hohler	544
	110 years of Carl Zeiss-Werke Jena Half-length portrait of the physicist and social reformer Ernst Abbe , Zeiss symbol	10	November 9th	March 31, 1959	5,000,000	Axel Bengs, Rudolf Skribelka	545
	Carl Zeiss works, Zeiss symbol	20th	November 9th	March 31, 1959	5,000,000	Axel Bengs, Rudolf Skribelka	546
	Half-length portrait of the mechanic and entrepreneur Carl Zeiss	25th	November 9th	March 31, 1959	3,000,000	Axel Bengs, Rudolf Skribelka	547
	Human Rights Day Asian girl with flowers	5	10th of December	March 31, 1958	1,000,000	Axel Bengs, Rudolf Skribelka	548
	African woman with child	10	10th of December	March 31, 1958	5,000,000	Axel Bengs, Rudolf Skribelka	549
	Europeans with dove of peace	25th	10th of December	March 31, 1958	3,000,000	Axel Bengs, Rudolf Skribelka	550
	Berlin Zoo Indian elephants ( Elephas maximus )	5	December 14th	March 31, 1959	6,000,000	Axel Bengs	551
	Greater Flamingos ( Phoenicopterus ruber roseus )	10	December 14th	March 31, 1959	6,000,000	Axel Bengs	552
	Black Rhinoceros ( Diceros bicornis bicornis )	15th	December 14th	March 31, 1959	1,000,000	Axel Bengs	553
	Ladak wild sheep ( Ovis ammon vignei )	20th	December 14th	March 31, 1959	6,000,000	Axel Bengs	554
	European bison ( Bison bonasus bonasus )	25th	December 14th	March 31, 1959	6,000,000	Axel Bengs	555
	Polar bear ( Thalarctos maritimus )	30th	December 14th	March 31, 1959	6,000,000	Axel Bengs	556
	International solidarity with Hungary The original stamp without imprint from 1955 has the Michel number 494. Red City Hall Berlin with the imprint "Help socialist Hungary"	20 + 10	20th of December	March 31, 1959	3,000,000	Kurt Eigler	557
	International solidarity with Egypt The original stamp without imprint from 1955 has the Michel number 494. Red City Hall Berlin with the imprint "Help Egypt"	20 + 10	20th of December	March 31, 1959	3,000,000	Kurt Eigler	558
Definitive stamps
image	description	value	Issue date (1956)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
Definitive stamps were not issued in this year

Remarks

1. ↑ See also the page Dresden buildings on German postage stamps .
2. ↑ Further information in: (Peter Tichatzky: Bunte DDR-Briefmarkenwelt. Eulenspiegel Verlag, Berlin 2011, p. 58: Falsche Noten , ISBN 978-3-359-02297-8 )
3. ↑ For more information: (Peter Tichatzky: . Colorful GDR World Stamp Eulenspiegel Verlag, Berlin 2011, p 55: ? Peak right or left , ISBN 978-3-359-02297-8 )

literature

• Michel catalog Germany Special 1999 , Munich, Schwaneberger Verlag 1999, ISBN 3-87858-132-7
• Peter Fischer among others: GDR universal catalog. Berlin, transpress publishing house for transport 1986, ISBN 3-344-00001-2

See also

• Stamp pads of the German Post of the GDR
• Postage stamp year 1956 of the Deutsche Bundespost
• Postage stamp year 1956 of the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin
• Postage stamps born in Saarland in 1956

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