Postage stamps from 1959 issued by the Deutsche Bundespost

Stamp pad for the inauguration of the Beethoven Hall in Bonn
7 Pf.	10 pf.	20 pf.	40 Pf.	70 pf.
Series: Federal President Theodor Heuss

The postage stamps issued by the Deutsche Bundespost in 1959 comprised 19  special stamps , five of which were only available in one block. There were also five definitive stamps , these were the first stamps that were also issued by the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin. Some of the special stamps were also issued by the Oberpostdirektion des Saarlandes with the same motifs, but with the addition Saarland and in the currency franc .

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 (1959)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	500th birthday of Jakob Fugger (1459–1525) also called Jakob Fugger the Rich, was Europe's richest and most important merchant and banker at the time	20th	6th March	December 31, 1960	20,000,000	Ernst Göhlert	307
	400th anniversary of the death of Adam Ries (1492–1559) German arithmetic master	10	28th March	December 31, 1960	20,000,000	Michel + Kieser	308
	100th anniversary of the death of Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) German natural scientist and co-founder of geography as an empirical science	40	May 6th	December 31, 1960	20,000,000	Herbert Kern	309
	International postage stamp exhibition INTERPOSTA in Hamburg Depiction of a Hamburger 1 Schilling postage stamp from 1859 Hammer mark	10 + 5	May 22nd August 22nd	December 31, 1960	3,050,000 5,800,000	Arthur Schraml	310
	Depiction of a Lübeck 2 Schilling postage stamp from 1859 Hammer mark	20 + 10	May 22nd August 22nd	December 31, 1960	3,050,000 5,800,000	Arthur Schraml	311
	1000 years of Buxtehude	20th	20th June	December 31, 1960	20,000,000	Otto Rohse	312
	Exhibition of the Holy Rock in Trier The holy skirt is a relic that is kept in Trier Cathedral , it is said to contain fragments of the tunic of Jesus Christ	20th	July 18th	December 31, 1961	20,000,000	Ernst Göhlert	313
	9th German Evangelical Church Congress in Munich Motto "You shall be my people"	10	12. August	December 31, 1961	20,000,000	Hermann Bentele	314
	Stamp pad - Inauguration of the Beethoven Hall in Bonn Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759)	10	September 8th	December 31, 1961	4,771,000	Herbert Kern	Block 2 315
	Louis Spohr (1784-1859)	15th	September 8th	December 31, 1961	4,771,000	Herbert Kern	316
	Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)	20th	September 8th	December 31, 1961	4,771,000	Herbert Kern	317
	Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)	25th	September 8th	December 31, 1961	4,771,000	Herbert Kern	318
	Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)	40	September 8th	December 31, 1961	4,771,000	Herbert Kern	319
	European stamp Six-link closed chain	10	September 19th	December 31, 1961	90,000,000	Walter Brudi	320
	Six-link closed chain	40	September 19th	December 31, 1961	25,000,000	Walter Brudi	321
	Welfare stamps Fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm , " Die Sterntaler "	7 + 3	October 1	December 31, 1961	6,950,000	Eugene Sporer	322
	Fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, "Die Sterntaler"	10 + 5	October 1	December 31, 1961	10,200,000	Eugene Sporer	323
	Fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, "Die Sterntaler"	20 + 10	October 1	December 31, 1961	8,400,000	Eugene Sporer	324
	The brothers Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859)	40 + 10	October 1	December 31, 1961	3,900,000	Bert Hunter	325
Definitive stamps
image	description	Values in pennies	Issue date (1959)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Definitive series: Federal President Theodor Heuss Stamp series (III) Federal President Theodor Heuss	7th	10th of April	December 31, 1964	1,388,300,000	Max Eugen Cordier	302
		10	31 January	December 31, 1964	3,805,000,000		303
		20th	31 January	December 31, 1964	2,185,200,000		304
		40	May 22	December 31, 1964	111,100,000		305
		70	May 22	December 31, 1964	167,000,000		306

See also

• Postage stamps from 1959 issued by the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin
• Postage stamps from 1959 of the Deutsche Bundespost Saarland

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 and West Berlin from 1959  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps of the GDR from 1959  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps from other countries 1959  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} These stamps appeared on the same date with the same motif, color and value also as definitive stamps for the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin, but with the addition Berlin in the medallion inscription.
2. ↑ ^{a b} These two stamps with the same motif were issued in 1959 by the Deutsche Bundespost Saarland .
3. ^ The circulation of the two stamps for the postage stamp exhibition was initially only 3.05 million. Since this was sold out quickly, another 5.8 million were reprinted with slightly different color in the edge and value imprint with the issue date August 22nd.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e} These five stamps were not issued individually, they only appeared as a block of stamps.