Postage stamps from 1959 issued by the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin

7 Pf.	10 pf.	20 pf.	40 Pf.	70 pf.
Series: Federal President Theodor Heuss
8 pf.
Series: Berlin Cityscapes

The 1959 stamp year of the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin comprised four special stamps , one of which was a supplement to the series "Men from the History of Berlin", which, however, belongs to the 1957 year in philatelic terms. In the case of definitive stamps, there was a supplement to the series “Berlin Cityscapes” and a small definitive series with five postage stamps from Federal President Theodor Heuss in a medallion. These stamps were the first stamps with the same motif, color and value to be issued by the German Federal Post Office in the Federal Republic of Germany.

The nominal value of the brands was DM 2.20  .

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.
	Men from the history of Berlin (II) Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), naturalist and geographer	40	May 6th	December 31, 1960	4,000,000	Arthur Degner	171
	10th anniversary of the end of the Berlin blockade stylized symbol of the airlift with aircraft arriving and departing	25th	12th of May	December 31, 1960	5,000,000	Rudolf Gerhardt	188
	Municipal World Congress, Berlin	20th	18th of June	December 31, 1960	5,000,000	Rudolf Gerhardt	189
	200th birthday of Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) Poet , playwright , philosopher and historian	20th	November 10th	December 31, 1961	5,000,000	Rudolf Gerhardt	190
Definitive stamps
image	description	Values in pennies	Issue date (1959)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Definitive stamps for Federal President Theodor Heuss Federal President Theodor Heuss (III)	7th	10th of April	December 31, 1964	52,600,000	Max Eugen Cordier	182
	Federal President Theodor Heuss (III)	10	31 January	December 31, 1964	304,500,000	Max Eugen Cordier	183
	Federal President Theodor Heuss (III)	20th	31 January	December 31, 1964	74,500,000	Max Eugen Cordier	184
	Federal President Theodor Heuss (III)	40	May 22	December 31, 1964	13,000,000	Max Eugen Cordier	185
	Federal President Theodor Heuss (III)	70	May 22	December 31, 1964	10,000,000	Max Eugen Cordier	186
	Definitive stamps of Berlin cityscapes The town hall in Neukölln	8th	14th of February	December 31, 1964	30,630,000	Alfred Goldammer	187

See also

• Postage stamps from 1959 issued by the Deutsche Bundespost
• Postal history and postage stamps of Berlin

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 1959  - collection of pictures, 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, but without the addition Berlin in the medallion legend.
2. ↑ Although this stamp was only issued in 1959, it belongs to the second series, which is attributed to the year 1957.
3. ↑ The drawing and the value correspond to the 8 pfennig value of this permanent series, which was first issued in 1956 ; only the color was changed.

This version was included in the selection of informative lists and portals on January 11, 2009 .