Postage stamps from 1959 issued by the GDR Deutsche Post

20 pf.	30 Pf.	40 Pf.
50 pf.	70 pf.
Continuous series 5-year plan of the GDR (VI)
10 Pf. (A)	10 Pf. (B)
Continuous series 5-year plan of the GDR (VII)

In the 1959 stamps issued by the GDR Deutsche Post , the number of special stamps, at 73, increased significantly compared to the previous year (1958: 52 items). Seven definitive stamps also appeared. The year includes 72 motifs. For the first time, stamps with an ornamental field belonging to the motif were issued. Later volumes expanded this to include prints and miniature sheets that contained up to eight stamps in one image.

A surcharge of between 5 and 20 pfennigs (1.05 marks in total ) had to be paid for eleven special stamps . The nominal value of the special editions was 16.35 marks, that of the permanent series 2.30 marks.

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 1,100,000 copies.

All stamps of this year were printed on paper with the watermark no. 3 ( GDR around Kreuzblume ).

particularities

• Special stamps

After an edition consisting of only two stamps drew attention to this event on the 5th anniversary of the founding of the GDR in 1954 , a special edition consisting of 10 values ​​with motifs from all areas of social life should now - in accordance with the anniversary SED and state leadership demonstrated political, economic and social stability in the state 10 years after its establishment. This number of stamps on the anniversary of the GDR's founding was only exceeded once, in 1964 , when a 15-value edition was published. On a five-year existence that could Jugendweihe in East Germany look back after the efforts of the East German leadership primary - instead of the Christian dominated confirmation or confirmation - should the entry of young people into the adult world to express; two stamps were dedicated to her.

The series "Construction of National Memorials in Former Concentration Camps" was continued with a sentence honoring female resistance fighters executed in the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp and a value for the opening of the memorial on September 12, 1959. The KPD, murdered during the November Revolution of 1919, was also remembered -Founders, Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht.

As early as 1956 , the Carl-Zeiss-Werke in Jena received a philatelic award on the occasion of its 110th birthday. Now this year two values ​​appeared on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Jenaer Glaswerke (Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Genossen), which, in addition to the Zeiss works, also belonged to the Carl Zeiss Foundation . The GDR thus also documented its claim to ownership of these prestigious manufacturing facilities, which, as a result of the Second World War, had a new, legally independent company based in Mainz , in the old Federal Republic, due to the transfer of the Jena plant into public ownership in 1948 .

The 150th birthday of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and the days of death of Alexander von Humboldt (100th) and Georg Friedrich Händel (200th) served the GDR Deutsche Post as reasons for issuing two-value sentences. In this stamp year, the third edition (previous editions: 1955 and 1957 ) concluded first the series of paintings in the Dresden Gemäldegalerie returned from the Soviet Union and then with the second movement the series of ancient art treasures returned from the Soviet Union, which began in 1958 . The animal motif collectors were served three sentences in 1959 (nature conservation, bird life and forest animals). Sport also came back into the brand image this year with an edition of 5 values ​​at the German Gymnastics and Sports Festival in Leipzig.

• Definitive stamps

After the first 3 values ​​in 1958, another 5 values ​​of the VI appeared in finer box perforation . Edition of the 5-year plan series . Initially, the 10 Pf value was always blue, as it had replaced the 12 Pf value, which was also blue, after the postage was lowered in 1954. The change in color to "green" by the GDR Post, which took place up to the beginning of 1956, was now followed by the permanent series, and from July the 10 Pf value (Mi. 704, VII. Edition) was now in blue-green. Amazingly, this was made again in both perforation variants (A and B), although the 10 Pf value grade had already been available with the new box perforation (B variant) since August 1958.

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 (1959)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	83rd birthday of Wilhelm Pieck Wilhelm Pieck	20th	January 3rd	March 31, 1962	4,500,000	Axel Bengs	673
	40th anniversary of the death of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht Rosa Luxemburg at a meeting, co-founder of the KPD (1870-1919)	10	15. January	March 31, 1961	1,100,000	Gerhard Stauf	674
	Address by Karl Liebknecht, co-founder of the KPD (1871-1919)	20th	15. January	March 31, 1961	8,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	675
	150th birthday of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Gewandhaus	10	February 28	March 31, 1961	8,000,000	Renate Israel	676
	Notes for the introductory theme to the 1st movement of Symphony No. 4 in A major ( Italian Symphony )	25th	February 28	March 31, 1961	1,100,000	Renate Israel	677
	Leipzig Spring Fair 1959 Combine Black Pump , trade fair mark	20th	February 28	March 31, 1961	8,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	678
	Cine film cameras and cameras	25th	February 28	March 31, 1961	4,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	679
	5 years of youth consecration Boy and girl with the book “ Universe, Earth, Man ”, symbolic representations from industry and agriculture	10	2nd of April	March 31, 1961	1,100,000	Rudolf Skribelka	680
	Boy and girl with the book “Universe, Earth, Man”, symbolic representations from industry and agriculture	20th	2nd of April	March 31, 1961	8,000,000	Rudolf Skribelka	681
	200th anniversary of the death of George Frideric Handel Monument to the composer Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759) in Halle , city arms, oboe	10	April 27	March 31, 1961	1,100,000	Axel Bengs	682
	Composer Georg Friedrich Handel	20th	April 27	March 31, 1961	8,000,000	Axel Bengs	683
	100th anniversary of the death of Alexander von Humboldt Half portrait of the natural scientist Alexander von Humboldt, Central American landscape	10	May 6th	March 31, 1961	1,100,000	Gertraud Thieme	684
	Half portrait of the natural scientist Alexander von Humboldt, Central American landscape	20th	May 6th	March 31, 1961	8,000,000	Gertraud Thieme	685
	Conference of Ministers of Post and Telecommunications of the Socialist Countries (OSS) Conference emblem ( post horn with inscription)	20th	30th May	March 31, 1961	8,000,000	Horst Klöpfel	686
	Conference emblem (post horn with inscription)	25th	30th May	March 31, 1961	1,100,000	Horst Klöpfel	687
	natural reserve Fish or Graureiher ( Ardea cinerea ), common pine ( Pinus sylvestris )	5	June 26th	March 31, 1961	6,000,000	Waltraud Oehlke	688
	Bittern ( Botaurus stellaris ) and common reed ( Phragmites communis )	10	June 26th	March 31, 1961	6,000,000	Waltraud Oehlke	689
	Peacock butterfly ( Vanessa io ) and lily of the valley ( Convallaria majalis )	20th	June 26th	March 31, 1961	6,000,000	Waltraud Oehlke	690
	Elbe beaver ( Castor fiber albicus )	25th	June 26th	March 31, 1961	5,000,000	Waltraud Oehlke	691
	Honeybee ( Apis mellifera ) and goat willow ( Salix caprea )	40	June 26th	March 31, 1961	1,100,000	Waltraud Oehlke	692
	Paintings from the Dresden Gemäldegalerie (III) returned from the USSR " Self-portrait in the costume of a vestal virgin " by Angelika Kauffmann	5	June 29th	March 31, 1961	6,000,000	Erich Gruner	693
	"Lady with the Bobbin Pillow " by Gabriel Metsu	10	June 29th	March 31, 1961	6,000,000	Erich Gruner	694
	"The Magister's niece Mademoiselle Lavergne" by Jean Etienne Liotard	20th	June 29th	March 31, 1961	6,000,000	Erich Gruner	695
	"The old woman with the brazier" by Peter Paul Rubens	25th	June 29th	March 31, 1961	4,000,000	Erich Gruner	696
	"Young man in a black skirt" by Frans Hals	40	June 29th	March 31, 1961	1,100,000	Erich Gruner	697
	Domestic birds Great cormorant ( Phalacrocorax carbo )	5	2nd July	March 31, 1961	5,000,000	Andreas Brylka	698
	Black stork ( Ciconia nigra )	10	2nd July	March 31, 1961	6,000,000	Andreas Brylka	699
	Eagle owl ( Bubo bubo )	15th	2nd July	March 31, 1961	1,100,000	Andreas Brylka	700
	Black Grouse ( Lyrurus tetrix )	20th	2nd July	March 31, 1961	6,000,000	Andreas Brylka	701
	Hoopoe ( Upupa epops )	25th	2nd July	March 31, 1961	5,000,000	Andreas Brylka	702
	Peregrine falcon ( Falco peregrinus )	40	2nd July	March 31, 1961	4,500,000	Andreas Brylka	703
	World Festival of Youth and Students , Vienna Young people of different skin colors, emblem of the World Festival	20th	July 25th	March 31, 1961	4,500,000	Harry Priess	705
	White and black girl, emblem of the world festival	25th	July 25th	March 31, 1961	1,100,000	Harry Priess	706
	German Gymnastics and Sports Festival Leipzig Gymnastics with hoops	5 + 5	August 10	March 31, 1961	5,000,000	Harry Priess	707
	high jump	10 + 5	August 10	March 31, 1961	3,000,000	Harry Priess	708
	Gymnastics on the pommel horse	20 + 10	August 10	March 31, 1961	3,000,000	Harry Priess	709
	Gymnastics with the clubs	25 + 10	August 10	March 31, 1961	2,500,000	Harry Priess	710
	Fireworks over the central stadium in Leipzig with the bell tower	40 + 20	August 10	March 31, 1961	1,100,000	Harry Priess	711
	Leipzig Autumn Fair 1959 New buildings on the inner city ring ( Roßplatz ) in Leipzig, globe and sample fair symbol "MM"	20th	17th August	March 31, 1961	6,000,000	Fritz Deutschendorf	712
	75 years Jenaer Glaswerke Tea set made from Jena glass	10	September 1	March 31, 1961	5,000,000	Axel Bengs	713
	Laboratory bi-distillation apparatus made from Jena glass	25th	September 1	March 31, 1961	1,100,000	Axel Bengs	714
	Establishment of the Ravensbrück National Memorial Resistance fighter Tilde Klose (1892–1945)	5 + 5	September 3	March 31, 1961	2,500,000	Rudolf Skribelka	715
	KPD resistance fighter Käthe Niederkirchner (1909–1944)	10 + 5	September 3	March 31, 1961	3,000,000	Rudolf Skribelka	716
	Resistance fighter Charlotte Eisenblätter (1903–1944)	15 + 5	September 3	March 31, 1961	2,500,000	Rudolf Skribelka	717
	KPD resistance fighter Olga Benario-Prestes (1908–1942)	20 + 10	September 3	March 31, 1961	3,000,000	Rudolf Skribelka	718
	Journalist and socialist resistance fighter Maria Grollmuß (1896–1944)	25 + 15	September 3	March 31, 1961	1,100,000	Rudolf Skribelka	719
	Inauguration of the Ravensbrück National Reminder and Memorial Site This stamp was issued in 1957 without date imprint (Mi.-Nr. 576) Memorial of the Ravensbrück memorial	20 + 10	September 11	March 31, 1961	3,000,000	Rudolf Skribelka	720
	Reaching the surface of the moon by Lunik 2 Earth moon with stylized trajectory of Lunik 2 , impact date and USSR national coat of arms	20th	21st September	March 31, 1961	6,000,000	Ernst Vogenauer	721
	10 years of the GDR Harvester	5	October 6th	December 31, 1962	11,500,000	Lothar Grünewald	722
	FDGB rest home "Fritz Heckert" in Gernrode	10	October 6th	December 31, 1962	45,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	723
	The Zwinger of Dresden	15th	October 6th	December 31, 1962	3,500,000	Lothar Grünewald	724
	Ironworker , plant	20th	October 6th	December 31, 1962	33,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	725
	Chemist , combine	25th	October 6th	December 31, 1962	11,500,000	Lothar Grünewald	726
	Central stadium in Leipzig	40	October 6th	December 31, 1962	8,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	727
	Tractor driver	50	October 6th	December 31, 1962	3,500,000	Lothar Grünewald	728
	Passenger plane	60	October 6th	December 31, 1962	3,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	729
	Ocean merchant ship in the shipyard	70	October 6th	December 31, 1962	14,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	730
	First Rossendorf research reactor of the GDR in Rossendorf	1 DM	October 6th	December 31, 1962	2,500,000	Lothar Grünewald	731
	1st anniversary of the death of Johannes R. Becher This stamp was issued with a decorative field attached below. Portrait of the poet Johannes R. Becher (1891–1958)	20th	28th of October	March 31, 1961	6,000,000	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	732
	200th birthday of Friedrich Schiller Home of the poet Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) in Weimar	10	November 10th	March 31, 1961	1,100,000	Horst Mueller	733
	Portrait of Friedrich Schiller	20th	November 10th	March 31, 1961	13,500,000	Horst Mueller	734
	Stamp Day 1959 Post rider , post mileage column	10	November 17th	March 31, 1961	1,100,000	Axel Bengs	735
	Delivery woman with moped	20th	November 17th	March 31, 1961	5,000,000	Axel Bengs	736
	Forest animals Red squirrel ( Sciurus vulgaris )	5	November 27th	March 31, 1961	7,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	737
	European hare ( Lepus europaeus )	10	November 27th	March 31, 1961	8,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	738
	Roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus )	20th	November 27th	March 31, 1961	6,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	739
	Red deer ( Cervus elaphus )	25th	November 27th	March 31, 1961	5,500,000	Gerhard Stauf	740
	European lynx ( Lynx lynx )	40	November 27th	March 31, 1961	1,100,000	Gerhard Stauf	741
	Ancient art treasures returned from the Soviet Union (II) Head of an Attic goddess (580 B.C.)	5	December 29th	March 31, 1961	5,000,000	Klaus Wittkugel	742
	Head of a princess from Tell-el-Amarna (around 1360 B.C.)	10	December 29th	March 31, 1961	8,000,000	Klaus Wittkugel	743
	Bronze figure from Tobrak-Kale , Armenia (700 B.C. )	20th	December 29th	March 31, 1961	8,000,000	Klaus Wittkugel	744
	Zeus Altar Pergamon (185 to 160 B.C.)	25th	December 29th	March 31, 1961	1,100,000	Klaus Wittkugel	745
Definitive stamps
image	description	value	Issue date (1959)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	Definitive series: five-year plan (VI) , printing: VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei (DWD) , watermark No. 3 (GDR around Kreuzblume), perforation: K 14, without naming the draftsman and engraver This stamp was also issued on September 4th with an attached decorative field in honor of the II. German Postage Stamp Exhibition (DEBRIA) in Berlin. Berlin, Stalinallee	20th	January	May 31, 1962	unknown	Erich Gruner	580 B
	Folk dance	30th	May	December 31, 1962	unknown	Erich Gruner	582 B
	Dresden , kennel	40	May	December 31, 1962	unknown	Erich Gruner	583 B
	Ocean ship on piles at the ship's christening	50	August	December 31, 1962	unknown	Erich Gruner	584 B
	Family in front of the skyscraper on Weberwiese (Berlin)	70	December	December 31, 1962	unknown	Erich Gruner	585 B
	Definitive series: Five-year plan (VII) , printing: VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei (DWD) , watermark No. 3 (GDR around Kreuzblume), perforation: K 13: 12 1/2 and K 14, without the name of the draftsman and engraver Farmer and worker exchange experiences (Perforation K 13: 12 1/2)	10	July	December 31, 1962	unknown	Erich Gruner	704 A
	Farmer and worker exchange experiences (perforation K 14)	10	July	December 31, 1962	unknown	Erich Gruner	704 B

Issues with ornamental field

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  1st anniversary of the death of Johannes R. Becher

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  II. DEBRIA Berlin 1959

literature

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

See also

• Space travel on postage stamps of the GDR Deutsche Post
• Stamp pads of the German Post of the GDR
• Postage stamps from 1959 issued by the Deutsche Bundespost
• Postage stamps from 1959 issued by the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin
• Postage stamps from 1959 of the Deutsche Bundespost Saarland

Web links

Commons : Postage stamps of the Federal Republic, Berlin and 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