Postage stamps from 1960 by the GDR Deutsche Post

Postage stamp pad 1960

Death of GDR President Wilhelm Pieck Michel, block number 16

With the postage stamp year 1960, the GDR Deutsche Post issued 61  special stamps and one block , all of which were printed on paper with the watermark No. 3 (GDR around finial ) and the country designation " German Democratic Republic ". For at least 16 items a surcharge had to be paid to promote sport, erect anti-fascist memorials and build an FDGB holiday ship, which resulted in a sum of 1.40 DM .

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 1,000,000 or 1,100,000 copies. The first single cut special stamp of the GDR Post (Michel no. 805 B) was printed in 2 million copies and Block 7 in 2.1 million copies.

Definitive stamps only came to the counter as a booklet of the five-year plan series (booklet no. 3) in December 1960. The booklet, which also contains postal information on the valid postage rates and advertising leaflets, etc. a. for lottery were added, included at a selling price of 2.- DM in each case once the book sheets 7 to 9 with 6 values to 5 Pf. 7 values to 10 Pf. and 5 to 20 Pf. For collectors purposes, were Bookletpanesheets , each 9 booklet sheets and in which the existing blind fields were printed with red St. Andrew's crosses .

The validity of almost all special stamps ended on March 31, 1962, only one year later for the value for the construction of the Sachsenhausen National Memorial (Mi. 783 A). The definitive stamps from the stamp booklet were valid - with the exception of the 20 Pf value (Mi. 580), which could only be used until May 31, 1962 - until December 31, 1962.

particularities

Sports motifs for the Summer and Winter Olympics in Rome and Squaw Valley marked the start of the year of issue. On sports topics there was another edition for the cycling world championships in Leipzig in May and then for the XIVth Chess Olympiad in September.

The GDR Post then branded the anniversaries of the founding of the Dresden art collections 400 years ago, the Meissen porcelain factory 250 years ago and the Berlin Humboldt University 150 years ago, as well as the opening of the first German railway line 125 years ago.

The establishment of the memorial of the former Sachsenhausen concentration camp was also financially supported by honoring anti-fascist resistance fighters with two editions and a value for the Sachsenhausen Memorial - each with additional stamps.

The construction of the East German economy was a overprint recognized mark the commissioning of the Rostock international port and a tetravalent set the "Day of Chemistry worker". Finally, there were again issues for Postage Stamp Day and the two Leipzig trade fairs .

Certainly motivated by philatelics - for the first time, the GDR Post issued a cut postage stamp (Mi. 805 B) in vertical tens outside a stamp block , which had to be cut off with scissors when the post office employees left the counter.

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 (1960)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	1960 Summer and Winter Olympics ( Rome and Squaw Valley ) Boxing	5	January 27th	March 31, 1962	1,100,000	Oswin Volkamer	746
	Short distance run	10	January 27th	March 31, 1962	8,000,000	Oswin Volkamer	747
	Ski jumping	20th	January 27th	March 31, 1962	8,000,000	Oswin Volkamer	748
	sailing	25th	January 27th	March 31, 1962	7,000,000	Oswin Volkamer	749
	Leipzig Spring Fair 1960 North entrance of the technical fair (Hall 1), stylized hemisphere, fair sign "MM"	20th	February 17th	March 31, 1962	8,000,000	Fritz Deutschendorf	750
	Ring fair building , hotel "International" , stylized hemisphere, trade fair mark "MM"	25th	February 17th	March 31, 1962	4,000,000	Fritz Deutschendorf	751
	Construction of the Sachsenhausen National Memorial : Concentration Camp Victims (I) Journalist Lothar Erdmann (1888–1939)	5 + 5	February 25	March 31, 1962	2,500,000	Rudolf Skribelka	752
	Teacher, KPD politician Ernst Schneller (1890–1944)	10 + 5	February 25	March 31, 1962	3,000,000	Rudolf Skribelka	753
	KPD politician Lambert Horn (1899–1939)	20 + 10	February 25	March 31, 1962	3,000,000	Rudolf Skribelka	754
	Gustav Sandtner (1893–1944)	25 + 10	5th of May	March 31, 1962	3,000,000	Rudolf Skribelka	755
	KPD politician Hans Rothbarth (1904–1944)	40 + 20	5th of May	March 31, 1962	1,100,000	Rudolf Skribelka	756
	Native medicinal plants Red foxglove ( Digitalis purpurea )	5	7th of April	March 31, 1962	6,000,000	Ingeborg Friebel	757
	Real chamomile ( Matricaria chamomilla )	10	7th of April	March 31, 1962	8,000,000	Ingeborg Friebel	758
	Peppermint ( Mentha piperita )	15th	7th of April	March 31, 1962	5,500,000	Ingeborg Friebel	759
	Opium poppy ( Papaver somniferum )	20th	7th of April	March 31, 1962	7,000,000	Ingeborg Friebel	760
	Rose hip ( Rosa canina )	40	7th of April	March 31, 1962	1,100,000	Ingeborg Friebel	761
	90th birthday of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Revolutionary and statesman Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924) in front of flags	20th	April 22	March 31, 1962	19,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	762
	Commissioning of the Rostock high sea port The same motif without overprint was registered in 1958 as Mi. 663 issued 10,000 t cargo ship of the "Peace" type at the pier	10	April 28	March 31, 1962	6,000,000	Axel Bengs	763
	15th anniversary of liberation from fascism Soldier of the Red Army with freed inmate of a concentration camp	20th	May 15	March 31, 1962	8,000,000	Herbert Böhnke	764
	Development of the Sachsenhausen National Memorial : Concentration Camp Victims (II) Max Lademann (1896–1941)	10 + 5	8th June	March 31, 1962	4,000,000	Rudolf Skribelka	765
	SPD politician Lorenz Breunig (1882–1945)	15 + 5	8th June	March 31, 1962	4,000,000	Rudolf Skribelka	766
	KPD politician Mathias Thesen (1891–1944)	20 + 10	8th June	March 31, 1962	1,100,000	Rudolf Skribelka	767
	Launch of the FDGB holiday ship MS " Fritz Heckert " Model and sketch of the FDGB vacation ship MS "Fritz Heckert", emblem of the 5th party congress of the SED	5	23rd June	March 31, 1962	5,000,000	Harry Priess	768
	MS " Fritz Heckert " on the slipway in Wismar	10 + 5	23rd June	March 31, 1962	3,000,000	Harry Priess	769
	FDGB holiday ship Fritz Heckert in front of stump chamber , FDGB badge	20 + 10	23rd June	March 31, 1962	5,500,000	Harry Priess	770
	FDGB holiday ship Fritz Heckert in front of Leningrad ( Saint Petersburg , Peter and Paul Fortress and museum ship Aurora )	25th	23rd June	March 31, 1962	1,100,000	Harry Priess	771
	Lenin and Thalmann monuments Lenin monument in Eisleben	10	2nd July	March 31, 1962	4,000,000	Engelbert schooner	772
	Ernst Thälmann Memorial in Pushkin ( Soviet Union )	20th	2nd July	March 31, 1962	6,000,000	Engelbert schooner	773
	250 years of Meissen porcelain manufacture Mask dancer (design: Paul Scheurich (1933))	5	July 28th	March 31, 1962	7,000,000	Johannes Widmann	774
	Plate with Meißner swords and dates "1710–1960"	10	July 28th	March 31, 1962	7,000,000	Johannes Widmann	775
	Fischotter (design: Max Esser from 1926 still in Böttger stoneware )	15th	July 28th	March 31, 1962	1,100,000	Johannes Widmann	776
	Potter (design: Johann Joachim Kellers )	20th	July 28th	March 31, 1962	7,000,000	Johannes Widmann	777
	Coffee pot ( onion pattern )	25th	July 28th	March 31, 1962	6,000,000	Johannes Widmann	778
	Cycling world championships 1960 in Leipzig , Karl-Marx-Stadt , Hohenstein-Ernstthal Racing cyclist in world champion jersey	20 + 10	the 14th of March	March 31, 1962	4,000,000	Engelbert schooner	779
	Track cyclists	25 + 10	the 14th of March	March 31, 1962	1,100,000	Engelbert schooner	780
	Leipzig Autumn Fair 1960 Newly built Leipzig Opera House , trade fair sign "MM"	20th	29th August	March 31, 1962	6,000,000	Fritz Deutschendorf	781
	Wartburg 311 car , tent with camping equipment , sailing boat, trade fair symbol "MM"	25th	29th August	March 31, 1962	4,000,000	Fritz Deutschendorf, Hanna Leitner	782
	Construction of the Sachsenhausen National Memorial : Memorial (III) This stamp was also issued in 1961 with an attached decorative field in an edition of 3,000,000 pieces (Michel no. 783 B). Memorial of the Sachsenhausen National Memorial :	20 + 10	September 8th	March 31, 1963	3,000,000	Rudolf Skribelka	783 A
	Death of GDR President Wilhelm Pieck (1876–1960) This stamp was also issued in a cut block of stamps with an edition of 2,100,000 pieces (Michel no. 784 B). Portrait of the GDR President Wilhelm Pieck	20th	September 10	March 31, 1962	8,000,000	Axel Bengs	784 A
The Michel number 785 was not assigned							785
	XIV. Chess Olympiad Leipzig Tower in front of a stylized chessboard and two stylized hemispheres	10 + 5	September 19th	March 31, 1962	4,000,000	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	786
	Knight in front of a stylized chessboard and two stylized hemispheres	20 + 10	September 19th	March 31, 1962	4,000,000	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	787
	Runner in front of a stylized chessboard and two stylized hemispheres	25 + 10	September 19th	March 31, 1962	1,100,000	Heinrich Ilgenfritz	788
	day of the stamp Modern postal vehicles ( Robur Garant and Transporter)	20th	October 6th	March 31, 1962	8,000,000	Axel Bengs	789
	Rail Mail Car (19th Century)	25th	October 6th	March 31, 1962	1,100,000	Axel Bengs	790
	400 years of Dresden art collections Foam coin (1518) with a portrait of the painter Hans Burgkmair (1473–1531)	20th	the 20th of October	March 31, 1962	4,000,000	Oswin Volkamer	791
	Copper engraving "The dancing peasant couple" by Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528)	25th	the 20th of October	March 31, 1962	1,100,000	Oswin Volkamer	792
	200th birthday of Neidhardt von Gneisenau Half-length portrait of the Prussian military leader Neidhardt von Gneisenaus in uniform	20th	October 27	March 31, 1962	5,000,000	Peterpaul White	793
	Half-length portrait of the Prussian military leader Neidhardt von Gneisenaus in uniform	25th	October 27	March 31, 1962	1,100,000	Peterpaul White	794
	150 years of Humboldt University in Berlin , 250 years of Charité , Berlin Pathologist , medical historian , politician Rudolf Virchow	5	November 4th	March 31, 1962	6,000,000	Engelbert schooner	795
	Bacteriologist Robert Koch	10	November 4th	March 31, 1962	8,000,000	Engelbert schooner	796
	Main building of the Humboldt University in Berlin , monuments to the brothers Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt	20th	November 4th	March 31, 1962	8,000,000	Engelbert schooner	797
	Front of the festival plaque (head images of the brothers W. and A. von Humboldt)	25th	November 4th	March 31, 1962	11,000,000	Engelbert schooner	798
	Psychiatrist and internist Wilhelm Griesinger	40	November 4th	March 31, 1962	1,100,000	Engelbert schooner	799
	Chemical Worker's Day Chemist with scientific formula , distillation column	5	November 10th	March 31, 1962	4,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	800
	Chemical workers, fertilizers , distillation column	10	November 10th	March 31, 1962	5,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	801
	Chemical worker, Trabant 500 car , distillation column	20th	November 10th	March 31, 1962	5,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	802
	Laboratory assistant , garment made of synthetic fiber fabric , distillation column	25th	November 10th	March 31, 1962	1,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	803
	125 years of German railways Bunk - articulated "express young socialists" and Signalbrücke	10	December 5th	March 31, 1962	22,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	804
	New Sassnitz ferry terminal , railway ferry Sassnitz Sheet edition ( perforated )	20th	December 5th	March 31, 1962	6,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	805 A
	New Sassnitz Hafen station, "Sassnitz" railway ferry cut edition in strips of ten	20 (cut)	December 5th	March 31, 1962	2,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	805 B
	Diesel locomotive V 180 (BR 118) with double deck articulated train, first German steam locomotive " Adler "	25th	December 5th	March 31, 1962	1,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	806
Definitive stamps
image	description	value	Issue date (1960)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
Definitive stamps were not issued in this year

Overprints

150 years of Humboldt University in Berlin, 250 years of Charité, Berlin

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Stamp booklet No. 3 (five-year plan permanent series)

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  Booklet front cover

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  Inside cover of booklet with postage information

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  H sheet 7 with 5 Pf values

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  H sheet 8 with 10 Pf values

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  Advertising slip sheet

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  H sheet 9 with 10 and 20 Pf values

literature

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

See also

• Stamp pads of the German Post of the GDR
• Postage stamps from 1960 of the Deutsche Bundespost
• Postage stamps from 1960 of the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin

Web links

Commons : Postage stamps of the Federal Republic, Berlin and the GDR from 1960  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps from other countries 1960  - Collection of images, videos and audio files