Postage stamps from 1961 issued by the GDR Deutsche Post
The postage stamp year 1961 of the German Post of the GDR comprises 53 special stamps and 9 definitive stamps ; a block did not come to the counter. A total of 59 motifs were issued.
Since 1955 , a value well as almost every block and the ex were in most special stamp sets usually 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.
All values were printed on paper with the watermark No. 3 (GDR around Kreuzblume ).
The validity of the special stamps ended mostly on 31 December 1962 only in the value Birthday Wilhelm Pieck (Mi. 807) ended premature on 31 March 1962 at the tenant to build up the National Memorial Sachsenhausen (Wed 783B) until the 31st March 1962. The definitive stamps of the landscape series were valid - with the exception of the 25 Pf value (Mi. 816), which was valid until March 31, 1965 - until December 31, 1962; the stamps of the Ulbricht series had franking force until October 2, 1990 .
particularities
- Special stamps
The first space flights of mankind, which were completed by Juri Gagarin and German Titow, were each recognized with several brands in the brand image. The issues for the memorials at the sites of former concentration camps in GDR territory, on Stamp Day and on the two Leipzig trade fairs were continued in this year of stamps . Finally, u. a. Several international sports championships taking place in the GDR, the 1000th anniversary of Halle and the 150th birthday of Franz Liszt - this edition even contained two values in a small number - were rewarded with motifs. In the issue for the GDR deep-sea fisheries, the values of 10 and 20 pfennigs were reprinted due to the great sales success in June 1961 and July 1962 (only 10 pfennigs).
On April 20, an issue appeared on the 15th anniversary of the founding of the SED; However, the most decisive political event of the year was not reflected in the brand image: the construction of the Berlin Wall and the closure of the inner-German border on August 13th - this was not to happen until 1971 , on the 10th anniversary of this action.
- Definitive stamps
In that year, the first four values of the new permanent series with the portrait of Walter Ulbricht were issued, which was only to be replaced by the new definitive stamps " Sozialistischer Aufbau " in 1973 after his death . The five permanent series items with motifs of landscapes and buildings of the GDR, which had previously reached the counters, were only intended as transitional issues for 1961 until the Ulbricht postage stamp issue was issued due to their few postage levels, the number of copies reached and the period of validity. Accordingly, they were included in the following issue list with the special stamps.
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 |
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image | description | Value in pennies |
Issue date (1961) |
Date of Expiry | Edition | draft | Mi. -No. |
85th birthday of Wilhelm Pieck | 20th | January 3rd | December 31, 1962 | 6,000,000 | Kurt Eigler | 807 | |
Establishment and maintenance of the Buchenwald, Ravensbrück and Sachsenhausen National Memorials : Victims of Concentration Camps (I)
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5 + 5 | February 6th | December 31, 1962 | 2,500,000 | VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei | 808 | |
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10 + 5 | February 6th | December 31, 1962 | 3,000,000 | VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei | 809 | |
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15 + 5 | February 6th | December 31, 1962 | 1,100,000 | VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei | 810 | |
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20 + 10 | February 6th | December 31, 1962 | 3,000.00 | VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei | 811 | |
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25 + 10 | February 6th | December 31, 1962 | 2,000,000 | VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei | 812 | |
Leipzig Spring Fair | 10 | 3 March | December 31, 1962 | 8,000,000 | Dietrich Dorfstecher | 813 | |
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25th | 3 March | December 31, 1962 | 4,000,000 | Dietrich Dorfstecher | 814 | |
Landscapes and historical buildings (I)
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20th | the 14th of March | December 31, 1962 | 83,000,000 | Erich Gruner | 815 | |
25th | the 14th of March | March 31, 1965 | 21,000,000 | Erich Gruner | 816 | ||
Deep sea fishing | 10 | 10th of April | December 31, 1962 | 30,000,000 | Dietrich Dorfstecher | 817 | |
20th | 10th of April | December 31, 1962 | 16,500,000 | Gerhard Stauf | 818 | ||
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25th | 10th of April | December 31, 1962 | 3,000,000 | Dietrich Dorfstecher | 819 | |
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40 | 10th of April | December 31, 1962 | 1,000,000 | Gerhard Stauf | 820 | |
Construction of the Sachsenhausen National Memorial: Memorial (IV)
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20 + 10 | 20th of April | March 31, 1963 | 3,000,000 | Rudolf Skribelka | 783 B | |
15 years of the SED
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20th | 20th of April | December 31, 1962 | 6,000,000 | Oswin Volkamer, Karl Sauer | 821 | |
The first space flier Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin
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10 | April 18 | December 31, 1962 | 5,000,000 | Hans Georg Urbschat | 822 | |
20th | 20th of April | December 31, 1962 | 5,000,000 | Hans Georg Urbschat | 823 | ||
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25th | 20th of April | December 31, 1962 | 1,000,000 | Hans Georg Urbschat | 824 | |
100 years of Dresden Zoo
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10 | May 9 | December 31, 1962 | 1,000,000 | Horst Naumann | 825 | |
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20th | May 9 | December 31, 1962 | 6,000,000 | Horst Naumann | 826 | |
IV. Pioneer meeting in Erfurt
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10 + 5 | 25. May | December 31, 1962 | 4,000,000 | Ingeborg Friebel | 827 | |
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20 + 10 | 25. May | December 31, 1962 | 4,000,000 | Ingeborg Friebel | 828 | |
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25 + 10 | 25. May | December 31, 1962 | 1,000,000 | Ingeborg Friebel | 829 | |
III. European Cup in women's gymnastics ( Leipzig )
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10 | 3rd of June | December 31, 1962 | 5,000,000 | Wolfgang Bley | 830 | |
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20th | 3rd of June | December 31, 1962 | 5,000,000 | Karl-Heinz Müller | 831 | |
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25th | 3rd of June | December 31, 1962 | 1,000,000 | Karl-Heinz Müller | 832 | |
1000 years of Halle / Saale
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10 | June 22 | December 31, 1962 | 1,000,000 | Axel Bengs | 833 | |
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20th | June 22 | December 31, 1962 | 6,000,000 | Axel Bengs | 834 | |
Landscapes and historical buildings (II)
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5 | June 22 | December 31, 1962 | 69,000,000 | Erich Gruner | 835 | |
10 | June 22 | December 31, 1962 | 99,000,000 | Erich Gruner | 836 | ||
20th | June 22 | December 31, 1962 | 65,000,000 | Erich Gruner | 837 | ||
World championships in canoe slalom and white water races ( Rote Weißeritz in the Rabenauer Grund )
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5 | July 6th | December 31, 1962 | 1,000,000 | Oswin Volkamer | 838 | |
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10 | July 6th | December 31, 1962 | 8,000,000 | Oswin Volkamer | 839 | |
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20th | July 6th | December 31, 1962 | 8,000,000 | Oswin Volkamer | 840 | |
World Fishing Championships ( Merseburg )
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10 | 21 July | December 31, 1962 | 1,000,000 | Axel Bengs | 841 | |
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20th | 21 July | December 31, 1962 | 6,000,000 | Axel Bengs | 842 | |
Leipzig Autumn Fair
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10 | August 23 | December 31, 1962 | 6,000,000 | Dietrich Dorfstecher, Manfred Brückels | 843 | |
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25th | August 23 | December 31, 1962 | 4,000,000 | Dietrich Dorfstecher, Manfred Brückels | 844 | |
Establishment and maintenance of the Buchenwald, Ravensbrück and Sachsenhausen National Memorials : Victims of Concentration Camps (II)
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5 + 5 | 7th of September | December 31, 1962 | 2,000,000 | VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei | 849 | |
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10 + 5 | 7th of September | December 31, 1962 | 2,000,000 | VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei | 850 | |
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20 + 10 | 7th of September | December 31, 1962 | 2,000,000 | VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei | 851 | |
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25 + 10 | 7th of September | December 31, 1962 | 2,000,000 | VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei | 852 | |
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40 + 20 | 7th of September | December 31, 1962 | 1,000,000 | VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei | 853 | |
International horticultural exhibition (iga), Erfurt
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10 | 13.september | December 31, 1962 | 7,000,000 | VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei | 854 | |
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20th | 13.september | December 31, 1962 | 15,000,000 | VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei | 855 | |
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40 | 13.september | December 31, 1962 | 1,000,000 | VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei | 856 | |
150th birthday of Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
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5 | November 23 | December 31, 1962 | 6,000,000 | Fritz Deutschendorf | 857 | |
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10 | October 19th | December 31, 1962 | 1,000,000 | Fritz Deutschendorf | 858 | |
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20th | October 19th | December 31, 1962 | 6,000,000 | Fritz Deutschendorf | 859 | |
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25th | November 23 | December 31, 1962 | 1,000,000 | Fritz Deutschendorf | 860 | |
day of the stamp
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10 | October 25 | December 31, 1962 | 1,000,000 | Dietrich Dorfstecher, Manfred Brückels | 861 | |
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20th | October 25 | December 31, 1962 | 8,000,000 | Dietrich Dorfstecher, Manfred Brückels | 862 | |
Visit of the Soviet cosmonaut German Titov in the GDR
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5 | 11th December | December 31, 1962 | 3,500,000 | Karl Sauer | 863 | |
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10 | 11th December | December 31, 1962 | 4,000,000 | Karl Sauer | 864 | |
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15th | 11th December | December 31, 1962 | 1,000,000 | Karl Sauer | 865 | |
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20th | 11th December | December 31, 1962 | 4,000,000 | Karl Sauer | 866 | |
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25th | 11th December | December 31, 1962 | 3,000,000 | Karl Sauer | 867 | |
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40 | 11th December | December 31, 1962 | 3,000,000 | Karl Sauer | 868 | |
Definitive stamps |
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image | description |
Value in pennies |
Issue date (1961) |
Date of Expiry | Edition | draft | Mi. -No |
Definitive series: Chairman of the State Council Walter Ulbricht (I)
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5 | 29th August | October 2, 1990 | 1,605,660,000 | VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei | 845 | |
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10 | 29th August | October 2, 1990 | 5,450,640,000 | VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei | 846 | |
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15th | 29th August | October 2, 1990 | 689,040,000 | VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei | 847 | |
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20th | 29th August | October 2, 1990 | 1,827,710,000 | VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei | 848 |
Overprint
Notes and individual references
- ↑ GDR universal catalog; Edited by Peter Fischer, Frithjof Skupin and Wolfgang Gudenschwager; Publisher: Transpress, Verlag für Verkehrwesen, ISBN 3-344-00001-2 , p. 285
literature
- Michel catalog Germany Special 1999 , Munich, Schwaneberger Verlag 1999, ISBN 3-87858-132-7
- GDR universal catalog; Edited by Peter Fischer, Frithjof Skupin and Wolfgang Gudenschwager; Publisher: Transpress, Verlag für Verkehrwesen, 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 stamp year 1961 of the Deutsche Bundespost
- Postage stamps from 1961 issued by the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin