Postage stamps from 1962 from the GDR Deutsche Post

Stamp pad 1962

First group flight of the spaceships Vostok 3 and Vostok 4 Michel block number 17

After no blocks and only one overprint were issued in 1961 , there were also four overprints and the first miniature sheet from the GDR in addition to a block for the first group flight in the cosmos for the 1962 stamp year of the GDR. A total of 65  special stamps with 64 motifs, along with the corresponding overlays, but no definitive stamps, came to the post office counters. The output volume was thus slightly increased compared to the previous year (1961: 53 values).

A surcharge of between 5 and 30 pfennigs (1.35 marks in total ) had to be paid for 14 special stamps . The face value of the issues was 15.15 marks.

Since 1955 , most special postage stamp sets have usually had a value as well as almost all miniature sheets and the miniature sheet editions published from this year in a significantly reduced edition. 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 stamps of this year were printed on paper with the watermark No. 3 ( GDR around Kreuzblume ) and were valid for postage until March 31, 1964 .

particularities

The trade fair stamps, which were previously published as single values ​​or sentences with only two brands, were presented in 1962 as three-value sentences. After a long break, there were again stamps for the “peace ride”. A second sports edition, which also appeared as a synopsis, paid tribute to the European Swimming Championships awarded to Leipzig. When the National People's Army was founded in 1956, military service in the GDR was still voluntary; it was not until 1962 that conscription was introduced. This was the occasion for a five-valued edition for the 6th year of its foundation, ie an "out of round" anniversary. The Post continued the series “ Building National Memorials in Former Concentration Camps ”, which had been running since the mid-1950s, with two sentences as in the previous year. The motifs were dominated by the cosmos with a pad and a sheetlet issued for the first time in the GDR. But there were also four values ​​for the protection of species and two three-valued sentences for the Baltic Sea Week in Rostock and the GDR agricultural exhibition "Agra".

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 (1962)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	Protected animals (I) Red wood ant (Formica rufa)	5	February 16	March 31, 1964	1,000,000	Horst Naumann	869
	Mouse weasel (Mustalis nivalis)	10	February 16	March 31, 1964	14,000,000	Horst Naumann	870
	Shrew (Soricidae)	20th	February 16	March 31, 1964	13,000,000	Horst Naumann	871
	Bat (chiroptera)	40	February 16	March 31, 1964	12,000,000	Horst Naumann	872
	Leipzig Spring Fair 1962 House for the arabic coffee tree , trade fair sign	10	February 16	March 31, 1964	8,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher , Manfred Brückels	873
	Gohliser Schlösschen , trade fair mark	20th	February 22	March 31, 1964	6,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher, Manfred Brückels	874
	Romanushaus , trade fair mark	25th	February 22	March 31, 1964	3,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher, Manfred Brückels	875
	6 years National People's Army Pilot in the jet fighter on the ground	5	1st March	March 31, 1964	3,500,000	Gerhard Stauf	876
	Mot gunner in front of armored personnel carriers	10	1st March	March 31, 1964	8,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	877
	Soldier with submachine gun and worker in front of a steel mill	20th	1st March	March 31, 1964	6,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	878
	Signal guest with signal flags in front of warships of the People's Navy	25th	1st March	March 31, 1964	3,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	879
	Tank driver in front of a tank	40	1st March	March 31, 1964	1,100,000	Gerhard Stauf	880
	Preservation of the national memorials and memorials : anti-fascists , concentration camp victims (I) Danielle Casanova (1909–1943), French youth functionary, partisan	5 + 5	March 22	March 31, 1964	2,000,000	German securities printing company	881
	Julius Fučík (1903–1943), Czech writer and journalist , resistance fighter	10 + 5	March 22	March 31, 1964	2,500,000	German securities printing company	882
	Johanna Schaft (1920–1945), Dutch student , resistance fighter	20 + 10	March 22	March 31, 1964	2,500,000	German securities printing company	883
	Paweł Finder (1904–1944), Polish party official	25 + 10	March 22	March 31, 1964	2,000,000	German securities printing company	884
	Soja Kosmodemjanskaja (1923–1941), Soviet Komsomolite , partisan	40 + 20	March 22	March 31, 1964	1,000,000	German securities printing company	885
	XV. International long-distance bike ride for peace Berlin-Prague-Warsaw Cyclists in front of the Prague Castle	10	26th of April	March 31, 1964	8,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	886
	Cyclists with the national team jerseys in front of the Palace of Culture in Warsaw	20 + 10	26th of April	March 31, 1964	6,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	887
	Racing cyclist in the yellow jersey in front of the Rotes Rathaus in Berlin	25th	26th of April	March 31, 1964	1,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	888
	200th birthday of Johann Gottlieb Fichte Birthplace of the philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte in Rammenau	10	17th of May	March 31, 1964	1,100,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	889
	Portrait of Spruce	10	17th of May	March 31, 1964	1,100,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	890
	20th anniversary of the destruction of Lidice Cross with crown of thorns , rose and lettering Lidice	10	June 7th	March 31, 1964	6,000,000	Peterpaul White	891
	Cross with crown of thorns, rose and lettering Lidice	25th	June 7th	March 31, 1964	1,100,000	Peterpaul White	892
	80th birthday of Georgi Dimitroff This and the following stamp were issued as a composite print with a decorative field in between: Georgi Dimitroff before the Imperial Court in Leipzig	5	18th of June	March 31, 1964	2,000,000	Axel Bengs	893
	Portrait of the Bulgarian politician Dimitrov	20th	18th of June	March 31, 1964	9,100,000	Axel Bengs	894
	10th National Agricultural Exhibition in Leipzig Corn planter , corn cob	10	June 26th	March 31, 1964	3,000,000	Hans-Joachim Walch	895
	Cows in the pasture milking parlor	20th	June 26th	March 31, 1964	3,000,000	Hans-Joachim Walch	896
	Combine harvester , wheat ear	40	June 26th	March 31, 1964	1,100,000	Hans-Joachim Walch	897
	5th Baltic Sea Week in Rostock Map of the Baltic Sea	10	2nd July	March 31, 1964	6,000,000	Harry Priess	898
	Skyscraper in Langen Strasse , Rostock	20th	2nd July	March 31, 1964	6,000,000	Charlotte Schneider	899
	10,000 t motor ship ( "Frieden" type ) in the port of Rostock	25th	2nd July	March 31, 1964	1,100,000	Charlotte Schneider	900
	VIII World Festival of Youth and Students in Helsinki 1962 (I) These and the following three stamps were issued as an overprint in a block of four: Brandenburg Gate , Berlin	5	17th July	March 31, 1964	1,100,000	Rudolf Skribelka	901
	Young people of different races	5	17th July	March 31, 1964	1,100,000	Rudolf Skribelka	902
	Dove of peace	20th	17th July	March 31, 1964	1,100,000	Rudolf Skribelka	903
	National Theater , Helsinki	20th	17th July	March 31, 1964	1,100,000	Rudolf Skribelka	904
	VIII World Festival of Youth and Students in Helsinki 1962 (II) This and the following stamp were issued as a composite print: Folk dance couple	5 + 5	17th July	March 31, 1964	4,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher, Klaus Hennig	905
	Young people from different nations	15 + 5	17th July	March 31, 1964	4,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher, Klaus Hennig	906
	X. European Swimming Championships in Leipzig These and the following five stamps were also issued as an overprint in a block of six: Edition from combined prints: 1,100,000 individual stamps each Freestyle swimming	5	August 7th	March 31, 1964	6,100,000	Harry Priess	907
	Backstroke	10	August 7th	March 31, 1964	7,100,000	Harry Priess	908
	Diving	20 + 10	August 7th	March 31, 1964	3,100,000	Harry Priess	909
	Dolphin swimming	25th	August 7th	March 31, 1964	4,100,000	Harry Priess	910
	Breaststroke	40	August 7th	March 31, 1964	2,200,000	Harry Priess	911
	Water polo	70	August 7th	March 31, 1964	4,100,000	Harry Priess	912
	Leipzig Autumn Fair 1962 Municipal department store , trade fair sign	10	August 28th	March 31, 1964	6,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	913
	Entrance to the Mädlerpassage , trade fair sign	20th	August 28th	March 31, 1964	6,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	914
	Front part of an airplane, Leipzig-Mockau airport , trade fair sign	25th	August 28th	March 31, 1964	3,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	915
	10 years University of Transport " Friedrich List ", Dresden Airplane, diesel locomotive , ship, transmission mast	5	September 3	March 31, 1964	6,000,000	Axel Bengs	916
	First group flight of the spaceships Vostok 3 and Vostok 4 This stamp was issued as a cut stamp block: Pawel Romanowitsch Popowitsch and Andrijan Grigorjewitsch Nikolajew , trajectories of the spaceships	70	13.september	March 31, 1964	1,100,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	917
	Preservation of the national memorials and memorials : anti-fascists , concentration camp victims (II) René Blieck (1910–1945), Belgian writer, partisan	5 + 5	4th of October	March 31, 1964	2,500,000	German securities printing company	918
	Alfred Klahr (1904–1944), Austrian economist , resistance fighter	10 + 5	4th of October	March 31, 1964	3,000,000	German securities printing company	919
	José Diaz (1920–1945), Spanish trade union leader	15 + 5	4th of October	March 31, 1964	2,500,000	German securities printing company	920
	Julius Alpari (1882–1944), Hungarian editor and party leader	20 + 10	4th of October	March 31, 1964	3,000,000	German securities printing company	921
	Brothers Cervi († 1943), Italian brothers and partisans: Ovidio (* 1918), Agostino (* 1916), Antenore (* 1904), Aldo (* 1909), Gelindo (* 1901), Fernando (* 1911), Ettore ( * 1921)	70 + 30	4th of October	March 31, 1964	1,100,000	German securities printing company	922
	10 years of German television broadcasting and Postage Stamp Day Screen with broadcasting symbols of the GDR television broadcasting station, transmission mast and receiving antenna	20th	October 25	March 31, 1964	6,000,000	Axel Bengs	923
	Young philatelists in front of a map of the world	40	October 25	March 31, 1964	1,100,000	Axel Bengs	924
	100th birthday of Gerhart Hauptmann Portrait of the poet , playwright and writer Gerhart Hauptmann Nobel laureate in literature (1862–1946)	20th	15th of November	March 31, 1964	6,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	925
	5 years of Soviet space flights These and the following seven stamps were issued together as miniature sheets : Space dogs Belka and Strelka returned to Earth	5	December 28th	March 31, 1964	1,100,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	926
	Vostok 1 over the globe (North Africa and Europe) and cosmonaut J. Gagarin	10	December 28th	March 31, 1964	1,100,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	927
	Sputnik 1 and 2 over the globe (West Africa and Madagascar )	15th	December 28th	March 31, 1964	1,100,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	928
	Vostok 2 over the globe (Europe, Arabia and Central Asia) and cosmonauts G. Titow and P. Popowitsch	20th	December 28th	March 31, 1964	1,100,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	929
	Lunik 1 and 2 in front of the lunar surface	25th	December 28th	March 31, 1964	1,100,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	930
	Vostok 3 and 4 over the globe (Southeast Asia), cosmonauts A. Nikolajew and P. Popowitsch	30th	December 28th	March 31, 1964	1,100,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	931
	Trajectories and first interplanetary station	40	December 28th	March 31, 1964	1,100,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	932
	Moon and lunar probe Lunik 3	50	December 28th	March 31, 1964	1,100,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	933
Definitive stamps
image	description	value	Issue date (1962)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
Definitive stamps were not issued in this year

Miniature sheets and compound prints

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  VIII World Festival of Youth and Students in Helsinki 1962 (I))

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  VIII World Festival of Youth and Students in Helsinki 1962 (I)

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  X. European Swimming Championships in Leipzig

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  5 years of Soviet space flights

Remarks

1. ↑ The flag combination shown was not present in the winker alphabet in the GDR 1962, however. (Peter Tichatzky: Colorful DDR-Briefmarkenwelt. Eulenspiegel Verlag, Berlin 2011 ISBN 978-3-359-02297-8 , p. 62: What is the signal guest waving? )

literature

• Michel catalog Germany special 1999. Schwaneberger Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-87858-132-7 .
• Peter Fischer, Frithjof Skupin, Wolfgang Gudenschwager (eds.): 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 stamp year 1962 of the German Federal Post Office
• Postage stamps from 1962 issued by the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin

Web links

Commons : Postage stamps of the Federal Republic, Berlin and the GDR from 1962  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps from other countries 1962  - Collection of images, videos and audio files