Postage stamp year 1963 of the Deutsche Bundespost

“100 Years of the International Red Cross” on the embossing.

The postage stamp year 1963 of the Deutsche Bundespost comprised 22 special stamps , definitive stamps were not issued this year.

The edition commemorating “100 Years of the International Red Cross” is one of the few German stamps to be embossed .

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 (1963)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Help from the organizations CRALOG and CARE Handover of a gift package	20th	February 9	December 31, 1964	20,000,000	Eduard Ege	390
	Misereor Stylized ears of corn, seeds, cross and inscription in front of globe	20th	27th of February	December 31, 1964	20,000,000	Bert Hunter	391
	*Stamp exhibition Flora and Philately* and IGA 63 in Hamburg** Checkerboard flower (Fritillaria meleagris - Liliaceae)	10	26th of April	December 31, 1964	30,000,000	Otto Rohse	392
	Yellow lady's slipper (Cypripedium calceolosus - Orchidaceae)	15th	26th of April	December 31, 1964	30,000,000	Otto Rohse	393
	Common Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris - Ranunculaceae)	20th	26th of April	December 31, 1964	20,000,000	Otto Rohse	394
	Sea thistle (Eryngium maritimum - Umbelliferae)	40	26th of April	December 31, 1964	20,000,000	Otto Rohse	395
	400 years of the Heidelberg Catechism Inscription on ornament background	20th	2.May	December 31, 1964	20,000,000	Müller	396
	Regina Martyrum Memorial Cross of Golgotha with darkened celestial stars	10	May 4th	December 31, 1964	20,000,000	Otto Rohse	397
	100th anniversary of the 1st Paris International Postal Conference 1863 Simplified coats of arms of the countries participating in the conference (from left to right): 1st row: Austria, Belgium, Costa Rica, Denmark. 2nd row: Ecuador, Spain, United States, France, Great Britain. 3rd row: Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Prussia, Switzerland. 4th row: Hawaii, Bremen, Hamburg, Lübeck.	40	May 7th	December 31, 1964	20,000,000	Eduard Ege	398
	Inauguration of the Vogelfluglinie - the shortest connection between Germany and Copenhagen Stylized bird representation, map with drawn bird flight line, flags of Denmark and Germany; Joint issue with Denmark	20th	May 14th	December 31, 1964	30,000,000	Karl Oskar bubble	399
	100 years of the International Red Cross Red cross with inscription in the halo	20th	May 24th	December 31, 1964	30,000,000	Hermann Bentele	400
	For the youth : native bird life Hoopoe (Upupa epops - Upupidae)	10 + 5	June 12	December 31, 1964	6,350,000	Heinz Schillinger	401
	Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus - Oriolidae)	15 + 5	June 12	December 31, 1964	6,310,000	Heinz Schillinger	402
	Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula - Fringillidae)	20 + 10	June 12	December 31, 1964	6,300,000	Heinz Schillinger	403
	Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis - Alcedinidae)	40 + 20	June 12	December 31, 1964	5,440,000	Heinz Schillinger	404
	11th German Evangelical Church Congress Jerusalem cross in a crown of thorns wound from barbed wire	20th	24th July	December 31, 1965	20,000,000	Rough	405
	European brands Letters CEPT in ornament	15th	September 14th	December 31, 1965	30,000,000	Spar	406
	Letters CEPT in ornament	20th	September 14th	December 31, 1965	110,000,000	Spar	407
	Welfare stamps : the wolf and the seven young goats Fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm The mother leaves the house	10 + 5	September 23rd	December 31, 1965	13,934,000	Holger Börnsen	408
	The wolf wants to go into the house	15 + 5	September 23rd	December 31, 1965	14,861,000	Holger Börnsen	409
	The wolf eats 6 of the kids, one hides in the grandfather clock	20 + 10	September 23rd	December 31, 1965	16,614,000	Holger Börnsen	410
	The little kids are saved, the wolf falls into the well	40 + 20	September 23rd	December 31, 1965	8,191,000	Holger Börnsen	411