Postage stamps from 1963 from the GDR Deutsche Post

Block edition chemical industry of the GDR
(105 × 74 mm, Michel block number 18)

The 1963 stamps issued by Deutsche Post of the GDR were issued by Deutsche Post in 1963 . As in the 1962 stamp year , one block was issued in 1963 . Four postage stamps were sent to the post office counters in two horizontal prints as well as ten values ​​with a thematically designed side field. Another miniature sheet was only available in the next stamp year .

The year includes 61  special stamps and a block with a total of 63 motifs as well as seven definitive stamps in two drawings. The volume of the issue thus roughly corresponded to the previous year (1962: 65 items). A surcharge of between 5 and 20 pfennigs (1.15 marks in total ) had to be paid for 14 special stamps . The face value of the issues was 19.45 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 . This year, the brand circulation was these values 1 100 000 or 1 200 000 pieces.

All stamps of this year were printed on paper with the watermark No. 3 ( GDR around Kreuzblume ), only with the long-term reprinted serial values ​​of 50 and 70  pfennigs , partial editions from 1967 were printed on paper with the watermark No. 1 due to a paper mix-up (Finials). The block has no watermark. The issues were valid for postage until March 31, 1965, with the exception of the definitive stamps that could be used until October 2, 1990 .

particularities

Special stamps

The trade fair stamp sets , which had been trivalent since 1962 , were retained in 1963. For the first time there was an issue for a SED party congress , still with only one stamp - in 1967 for the 7th party congress there should already be 2 sentences with a total of 8 values. Several issues were again dedicated to sport, which had become of growing political importance for the GDR due to its international appeal: the stamps for the Olympic Winter Games in 1964 were sold at the end of the year, then the sports theme with stamps became the German gymnastics and sports festival , to the races of the world championships in motorcycle racing and motocross as well as to the 100th birthday of Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games . Finally, the surcharge stamps from the series “Preservation of National Memorials in Former Concentration Camps”, which had been published in two sentences as in the previous year, had been running since the mid-1950s and this year was dedicated to the athletes murdered during the National Socialist rule, with secondary fields with sports motifs . The chemical industry was of fundamental importance for the GDR economy based on its economic tradition. After this had already been honored by post in 1960 with a four-valued set of stamps, a non- gummed pad printed on Dederon fabric reached the counters in 1963 . The series “ International memorials and memorials ”, which ran until 1989, was started that year . The series “Protected Animals”, which only began in 1962, was followed by a continuation of the motif. There were also issues on the 150th anniversary of the wars of liberation , on birthday anniversaries for German writers and opera composers, on visits by Soviet cosmonauts from the GDR and on the international fight against malaria.

Definitive stamps

The penny values ​​of the “Walter Ulbricht” series, which began in 1961, were initially supplemented with 5 postage levels. With the two market values ​​with the currency indication “DM” also issued for this series, the high continuous series denominations were available in a new design for the first time since 1958. The 1-DM-Pieck-stamp of the previous series from 1957 had already been put out of circulation on March 31, 1962, whereas its 2-DM-nominal remained valid until October 2, 1990 parallel to the Ulbricht values.

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	Date of issue ( 1963)	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	100th birthday of Pierre de Coubertin Portrait of Pierre de Coubertins	10	January 2nd	March 31, 1965	22,000,000	Axel Bengs , Rudolf Skribelka	939
	Olympic Stadium , Athens	25th	January 2nd	March 31, 1965	1,100,000	Axel Bengs, Rudolf Skribelka	940
	VI. Congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) VI. Party congress emblem in front of the red flag	10	15. January	March 31, 1965	1,100,000	Karl Sauer	941
	Fight against malaria Pest controller with sprayer in front of world map	20th	February 6th	March 31, 1965	6,000,000	Klaus Hennig, Dietrich Dorfstecher	942
	Red cross with Aesculapian staff in front of world map	25th	February 6th	March 31, 1965	3,000,000	Klaus Hennig, Dietrich Dorfstecher	943
	Spotted malaria mosquito (Anopheles maculipernis) in the yellow cross in front of world map	50	February 6th	March 31, 1965	1,100,000	Klaus Hennig, Dietrich Dorfstecher	944
	International tobacco auction Silver fox (Canis vulpes)	20th	14th of February	March 31, 1965	7,000,000	Klaus Hennig, Gerhard Stauf	945
	Karakul sheep (Ovis ammon)	25th	14th of February	March 31, 1965	1,100,000	Klaus Hennig, Gerhard Stauf	946
	Leipzig Spring Fair 1963 Barthels Hof , trade fair mark	10	February 26th	March 31, 1965	6,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	947
	New town hall , trade fair sign	20th	February 26th	March 31, 1965	6,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	948
	Krochhochhaus , trade fair sign	25th	February 26th	March 31, 1965	4,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	949
	Chemical industry (block 18), cut , 105 × 74 mm Laboratory assistant at modern laboratory equipment	50	March 12th	March 31, 1965	1,100,000		950 (block 18)
	Distillation column of petrochemistry	70	March 12th	March 31, 1965	1,100,000		951 (block 18)
	Famous German writers and opera composers Writer Johann Gottfried Seume , scene from the walk to Syracuse in 1802	5	1st March	March 31, 1965	5,000,000	Ingeborg Friebel	952
	Poet Friedrich Hebbel , scene from the drama Maria Magdalena	10	1st March	March 31, 1965	5,000,000	Ingeborg Friebel	953
	Writer Georg Büchner , scene from the drama Woyzeck	20th	1st March	March 31, 1965	7,000,000	Ingeborg Friebel	954
	Composer Richard Wagner , scene from the opera The Flying Dutchman	25th	1st March	March 31, 1965	1,100,000	Ingeborg Friebel	955
	100 years of the International Red Cross Red Cross sister putting on a bandage	10	May 14th	March 31, 1965	1,100,000	Hajo Rose	956
	Ambulance vehicle Barkas B 1000 , polyclinic	20th	May 14th	March 31, 1965	6,000,000	Hajo Rose	957
	Preservation of the national memorials and memorials : athletes , concentration camp victims (I) This stamp was issued as an overprint with a decorative field on the right: Walter Bohne (1903–1944), long-distance runner	5 + 5	May 27th	March 31, 1965	2,500,000	Gerhard Stauf	958
	This stamp was issued as an overprint with a decorative field on the right: Werner Seelenbinder (1904–1944), wrestler	10 + 5	May 27th	March 31, 1965	3,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	959
	This stamp was issued as an overprint with a decorative field on the right: Albert Richter (1912–1940), racing cyclist	15 + 5	May 27th	March 31, 1965	2,500,000	Gerhard Stauf	960
	This stamp was issued as an overprint with a decorative field on the right: Heinz Steyer (1909–1944), football player	20 + 10	May 27th	March 31, 1965	3,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	961
	This stamp was issued as an overprint with a decorative field on the right: Kurt Schlosser (1900–1944), mountaineer	25 + 10	May 27th	March 31, 1965	1,100,000	Gerhard Stauf	962
	German Gymnastics and Sports Festival Leipzig Gymnastics on spars	10 + 5	June 13th	March 31, 1965	3,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	963
	Gymnastics with ribbons	20 + 10	June 13th	March 31, 1965	3,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	964
	Men's relay race	25 + 10	June 13th	March 31, 1965	1,100,000	Lothar Grünewald	965
	75th years song of the international socialist labor movement " The Internationale " Portrait of the lyricist Eugène Pottier before notes of the prelude and the opening bars	20th	18th of June	March 31, 1965	22,000,000	Cossack	966
	Portrait of the composer Pierre Degeyter before the notes of the prelude and the opening bars	25th	18th of June	March 31, 1965	1,100,000	Cossack	967
	Group flight of the spaceships Vostok 5 and 6 This and the following stamp were issued as a composite print: Valentina Tereschkowa in a space suit , Vostok 6 in front of part of the globe	20th	July 18th	March 31, 1965	9,500,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	970
	Valery Bykowski in a space suit , Vostok 5 in front of part of the globe	20th	July 18th	March 31, 1965	9,500,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	971
	II.  Motocross world championship run in Apolda , III. World championship run for motorcycles in 1963 at the Sachsenring Motocross , 250 cc class	10	30th July	March 31, 1965	1.10.000	Fritz Deutschendorf	972
	Motorcycle racing , 125 cc class	20 + 10	30th July	March 31, 1965	5,000,000	Fritz Deutschendorf	973
	Motorcycle racing, 250 cc class	25th	30th July	March 31, 1965	3,500,000	Fritz Deutschendorf	974
	International memorials and memorials (I) Monument with a flame bowl , Treblinka (Poland)	20th	20th of August	March 31, 1965	8,000,000	Peterpaul White	975
	Leipzig Autumn Fair 1963 This and the following stamp were issued as a composite print: Cars , railcars and trade fair signs in front of half of the globe	10	August 27	March 31, 1965	8,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	976
	Airliner , bus and trade fair sign in front of half of the globe	10	August 27	March 31, 1965	8,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	977
	Protected animals (II) Stag beetle (Lucanus cervus)	10	September 10	March 31, 1965	13,000,000	Horst Naumann	978
	Streaked fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra terrestris)	20th	September 10	March 31, 1965	9,000,000	Horst Naumann	979
	European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis)	30th	September 10	March 31, 1965	3,000,000	Horst Naumann	980
	Toad (Bufo VERIDA)	50	September 10	March 31, 1965	1,100,000	Horst Naumann	981
	Brown-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)	70	September 10	March 31, 1965	3,000,000	Horst Naumann	982
	Preservation of the national memorials and memorials : athletes , concentration camp victims (II) This stamp was issued as an overprint with a decorative field on the right: Hermann Tops (1897–1944), Turner	5 + 5	September 24th	March 31, 1965	2,500,000	Gerhard Stauf	983
	This stamp was issued as an overprint with a decorative field on the right: Käthe Tucholla (1910–1943), hockey player	10 + 5	September 24th	March 31, 1965	3,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	984
	This stamp was issued as an overprint with a decorative field on the right: Rudolf Seiffert (1908–1945), swimmer	15 + 5	September 24th	March 31, 1965	2,500,000	Gerhard Stauf	985
	This stamp was issued as an overprint with a decorative field on the right: Ernst Grube (1890–1945), Turner	25 + 10	September 24th	March 31, 1965	3,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	986
	This stamp was issued as an overprint with a decorative field on the right: Kurt Biedermann (1903–1942), white water canoe	40 + 20	September 24th	March 31, 1965	1,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	987
	150th anniversary of the Wars of Liberation Prussian military leader August Neidhardt von Gneisenau , Prussian field marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher	5	October 10th	March 31, 1965	13,000,000	Horst Naumann	988
	Cossacks and Landwehr on the Berlin Kreuzberg	10	October 10th	March 31, 1965	9,000,000	Horst Naumann	989
	Poet Ernst Moritz Arndt , Stein Prussian statesman	20th	October 10th	March 31, 1965	3,000,000	Horst Naumann	990
	Freischar von Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow (painting by Hans Kohlschein )	25th	October 10th	March 31, 1965	1,100,000	Horst Naumann	991
	Prussian General Gerhard von Scharnhorst , Russian Field Marshal Prince Michail Illarionowitsch Kutusow	40	October 10th	March 31, 1965	1,200,000	Horst Naumann	992
	Visit of Soviet cosmonauts in the GDR Cosmonaut Valentin Tereschkowa , spaceship after launch	10	October 17th	March 31, 1965	6,000,000	Karl Sauer	993
	Cosmonaut Valentina Tereschkowa in front of the rally and outline map of the GDR	20th	October 17th	March 31, 1965	6,000,000	Karl Sauer	994
	Cosmonaut J. Gagarin , in front of the rally and outline map of the GDR	20th	November 19th	March 31, 1965	6,000,000	Karl Sauer	995
	Cosmonaut Valentina Tereschkowa in a space suit , looking through the window of a spaceship	25th	October 17th	March 31, 1965	1,200,000	Karl Sauer	996
	Reichspogromnacht Burning synagogue , star of David wound with a chain	10	November 8th	March 31, 1965	5,000,000	Karl Sauer, Horst Naumann	997
	day of the stamp Letter distribution machine , post horn	10	25. November	March 31, 1965	1,100,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	998
	Forklifts with rolling pallet , Bahnpostwagen , Post Horn	20th	25. November	March 31, 1965	6,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	999
	Olympic Winter Games 1964 in Innsbruck , ski jumping Start-up	5	December 18th	March 31, 1965	1,100,000	Oswin Volkamer	1000
	Jump	10	December 18th	March 31, 1965	8,000,000	Oswin Volkamer	1001
	Flight phase	20 + 10	December 18th	March 31, 1965	8,000,000	Oswin Volkamer	1002
	Landing	25th	December 18th	March 31, 1965	7,000,000	Oswin Volkamer	1003
Definitive stamps
image	description	Value in pennies (unless otherwise stated)	Issue date	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	Mi. -No
	Definitive series: Chairman of the State Council Walter Ulbricht (II) Portrait of Walter Ulbricht	25th	January 2nd	October 2, 1990	689,040,000		934
	Portrait of Walter Ulbricht	30th	January 2nd	October 2, 1990	689,040,000		935
	Portrait of Walter Ulbricht	40	January 2nd	October 2, 1990	689,040,000		936
	Portrait of Walter Ulbricht	50	February 11th	October 2, 1990	689,040,000		937
	Portrait of Walter Ulbricht	70	February 11th	October 2, 1990			938
	Definitive series: Chairman of the State Council Walter Ulbricht , large format (I) Portrait of Walter Ulbricht	1 DM	25th June	October 2, 1990	57 385 000	Karl Wolf	968
	Portrait of Walter Ulbricht	2 DM	25th June	October 2, 1990	29 882 000	Karl Wolf	969

Overprints

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  Visit of Soviet cosmonauts in the GDR

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  Heinz Steyer (1909–1944), football player

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  Kurt Schlosser (1900–1944), mountaineer

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  Leipzig Autumn Fair 1963

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  Hermann Tops (1897–1944), Turner

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  Rudolf Seiffert (1908–1945), swimmer

supporting documents

1. ↑ A first edition in the same design was published in 1962 .
2. ↑ ^{a b} The complete edition is given. These stamps appeared in 1963 with the currency denomination D eutsche M ark of the German Central Bank ; later similar issues were designated M ark of D eutsche Fed (1965) and M ark of the GDR (1969).

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 1963 of the Deutsche Bundespost
• Postage stamps from 1963 issued by the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin

Web links

Commons : Postage stamps of the Federal Republic, Berlin and the GDR from 1963  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps from other countries 1963  - Collection of images, videos and audio files