Postage stamps from 1964 issued by the GDR Deutsche Post

Stamp blocks 1964 (blocks shown reduced by 50% compared to the individual stamps )
15 years GDR Michel block number 19
International Year of the Quiet Sun Michel block number 20	International Year of the Calm Sun Michel block number 21
International Year of the Quiet Sun Michel block number 22

The 1964 stamps issued by Deutsche Post of the German Democratic Republic comprised 61  special stamps , four stamp blocks with 18 special stamps and one definitive stamp . A total of 80 motifs were issued. 16 postage stamps were also printed together.

Pioneer meeting , Karl-Marx-Stadt

A special feature of this year are the triangular issues, these are unique among German postage stamps. This format the usual array of 10 x 10 or 5 x 10 marks per could stamp sheetlet not be selected five brands were each in Kehrdruck printed arrangement.

The largest block of stamps ever issued in the GDR (and also in German postal history) had the theme of 15 Years of the GDR . Its dimensions were 21 × 28.5 cm, which made them almost the size of a DIN A4 sheet of paper (21 × 29.7 cm), and it was not gummed . The stamps had no perforation ( cut ); they therefore had to be cut out for postal use. His individual motifs were also issued in rubberized and perforated counter sheets (in the Michel catalog under the letter A ; the cut ones: B ).

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 1,200,000 copies. Block 21 with 1.6 million, block 22 with 1.7 million and the miniature sheet with 2 million pieces were printed in a slightly increased edition.

All postage stamp issues since this year as well as the 2- mark values ​​of the definitive series of President Wilhelm Pieck and the definitive series of state council chairman Walter Ulbricht , published since 1961, were originally valid for unlimited postage . With the reunification after October 2, 1990, all brands lost their validity.

A supplementary value for the Walter Ulbricht permanent series was issued.

particularities

Special stamps

The series “ International memorials and memorials ”, started in 1963 and running until 1989 with mostly one value each, was continued . The postage rates of 25 and, from 1974 , 35 pfennigs, which were almost exclusively used, were used to frank postcards and simple letters in international traffic, so that the anti-fascist state doctrine of the GDR was to be demonstrated abroad by post.

Definitive stamps

The definitive stamp that appeared had a face value of 60 pfennigs, with which the postage for simple local letters with the additional services " registered mail " or " express delivery " could be paid for with a postage stamp.

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.
• 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 (1964)	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	Butterflies Admiral ( Vanessa atalanta )	10	15. January	27,000,000	Harry Priess	1004
	High alpine apollo ( Parnassius phoebus )	15th	15. January	3,500,000	Harry Priess	1005
	Swallowtail ( Papilio machaon )	20th	15. January	27,000,000	Harry Priess	1006
	Postillon ( Colias croceus )	25th	15. January	3,500,000	Harry Priess	1007
	Big fox ( Aglais polychloros )	40	15. January	1,200,000	Harry Priess	1008
	Famous artists Quadriga on the Brandenburg Gate , Gottfried Schadow	20th	February 6th	8,000,000	Eva Boehme	1009
	Keystone at the Zeughaus Berlin , Andreas Schlueter	25th	February 6th	3,500,000	Eva Boehme	1010
	William Shakespeare	40	February 6th	1,200,000	Eva Boehme	1011
	Leipzig Spring Fair The following two stamps were issued as a composite in a block of four with two decorative fields: Exhibition hall 18 ( electrical engineering )	10	February 26th	6,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1012
	Bräunigke's court , around 1700	20th	February 26th	6,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1013
	Preservation of the national memorials and memorials: anti-fascists and concentration camp victims Anton Saefkow	5 + 5	March 24th	2,500,000	Karl Sauer	1014
	Franz Jacob	10 + 5	March 24th	3,000,000	Karl Sauer	1015
	Bernhard Bästlein	15 + 5	March 24th	3,000,000	Karl Sauer	1016
	Harro Schulze-Boysen	20 + 5	March 24th	3,000,000	Karl Sauer	1017
	Adam Kuckhoff	25 + 10	March 24th	2,500,000	Karl Sauer	1018
	Mildred and Arvid Harnack	40 + 10	March 24th	1,200,000	Karl Sauer	1019
	70th birthday of Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Khrushchev, worker	25th	April 15th	3,000,000	Karl Sauer	1020
	Nikita Khrushchev with the cosmonauts W. Tereschkowa and J. Gagarin in front of the globe and moon	40	April 15th	1,200,000	Karl Sauer	1021
	Germany meeting of young people , Berlin Youngsters in front of flags	10	May 13th	7,000,000	Ekkehard Walter	1022
	Young athletes	20th	May 13th	7,000,000	Ekkehard Walter	1023
	Young people making music in front of the Brandenburg Gate , Berlin	25th	May 13th	1,200,000	Ekkehard Walter	1024
	Children's Day : characters from children's programs of the German Television Flax and crumbs with Struppi	5	June 1st	4,000,000	Werner Klemke	1025
	Master eye of the needle	10	June 1st	6,000,000	Werner Klemke	1026
	Pittiplatsch	15th	June 1st	4,000,000	Werner Klemke	1027
	Sandman	20th	June 1st	5,500,000	Werner Klemke	1028
	Bummi and Schnatterinchen	40	June 1st	1,200,000	Werner Klemke	1029
	Women's Congress of the GDR Woman with child, picture by Jenny Marx	20th	25th June	6,000,000	Eva Boehme	1030
	Technicians , transistor circuit	25th	25th June	1,200,000	Eva Boehme	1031
	Cattle breeders , pigs in front of pig fattening facility	70	25th June	3,500,000	Eva Boehme	1032
	Olympic Summer Games Tokyo (I) Cycling race	5	15th of July	4,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1033
	volleyball	10	15th of July	8,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1034
	Judo	20th	15th of July	8,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1035
	Diving	25th	15th of July	4,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1036
	Long distance running	40 + 20	15th of July	3,500,000	Gerhard Stauf	1037
	Show jumping	70	15th of July	1,200,000	Gerhard Stauf	1038
	Olympic Summer Games Tokyo (II) The following six stamps were issued as a composite in a six-block arrangement: Jumping	10	15th of July	2,000,000	Axel Bengs and Rudolf Skribelka	1039
	Show jumping	10 + 5	15th of July	2,000,000	Axel Bengs and Rudolf Skribelka	1040
	volleyball	10	15th of July	2,000,000	Axel Bengs and Rudolf Skribelka	1041
	Cycling race	10	15th of July	2,000,000	Axel Bengs and Rudolf Skribelka	1042
	Long distance running	10 + 5	15th of July	2,000,000	Axel Bengs and Rudolf Skribelka	1043
	Judo	10	15th of July	2,000,000	Axel Bengs and Rudolf Skribelka	1044
	Pioneer meeting , Karl-Marx-Stadt Young pioneers in learning	10 + 5	29th of July	3,000,000	Ingeborg Friebel	1045
	Young pioneers plant a tree	20 + 10	29th of July	2,500,000	Ingeborg Friebel	1046
	Young pioneers in the ball game	25 + 10	29th of July	1,200,000	Ingeborg Friebel	1047
	International memorials and memorials Monument in Leningrad ( Saint Petersburg )	25th	12. August	2,500,000	Peterpaul White	1048
	For world peace Frédéric Joliot-Curie	20th	September 1	22,000,000	Gerhard Voigt	1049
	Bertha Freifrau von Suttner	25th	September 1	3,000,000	Gerhard Voigt	1050
	Carl von Ossietzky	50	September 1	1,200,000	Gerhard Voigt	1051
	Leipzig Autumn Fair This and the following stamp was also issued as a composite print with a decorative field in between: Medieval glass workshop , cup	10	September 3	11,000,000	Axel Bengs	1052
	Modern fittings made from Jena glass	15th	September 3	8,250,000	Axel Bengs	1053
	100th anniversary of the establishment of the First International Workers' Association ( Internationale ) Stamp of the First International	20th	16th September	4,000,000	Peterpaul White	1054
	Stamp of the First International	25th	16th September	1,200,000	Peterpaul White	1055
	National stamp exhibition , Berlin Postage stamp of the GDR 1958 , Michel no. 663	10 + 5	September 23rd	3,000,000	Axel Bengs	1056
	Postage stamp of the GDR 1950 , Michel no. 278	20 + 10	September 23rd	3,000,000	Axel Bengs	1057
	Postage stamp of the GDR 1955 , Michel no. 504	50	September 23rd	1,200,000	Axel Bengs	1058
	15 years of the GDR These and the following fourteen stamps were also issued together in a cut and non-gummed block of stamps with an edition of 1,200,000 pieces (Michel no. 1059 B – 1073 B). Welder , ship on the quay	10	October 6th	4,000,000	Klaus Hennig and Dietrich Dorfstecher	1059 A
	Milkwoman , dairy cattle facility	10	October 6th	4,000,000	Klaus Hennig and Dietrich Dorfstecher	1060 A
	Student with microscope , lecture hall	10	October 6th	5,000,000	Klaus Hennig and Dietrich Dorfstecher	1061 A
	Metallurgical works , VEB steel and rolling mill Brandenburg (Siemens-Martin process)	10	October 6th	4,000,000	Klaus Hennig and Dietrich Dorfstecher	1062 A
	Flag in front of the teacher's house and block of flats on Alexanderplatz , Berlin	10	October 6th	4,000,000	Klaus Hennig and Dietrich Dorfstecher	1063 A
	Chemist , chemical plant	10	October 6th	4,000,000	Klaus Hennig and Dietrich Dorfstecher	1064 A
	Engineer , machine tool	10	October 6th	3,500,000	Klaus Hennig and Dietrich Dorfstecher	1065 A
	Member of the combat groups , industrial plant	10	October 6th	4,000,000	Klaus Hennig and Dietrich Dorfstecher	1066 a
	Fair figures , Old Town Hall , Leipzig	10	October 6th	3,500,000	Klaus Hennig and Dietrich Dorfstecher	1067 A
	Surveyor , lignite mining	10	October 6th	3,500,000	Klaus Hennig and Dietrich Dorfstecher	1068 A
	Winter vacationer , snow-covered town	10	October 6th	4,000,000	Klaus Hennig and Dietrich Dorfstecher	1069 A
	Scientist , planetarium projector from Carl Zeiss	10	October 6th	4,000,000	Klaus Hennig and Dietrich Dorfstecher	1070 A
	Sculptor , Dresden Zwinger	10	October 6th	3,500,000	Klaus Hennig and Dietrich Dorfstecher	1071 A
	Construction workers , residential buildings	10	October 6th	4,000,000	Klaus Hennig and Dietrich Dorfstecher	1072 A
	Textile worker , loom	10	October 6th	4,000,000	Klaus Hennig and Dietrich Dorfstecher	1073 A
	Folk costumes (I) The following two stamps were issued as a composite: Mönchgut ( Ruegen )	5	25. November	1,200,000	Ingeborg Friebel	1074
	Mönchgut ( Ruegen )	5	25. November	1,200,000	Ingeborg Friebel	1075
	The following two stamps were issued as a composite: Spreewald	10	25. November	6,000,000	Ingeborg Friebel	1076
	Spreewald	10	25. November	6,000,000	Ingeborg Friebel	1077
	The following two stamps were issued as a composite: Thuringia	20th	25. November	6,000,000	Ingeborg Friebel	1078
	Thuringia	20th	25. November	6,000,000	Ingeborg Friebel	1079
	International year of the calm sun The following three stamps were each issued as a single stamp block: Part of the globe, satellite	25th	December 29th	1,200,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	1081
	Sun with corona and prominences	40	December 29th	1,600,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	1082
	Satellite orbits in front of the globe with a radiation belt	70	December 29th	1,700,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	1083
Definitive stamps
image	description	value	Issue date (1964)	Edition	draft	Mi. -No
	Definitive series: Chairman of the State Council Walter Ulbricht (stamp series) , small format (III)	60	9th of December	111,190,000	VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei (DWD)	1080

Overprints

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  Leipzig Spring Fair

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  Olympic Summer Games Tokyo (II)

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  Leipzig Autumn Fair

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  Folk costumes (I)
  Mönchgut

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  Folk costumes (I)
  Spreewald

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  Folk costumes (I)
  Thuringia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} edition including the three stiffeners
2. ↑ See stamp day (GDR)
3. ↑ The same motif was issued in 1965 with a surcharge of 10 pfennigs
4. ↑ Two further editions with a similar drawing followed in 1966 (II) and 1968 (III) . Sorbian girls' costumes then appeared in 1971 (large format) and 1972 (small format from stamp booklets) .
5. ↑ The first 4 values ​​came to the post office counter in 1961 . In addition to this year's edition, there were other supplementary editions in the years 1963 (5 values), 1967 (1 value), 1970 (1 value) and 1971 (1 value).

literature

• Michel catalog Germany 1999/2000. Schwaneberger Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-87858-028-2 .
• Peter Fischer, Frithjof Skupin, Wolfgang Gudenschwager (eds.): GDR universal catalog . Transpress, Verlag für Verkehrwesen, 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 stamps from 1964 of the German Federal Post Office
• Postage stamps from 1964 issued by the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin

Web links

Commons : Postage stamps of the Federal Republic, Berlin and the GDR from 1964  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps from other countries 1964  - Collection of images, videos and audio files