Postage stamps from 1965 issued by the GDR Deutsche Post

Stamp pads 1965

International stamp exhibition of the exhibition centers INTER MESS III, Leipzig Michel block number 23

International stamp exhibition of the exhibition centers INTER MESS III, Leipzig Michel block number 24

The 1965 postage stamps issued by Deutsche Post der GDR were issued in 1965 by Deutsche Post der GDR . As in the previous year , block issues came to the counters and three stamps were issued in a horizontal overprint.

The year included a total of 69  special stamps and 2 blocks with 68 motifs and 2 definitive stamps. The number of issues decreased slightly compared to the previous year (1964: 79 special stamps, 18 of which were in four stamp blocks). A surcharge of 5 or 10 pfennigs (0.70 marks in total ) had to be paid for 11 special stamps . The two blocks were also sold with a front-end load of 0.10M (block 23) and 0.15M (block 24). The face value of the issues was 20.85 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 . In this brand year, the circulation of these values ​​was between 1,200,000 and 1,400,000.

Until July of this year, the stamps were consistently printed on paper with the watermark No. 3 ( GDR around Kreuzblume ), after which watermark paper was only used in some of the issues.

All postage stamp issues since 1964 as well as the 2- mark values ​​of the definitive series President Wilhelm Pieck and the definitive series of State Council Chairman Walter Ulbricht , published since 1961, originally had unlimited postage validity . With the reunification after October 2, 1990, all brands lost their validity.

particularities

Special stamps

The stamps for the Leipziger Messe issued as three-value sets since 1962 - in 1964, however, a printed side field was moved to the place of the third value - were continued in 1965. This also applies to the cosmos motifs, first featured in the GDR Post's emissions program in 1961, which this year showed the exit of a person into space during the flight from Woschod 2 and the subsequent GDR visit of the cosmonauts involved. World championships in boxing and modern pentathlon held in the GDR formed the issue of a total of 7 sports postage stamps. After the 12 motifs in the Olympic year 1964, this was halved; in the following year it should be 12 again.

In line with the political self-image of the GDR leadership, the 20th anniversary of Germany's liberation from fascism was honored with collages on historical events from 1933 to 1945 with 9 values. For the first time there was a surcharge “Help for Vietnam”. This was the forerunner of the series " Invincible Vietnam ", which ran from 1966, with interruptions until 1979, and which was dedicated to the war in the Southeast Asian country. 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. The end of the issue was a commemorative stamp for the former GDR Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl, who died in 1964 and who played a major role in the largely forced unification of the KPD and the SPD to form the SED in 1946.

4 stamps with buildings appeared for Leipzig's 800th birthday. These motifs were repeated in 2 blocks that appeared for the “Intermess III” stamp exhibition held to mark the city's anniversary . The 800th anniversary of the founding of Karl-Marx-Stadt (today Chemnitz again ) and the 200-year establishment of the Bergakademie Freiberg also reflected a three or four-valued edition. On the other hand, the zoo created by the division of Germany in East Berlin could look back on only 10 years of existence, to which the Post dedicated three values ​​with animals from distant continents. Finally, the birthdays of famous personalities were also commemorated with special stamp issues. a. Albert Schweitzer, August Bebel, Adolph Menzel, Wilhelm Röntgen and Dante Alighieri.

Definitive stamps

The market values ​​of the permanent series "Walter Ulbricht" from 1963 with the currency indication "DM" were replaced by the new designation "MDN"; however, the values ​​in the old drawing have not been suspended.

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 (1965)	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	90th birthday of Albert Schweitzer Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965), missionary doctor , theologian , musician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1952, in front of a jungle landscape	10	January 14th	10,000,000	Peterpaul White	1084
	Albert Schweitzer in front of a demonstration against nuclear weapons	20th	January 14th	6,000,000	Peterpaul White	1085
	Albert Schweitzer at the harmonium , facsimile from the organ - Prelude in B minor by JS Bach	25th	January 14th	1,200,000	Peterpaul White	1086
	125th birthday of August Bebel Social Democratic Party Leader August Bebel (1840-1913)	20th	15. January	10,000,000	Peterpaul White	1089
	Leipzig Spring Fair Gold medal ( front ) of the Leipzig trade fair office , trade fair mark	10	February 26th	6,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1090
	Gold medal ( back ) of the Leipzig trade fair office, trade fair mark	15th	February 26th	6,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1091
	Chemical plant, trade fair sign	25th	February 26th	4,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1092
	10 years of Tierpark Berlin Angolan giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis)	10	March 24th	19,000,000	Axel Bengs	1093
	Green iguana ( Iguana iguana )	25th	March 24th	4,000,000	Axel Bengs	1094
	White-tailed gnu ( Connochaetes gnou )	30th	March 24th	1,300,000	Axel Bengs	1095
	120th birthday of Conrad Röntgen Conrad Röntgen (1845–1923), physicist , first winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1901)	10	March 24th	6,000,000	Peterpaul White	1096
	700th birthday of Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri (1265–1321), Italian poet , scholar and politician	50	April 15th	1,300,000	Peterpaul White	1097
	Start of the Soviet spaceship " Woschod 2 " Cosmonauts Pavel Belyayev and Alexej Leonow in a space suit	10	14th of February	5,000,000	Axel Bengs	1098
	Alexei Leonov in space, part of the earth's surface	25th	14th of February	1,300,000	Axel Bengs	1099
	European championships in boxing Boxing gloves , laurel branches	10 + 5	April 27	4,000,000	Klaus Hennig	1100
	Boxing glove in a laurel wreath	25th	April 27	1,300,000	Klaus Hennig	1101
	20th anniversary of liberation from fascism Georgi Dimitroff before the Reichsgericht in Leipzig, title page of the " Red Flag "	5 + 5	5th of May	3,500,000	Karl Sauer	1102
	Illegal posting of the manifesto of the Brussels conference of the KPD	10 + 5	5th of May	3,500,000	Karl Sauer	1103
	Members of the anti-fascist International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War	15 + 5	5th of May	3,500,000	Karl Sauer	1104
	Demonstration for the release of Ernst Thalmann	20 + 10	5th of May	3,700,000	Karl Sauer	1105
	Founder and charter of the National Committee Free Germany	25 + 10	5th of May	3,000,000	Karl Sauer	1106
	Walter Ulbricht and Erich Weinert appeal to the front , manifesto of the National Committee for Free Germany	40	5th of May	3,500,000	Karl Sauer	1107
	Red Army soldiers liberate concentration camp inmates	50	5th of May	3,000,000	Karl Sauer	1108
	Red Army soldiers hoist the flag of the Soviet Union on the Reichstag building in Berlin	60	5th of May	1,300,000	Karl Sauer	1109
	Demonstration march to unite the KPD and SPD	70	5th of May	3,000,000	Karl Sauer	1110
	20 years of broadcasting in the GDR Transmission mast in front of the globe	20th	12th of May	6,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	1111
	Worker with microphone , transmitter mast, chemical plant	40	12th of May	1,300,000	Lothar Grünewald	1112
	100 years of the International Telecommunication Union (UIT) Scheme for carrier-frequency implementation of the voice frequency band, UIT emblem	20th	17th of May	6,000,000	Karl-Heinz Bobbe	1113
	Block diagram for a telephone exchange with coordinate switch and register, UIT emblem	25th	17th of May	1,300,000	Karl-Heinz Bobbe	1114
	20 years of the Free German Trade Union Confederation (FDGB) Badge of the FDGB, laurel wreath	20th	June 10th	6,000,000	Peterpaul White	1115
	Rally participants in two symbolic halves of the earth	25th	June 10th	1,300,000	Peterpaul White	1116
	800 years of Karl-Marx-Stadt ( Chemnitz ) Stylized machine tool , chemical plant	10	June 16	6,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1117
	Red Tower	20th	June 16	6,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1118
	town hall	25th	June 16	1,300,000	Manfred Gottschall	1119
	Conference of Ministers of Post and Telecommunications of the Socialist Countries (OSS) Karl Marx and VI Lenin	20th	June 21st	6,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1120
	90th birthday of Wilhelm Külz Wilhelm Külz (1875–1948), lawyer , politician	25th	5th July	3,000,000	Peterpaul White	1121
	World Peace Congress, Helsinki Doves of peace around earth globe, flag of Finland	10 + 5	5th July	4,000,000	Axel Bengs	1122
	Doves of peace around earth globe, flag of Finland	20 + 5	5th July	1,300,000	Axel Bengs	1123
	75th birthday of Erich Weinert Erich Weinert (1890–1963), writer	40	July 28th	4,000,000	Peterpaul White	1124
	Help for Vietnam Special stamp Mi. 1063A from 1964 with overprint	10 + 10	August 23	4,000,000	Klaus Hennig, Dietrich Dorfstecher	1125
	800 years of the city of Leipzig This stamp was on September 4th 1965 together with Mi. 1129 also issued as a block with a sales price of 90 pfennigs. Old scales , new building on Katharinenstrasse	10	August 25	5,000,000	Karl-Heinz Bobbe, Dietrich Dorfstecher	1126
	This stamp was on September 4th 1965 together with Mi. 1128 also issued as a block with a selling price of 90 pfennigs. Old Town Hall	25th	August 25	3,500,000	Karl-Heinz Bobbe, Dietrich Dorfstecher	1127
	This stamp was on September 4th 1965 together with Mi. 1127 also issued as a block with a sales price of 90 pfennigs. Entrance to the opera house , new main post office	40	August 25	3,500,000	Karl-Heinz Bobbe, Dietrich Dorfstecher	1128
	This stamp was on September 4th 1965 together with Mi. 1126 also issued as a block with a sales price of 90 pfennigs. Interhotel "City of Leipzig"	70	August 25	1,300,000	Karl-Heinz Bobbe, Dietrich Dorfstecher	1129
	Leipzig Autumn Fair Camera , trade fair mark	10	September 2nd	6,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1130
	Electric guitar and clavichord , trade fair symbols	15th	September 2nd	5,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1131
	Microscope , precision optical devices, trade fair signs	25th	September 2nd	3,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1132
	World Championships in Modern Pentathlon Show jumping	10	September 15th	5,000,000	Klaus Hennig	1133
	Epee fencing	10 + 5	September 15th	4,000,000	Klaus Hennig	1134
	Shooting (pistol)	10 + 5	September 15th	3,000,000	Klaus Hennig	1135
	Freestyle swimming	10	September 15th	5,000,000	Klaus Hennig	1136
	Cross country run	10	September 15th	1,300,000	Klaus Hennig	1137
	Visit of Soviet cosmonauts in the GDR Alexej Leonow , Brandenburg Gate (Berlin)	20th	October 1	4,000,000	Joachim Riess	1138
	Pawel Beljajew , Red City Hall (Berlin)	20th	October 1	4,000,000	Joachim Riess	1139
	Stylized spaceship , cosmonaut, part of the earth globe	25th	October 1	4,000,000	Joachim Riess	1140
	International memorials and memorials (II) Putten Memorial , Netherlands	25th	October 19th	3,000,000	Peterpaul White	1141
	200 years of Bergakademie Freiberg Driving furnace (based on historical woodcuts )	10	November 11th	5,000,000	Werner Klemke	1142
	Ore extraction (based on historical woodcuts)	15th	November 11th	1,400,000	Werner Klemke	1143
	Proustit -Erz (Ore Mountains)	20th	November 11th	5,000,000	Werner Klemke	1144
	sulfur	25th	November 11th	4,000,000	Werner Klemke	1145
	150th birthday of Adolf Menzel Adolf Menzel (1815–1905), painter and graphic artist	10	December 8th	7,000,000	Peterpaul White	1146
	European birds of prey Red kite ( Milvus milvus )	5	December 8th	5,000,000	Axel Bengs	1147
	Bearded or Lammergeier Vulture ( Gypaetus barbatus aureus )	10	December 8th	6,000,000	Axel Bengs	1148
	Common buzzard ( Buteo buteo )	20th	December 8th	8,000,000	Axel Bengs	1149
	Kestrel ( Falco tinnunculus )	25th	December 8th	4,000,000	Axel Bengs	1150
	Goshawk ( Accipiter gentilis )	40	December 8th	4,000,000	Axel Bengs	1151
	Golden eagle ( Aquila chrysaetos )	70	December 8th	1,400,000	Axel Bengs	1152
	1st anniversary of Otto Grotewohl's death Otto Grotewohl (1894–1964), politician, first Prime Minister of the GDR	20th	December 14th	6,000,000	Axel Bengs	1153
Definitive stamps
image	description	Value in marks	Issue date	Edition	draft	Mi. -No
	Definitive series: Chairman of the State Council Walter Ulbricht , large format (II) Portrait of Walter Ulbricht	1 MDN	February 10th	57,385,000	Karl Wolf	1087
	Portrait of Walter Ulbricht	2 MDN	February 10th	29,882,000	Karl Wolf	1088

Overprints

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  GDR visit by Soviet cosmonauts

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} The total circulation is given. This stamp was issued in 1965 with the denomination of M ark of D eutsche N otenbank . A similar edition, published in 1963, was called D eutsche M ark of the German Central Bank ; 1969 another edition appeared now with M ark of the GDR .

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 stamps from 1965 of the German Federal Post Office
• Postage stamps from 1965 issued by the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin

Web links

Commons : Postage stamps of the Federal Republic, Berlin and the GDR from 1965  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps from other countries 1965  - Collection of images, videos and audio files