Postage stamps from 1968 by the GDR Deutsche Post

Stamp pad 1968

150th birthday of Karl Marx Michel block number 27

The postage stamp year 1968 of the Deutsche Post of the German Democratic Republic comprised 87 individual special stamps , a stamp block with three cut special stamps and a miniature sheet with six special stamps. Six postage stamps were printed together. No definitive stamps were issued this year . A total of 99 motifs appeared.

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

For the first time in 1968 with the stamp set orchids in the GDR on top square stamps were issued.

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 (1968)	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	1968 Winter Olympics , Grenoble Speed ​​skating	5	January 17th	5,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher and Rudolf Platzer	1335
	Luge	10 + 5	January 17th	6,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher and Rudolf Platzer	1336
	Alpine skiing ( slalom )	15th	January 17th	4,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher and Rudolf Platzer	1337
	ice Hockey	20th	January 17th	8,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher and Rudolf Platzer	1338
	Figure skating (pairs)	25th	January 17th	4,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher and Rudolf Platzer	1339
	Cross-country skiing	30th	January 17th	1,500,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher and Rudolf Platzer	1340
	Successes of Soviet space travel Interplanetary station Venus 4 , first soft landing on October 18, 1967	20th	January 24th	6,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1341
	Spaceships Kosmos 186 and Kosmos 188 , Earth , first automatic coupling on October 30, 1967	25th	January 24th	2,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1342
	75 years of the Main Meteorological Observatory in Potsdam ; Meteorological Service of the GDR These and the following two stamps were issued together as an overprint: Actinometer , Main Meteorological Observatory Potsdam (Süring-Haus), sun	10	January 24th	4,000,000	Joachim Rieß and Manfred Gottschall	1343
	Antenna , satellite image of the earth's surface in Europe	20th	January 24th	4,000,000	Joachim Rieß and Manfred Gottschall	1344
	Grain field by day and night, field crops	25th	January 24th	4,000,000	Joachim Rieß and Manfred Gottschall	1345
	Sachsenhausen national memorial and memorial : stained glass window Stained glass window of the triptych of the Museum of the Anti-Fascist Resistance of the European Peoples ; by Walter Womacka Illegal fight	10	21st of February	9,000,000	Axel Bengs	1346
	liberation	20th	21st of February	8,000,000	Axel Bengs	1347
	Partisan fight	25th	21st of February	1,500,000	Axel Bengs	1348
	Leipzig Spring Fair Diesel-electric locomotive " DE II "	10	February 29th	6,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1349
	Catch and freeze ship of the " Atlantic " series	15th	February 29th	4,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1350
	100th birthday of Maxim Gorky Maxim Gorky; View of Nizhny Novgorod	20th	the 14th of March	8,000,000	Gerhard Preuss	1351
	"The song of the petrel", (symbolic representation)	25th	the 14th of March	1,600,000	Gerhard Preuss	1352
	Folk costumes (III) Sorbian women's festive costumes Bridesmaid from Bluno ( Hoyerswerda district )	10	the 14th of March	8,000,000	Ingeborg Friebel	1353
	Bridesmaid from bow ( circle Weißwasser )	20th	the 14th of March	8,000,000	Ingeborg Friebel	1354
	Bridesmaid from Crostwitz ( Kamenz district )	40	the 14th of March	5,000,000	Ingeborg Friebel	1355
	Single godmother from the Spreewald	50	the 14th of March	1,600,000	Ingeborg Friebel	1356
	Small game Hunting pheasant ( Phasianus colchicus )	10	26th of March	7,000,000	Horst Naumann	1357
	Partridge ( Perdix perdix )	15th	26th of March	5,000,000	Horst Naumann	1358
	Mallards ( Anas platyrhynchos )	20th	26th of March	7,000,000	Horst Naumann	1359
	European gray geese ( Anser anser )	25th	26th of March	4,000,000	Horst Naumann	1360
	Wood pigeons ( Columba palumbus )	30th	26th of March	4,000,000	Horst Naumann	1361
	Brown hare ( Lepus europaeus )	40	26th of March	1,600,000	Horst Naumann	1362
	Congress of the Free German Trade Union Federation (FDGB), Berlin Fritz Heckert ; Painting by Erich Hering	10	April 25	6,000,000	Joachim Riess	1363
	Young workers in front of new buildings	20th	April 25	5,000,000	Joachim Riess	1364
	150th birthday of Karl Marx A cut block of stamps with printed perforation had the same motifs (Michel number 464 B – 466 B). These and the following two stamps were issued together as an overprint: Front page of the " Manifesto of the Communist Party "	10	April 25	4,000,000	Peterpaul White	1365 A
	Karl Marx , philosopher and economist	20th	April 25	4,000,000	Peterpaul White	1366 A
	Title page of the first volume of " Das Kapital "	25th	April 25	4,000,000	Peterpaul White	1367 A
	International Year of Human Rights Hammer , anvil ; ( Right to work )	5	8th of May	5,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	1368
	Tree , globe ; ( Right to life )	10	8th of May	8,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	1369
	Dove of peace , sun ; (Right to peace)	25th	8th of May	1,600,000	Hans Detlefsen	1370
	Invincible Vietnam (II) Armed mother with child	10 + 5	8th of May	9,000,000	Günter Schütz	1371
	2. European junior athletics competitions in Leipzig ; European Championships for women in rowing in Berlin ; World championships in tournament fishing in Güstrow high jump	20th	6th of June	6,000,000	Joachim Riess	1372
	rowing	20th	6th of June	6,000,000	Joachim Riess	1373
	Tournament fishing	20th	6th of June	1,600,000	Joachim Riess	1374
	Children's and Youth Spartakiade , Berlin Burning torch , Brandenburg Gate , Berlin	10	20th June	8,000,000	Rudolf Platzer	1375
	Burning torch, stylized sports stadium	25th	June 10th	1,600,000	Rudolf Platzer	1376
	World Festival of Youth and Students , Sofia World festival emblem, stylized flower, earth globe	20 + 5	20th June	5,000,000	Klaus Hennig	1377
	World festival emblem, stylized flower, earth globe	25th	20th June	1,500,000	Klaus Hennig	1378
	Significant buildings (II) Town hall Wernigerode	10	25th June	9,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1379
	Moritzburg Castle near Dresden	20th	25th June	8,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1380
	Greifswald town hall	25th	25th June	5,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1381
	New Palace in Sanssouci Park ( Potsdam )	30th	25th June	1,600,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1382
	75th birthday of Walter Ulbricht Walter Ulbricht, first Chairman of the State Council of the GDR; National coat of arms	20th	June 27th	8,000,000	Joachim Riess	1383
	750 years of Rostock Historical city view and city ​​arms of Rostock	20th	July 4th	12,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1384
	Well-known buildings and city arms of Rostock	25th	July 4th	1,600,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1385
	Famous People (II) Karl Landsteiner (1868–1943), bacteriologist	10	17th July	8,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1386
	Emanuel Lasker (1868–1941), writer and philosopher , world chess champion	15th	17th July	5,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1387
	Hanns Eisler (1898–1962), composer	20th	17th July	8,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1388
	Ignaz Semmelweis (1818–1865), doctor and obstetrician	25th	17th July	4,500,000	Gerhard Stauf	1389
	Max von Pettenkofer (1818–1901), hygienist	40	17th July	1,600,000	Gerhard Stauf	1390
	World championships in motor aerobatics Sport aircraft type Trener	10	13 August	12,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	1391
	Sport aircraft type Trener flying in a mirror	25th	13 August	1,600,000	Lothar Grünewald	1392
	Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden , Galerie Neue Meister : Paintings "Young couple on the beach"; Walter Womacka	10	20th of August	12,000,000	Fritz Deutschendorf	1393
	"Mowing mountain farmers"; Albin Egger-Lienz	15th	20th of August	4,000,000	Fritz Deutschendorf	1394
	"Headshot of a mountain farmer's girl"; Wilhelm Leibl	20th	20th of August	12,000,000	Fritz Deutschendorf	1395
	"Portrait of the Daughter in Chinese Costume"; Jose Venturelli	40	20th of August	3,500,000	Fritz Deutschendorf	1396
	"High School Student Petra"; Paul Michaelis	50	20th of August	3,500,000	Fritz Deutschendorf	1397
	"Girl with a Guitar in the Countryside"; Louis Anton Gottlieb Castelli	70	20th of August	1,600,000	Fritz Deutschendorf	1398
	Leipzig Autumn Fair Model trains	10	29th August	12,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1399
	Dams built after the war Spremberg dam	5	September 11	6,000,000	Peterpaul White	1400
	Pöhl dam	10	September 11	12,000,000	Peterpaul White	1401
	Ohra dam	15th	September 11	1,600,000	Peterpaul White	1402
	Rappbode dam	20th	September 11	12,000,000	Peterpaul White	1403
	1968 Summer Olympics , Mexico City Short distance run	5	September 18	6,000,000	Klaus Hennig	1404
	Pole vault	10 + 5	September 18	3,500,000	Klaus Hennig	1405
	Soccer	20 + 10	September 18	3,500,000	Klaus Hennig	1406
	Artistic gymnastics ( uneven bars )	25th	September 18	4,000,000	Klaus Hennig	1407
	Water polo	40	September 18	4,000,000	Klaus Hennig	1408
	Rowing (one)	70	September 18	1,600,000	Klaus Hennig	1409
	International memorials and memorials Fort de Breendonk memorial , ( Belgium )	25th	October 10th	4,500,000	Horst Weiss	1410
	Useful beetles Field tiger beetle ( Cicindela campestris )	10	October, 16th	12,000,000	Harry Priess	1411
	Common blade ( Cychrus caraboides )	15th	October, 16th	4,000,000	Harry Priess	1412
	Two-spot ladybird ( Adalia bipunctata )	20th	October, 16th	12,000,000	Harry Priess	1413
	Field beetle ( Carabus arcensis )	25th	October, 16th	1,600,000	Harry Priess	1414
	Fire spot beetle ( Hister bipustulatus )	30th	October, 16th	4,000,000	Harry Priess	1415
	Black-necked beetle ( Pseudoclerops mutillarius )	40	October, 16th	3,500,000	Harry Priess	1416
	50th anniversary of the November Revolution in Germany Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ; Facsimile of his letter to the Spartacus group of October 18, 1918	10	October 29th	12,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1417
	Armed workers, sailors and soldiers; Title bar of the newspaper " Die Rote Fahne "	20th	October 29th	12,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1418
	Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg ; Head of the newspaper " Neues Deutschland "	25th	October 29th	1,600,000	Manfred Gottschall	1419
	Orchids Laelio-Cattleya Maggie Raphaela alba ruba	5	November 12th	6,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1420
	Paphiopedilum albertianum	10	November 12th	12,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1421
	Cattleya fabia	15th	November 12th	5,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1422
	Cattleya aclandia	20th	November 12th	12,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1423
	Sobralia macrantha	40	November 12th	5,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1424
	Dendrobium alpha	50	November 12th	1,600,000	Manfred Gottschall	1425
	Fairy tale (III): Puss in Boots (fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm ) These and the following five stamps were issued together as miniature sheets : Scene from the fairy tale	5	November 27th	2,000,000	Gerhard Bläser	1426
	Scene from the fairy tale	10	November 27th	2,000,000	Gerhard Bläser	1427
	Scene from the fairy tale	15th	November 27th	2,000,000	Gerhard Bläser	1428
	Scene from the fairy tale	20th	November 27th	2,000,000	Gerhard Bläser	1429
	Scene from the fairy tale	25th	November 27th	2,000,000	Gerhard Bläser	1430
	Scene from the fairy tale	30th	November 27th	2,000,000	Gerhard Bläser	1431
	20 years of the pioneer organization "Ernst Thälmann" Playing and music-making children of the pioneer organization	10	3rd of December	10,000,000	Inge Uhlich	1432
	Playing and music-making children of the pioneer organization	15th	3rd of December	4,000,000	Inge Uhlich	1433
Definitive stamps
image	description	value	Issue date (1968)	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
Definitive stamps were not issued in this year

Miniature sheets and compound prints

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  75 years of the Main Meteorological Observatory in Potsdam (Süring House); Meteorological Service of the GDR

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  150th birthday of Karl Marx

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  Fairy tale : Puss in Boots

Remarks

1. ↑ In contrast to the original stained glass window, the word "peace" was misrepresented in Russian: МИR instead of МИР

literature

• Michel catalog Germany 1999/2000 , Schwaneberger Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-87858-028-2
• LIPSIA color catalog GDR 1968, transpress VEB publishing house for traffic, VLN 162-925 / 197/83, SV 9197

Web links

Commons : Postage stamps of the Federal Republic, Berlin and the GDR from 1968  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps from other countries 1968  - Collection of images, videos and audio files