Postage stamps from 1971 of the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin

50 years of AVUS races
( Michel Block 3 )

The 1971 stamp year of the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin comprised 21 individual special stamps , a stamp block with four special stamps and 13  definitive stamps . The postage stamps of this year were valid until December 31, 1991 .

The nominal value of the brands was DM 15.95  ; an additional DM 1.20 was paid for charitable purposes .

All definitive stamps in the new “ Accident Prevention ” series and the “ Federal President Gustav Heinemann ” series (except the 8 Pfennig value, which was used as postage for postage for a postcard within Berlin) were also issued on the same day with the inscription Deutsche Bundespost .

In this year the small series "Berlin Transport" began with the first issues " Rail Vehicles ", 1973 followed " Omnibuses " and 1975 the last part " Passenger Shipping "

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	Values in pennies	Issue date (1971)	Edition Berlin, Bund	draft	Mi. -Nr Berlin, Bund
	Berlin means of transport (I): rail vehicles Suburban railway (1925)	5	May 3rd	8,200,000	Joachim Hans Hiller	379
	Tram (1890)	10	May 3rd	25,000,000	Joachim Hans Hiller	380
	Horse tram (1880)	20th	May 3rd	10,000,000	Joachim Hans Hiller	381
	Light Rail (1932)	30th	January 18th	12,000,000	Joachim Hans Hiller	382
	Tram (1950)	50	May 3rd	6,000,000	Joachim Hans Hiller	383
	Subway (1971)	100	January 18th	5,000,000	Joachim Hans Hiller	384
	100th anniversary of the founding of the German Empire Imperial eagle with large breastplate and imperial crown	30th	January 18th	7,500,000 30,000,000	Stanik	385 658
	For the youth 1971: children's drawings Bow tie , drawing of a six year old	10 + 5	February 8	2,757,000	Helmut Lortz	386
	Fish , drawing of a twelve year old	20 + 10	February 8	2,721,000	Helmut Lortz	387
	Spiny animal, drawing of a twelve year old	30 + 15	February 8	2,704,000	Helmut Lortz	388
	Hahn , drawing by a 13-year-old	50 + 25	February 8	2,694,000	Helmut Lortz	389
	500th birthday of Albrecht Dürer Engraving : "The Bagpiper "	10	May 21	20,000,000	Hans-Joachim Fuchs	390
	International radio exhibition Berlin (IFA) Telecommunication tower Berlin-Wannsee	30th	July 14th	7,500,000	Joachim Hans Hiller	391
	250 years of Brandenburg concerts Bars of the 2nd Brandenburg Concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach	30th	July 14th	7,500,000	Ernst Finke	392
	Stamp pad - 50 years of AVUS racing Opel racing car, built in 1921	10	August 27	7,500,000	Rudolf Gerhardt	Block 3 397
	Auto Union racing car , built in 1936	25th	August 27	7,500,000	Rudolf Gerhardt	398
	Mercedes-Benz SSKL racing car , built in 1931	30th	August 27	7,500,000	Rudolf Gerhardt	399
	Mercedes-Benz and Auto-Union racing cars in the north curve, built in 1937	60	August 27	7,500,000	Rudolf Gerhardt	400
	150th birthday of Hermann von Helmholtz	25th	August 27	7,500,000	Bundesdruckerei Berlin	401
	Welfare stamps 1971: old wooden toys Crank men, moving figures	10 + 5	5th October	8,156,000	Heinz Schillinger	412
	Knight on Horseback	25 + 10	5th October	5,963,000	Heinz Schillinger	413
	Jumping or fidgeting man	30 + 15	5th October	6,471,000	Heinz Schillinger	414
	Mobile rocker	60 + 30	5th October	4,488,000	Heinz Schillinger	415
	100 years of material testing in Berlin Microfracture of cast pure metal , microscope	30th	October 26th	7,500,000	Joachim Hans Hiller	416
	Christmas stamp 1971 Wood-turned Christmas angel	10 + 5	November 11th	5,636,000	Heinz Schillinger	417
Definitive stamps
image	description	Values in pennies	Issue date (1971)	Edition Berlin, Bund	draft	Mi. -Nr Berlin, Bund
	Definitive series: Federal President Gustav Heinemann	8th	April 8th	12,500,000	Karl Hans Walter	360
	Federal President Gustav Heinemann	25th	August 27	11,720,000 793,132,000	Karl Hans Walter	393 689
	Federal President Gustav Heinemann	30th	January 7th	73,466,000 2,447,943,000	Karl Hans Walter	363 638
	Federal President Gustav Heinemann	40	April 8th	39,837,000 2,128,584,000	Karl Hans Walter	364 639
	Federal President Gustav Heinemann	50	April 8th	24,429,000 1,278,969,000	Karl Hans Walter	365 640
	Federal President Gustav Heinemann	60	25th June	12,012,000 255,404,000	Karl Hans Walter	394 690
	Federal President Gustav Heinemann	70	April 8th	13,822,000 210,417,000	Karl Hans Walter	366 641
	Federal President Gustav Heinemann	80	April 8, 1971	7,438,000 153,266,000	Karl Hans Walter	367 642
	Federal President Gustav Heinemann	90	January 7th	6,400,000 33,600,000	Karl Hans Walter	368 643
	Federal President Gustav Heinemann	200	January 7th	9,340,000 170,095,000	Karl Hans Walter	370 645
	Definitive series: Accident prevention Fire from a match	5	October 29th	11,490,000 104,685,000	Förtsch and Baumgarten	402 694
	Drink driving	25th	September 10	14,536,000 270,869,000	Förtsch and Baumgarten	405 697
	playing child and car	60	September 10	8,020,000 97,000,000	Förtsch and Baumgarten	409 701

First day covers and special postmarks

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  First day cover with the AVUS pad

See also

• Postal history and postage stamps of Berlin
• Postage stamps from 1971 of the German Federal Post Office
• Postage stamps from 1971 from the GDR Deutsche Post

literature

• Michel catalog Germany 1999/2000. Schwaneberger Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-87858-028-2 .

Web links

Commons : Postage stamps of the Federal Republic, Berlin and the GDR from 1971  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps from other countries 1971  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c} The same postage stamps (with the exception of the 8 Pfennig value) were issued by the Deutsche Bundespost on the same day, without the inscription “Berlin”
2. ↑ On November 24, 1971, the Federal Republic of Germany issued a commemorative coin with a face value of five German marks , which honored the same event.
3. ↑ On July 1, 1971, the German Democratic Republic issued a commemorative coin with a face value of ten marks , which honored the same event.
4. ↑ On December 12, 1972, the Federal Republic of Germany issued a commemorative coin with a face value of five German marks , which honored the same event.
5. ↑ Although this stamp was only issued in 1971, it is part of the set issued in 1970 and thus one of the stamps of 1970.

This version was included in the selection of informative lists and portals on January 11, 2009 .