Postage stamps from 1971 from the GDR Deutsche Post

The 1971 stamps issued by Deutsche Post of the German Democratic Republic comprised 75 individual special stamps and two miniature sheets with a total of 14 special stamps. Nine postage stamps were printed together; there was a pair with an interior decorative field. A definitive stamp was issued that year . There were a total of 99 different editions.

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.

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 (1971)	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	Museum of Ethnology, Leipzig : exhibits Dance mask from New Ireland ( Bismarck Archipelago, Oceania ) (19th century)	10	January 12th	12,000,000	Gerhard Voigt	1632
	Woman's head ( bronze ) from Nigeria (18th century)	20th	January 12th	12,000,000	Gerhard Voigt	1633
	Teapot ( copper ) from Thailand (19th century)	25th	January 12th	1,800,000	Gerhard Voigt	1634
	Clay pot from Mexico (6th - 8th centuries)	40	January 12th	4,000,000	Gerhard Voigt	1635
	10 years of manned Soviet space flights The following eight stamps were issued as miniature sheets : Venus probe Venus 5 (landed May 16, 1969)	20th	February 11th	2,000,000	Hilmar Zill	1636
	Model of an orbital station	20th	February 11th	2,000,000	Hilmar Zill	1637
	Lunar probe Luna 16 (landed September 24, 1970), lunar satellite Luna 10	20th	February 11th	2,000,000	Hilmar Zill	1638
	Coupling of Soyuz 4 to Soyuz 5 , relay flight Soyuz 6 , 7 and 8 , 18-day flight Soyuz 9	20th	February 11th	2,000,000	Hilmar Zill	1639
	Radiation measurement satellite Proton 1 , Vostok rocket	20th	February 11th	2,000,000	Hilmar Zill	1640
	Molnija 1 communications satellite	20th	February 11th	2,000,000	Hilmar Zill	1641
	First flight of Yuri Gagarin with Vostok 1 (April 12, 1961)	20th	February 11th	2,000,000	Hilmar Zill	1642
	Exit of Alexei Leonov from Voskhod 2	20th	February 11th	2,000,000	Hilmar Zill	1643
	Famous People (V) Johannes Robert Becher (1891–1958), writer and poet	5	February 23	7,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1644
	Heinrich Mann (1871–1950), writer	10	February 23	10,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1645
	John Heartfield (1891–1968), graphic artist and picture writer	15th	February 23	5,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1646
	Willi Bredel (1901–1964), writer	20th	February 23	8,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1647
	Franz Mehring (1846–1919), politician and writer	25th	February 23	1,800,000	Gerhard Stauf	1648
	Johannes Kepler (1571–1630), astronomer and natural scientist	50	February 23	3,500,000	Gerhard Stauf	1649
	100th birthday of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht The following two stamps were issued as a composite: Karl Liebknecht, politician , co-founder of the KPD	20th	February 23	4,000,000	Gerhard Voigt	1650
	Rosa Luxemburg, politician, co-founder of the KPD	25th	February 23	4,000,000	Gerhard Voigt	1651
	15 years of the National People's Army (NVA) Soldier , emblem of the NVA	20th	1st March	6,000,000	Klaus Bernsdorf	1652
	Leipzig Spring Fair Self-propelled large crushing and conveyor system , SKET Magdeburg	10	9th March	10,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	1653
	Cold excavator "SRs (K) 470" for lignite mining in opencast mining , TAKRAF Leipzig	15th	9th March	5,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	1654
	100 years of the Paris Commune Proclamation of the Paris Commune on Town Hall Square	10	9th March	10,000,000	Fritz Deutschendorf	1655
	Barricade defended by women on Place Blanche	20th	9th March	8,000,000	Fritz Deutschendorf	1656
	"L'internationale"; Drawing by Th. A. Steinlen for the journal Internationale	25th	9th March	1,800,000	Fritz Deutschendorf	1657
	Facsimile of the title page “The Civil War in France ” by Karl Marx	30th	9th March	3,500,000	Fritz Deutschendorf	1658
	First mobile lunar laboratory Lunochod 1 Lunochod 1 leaves the ramp	20th	March 30	10,200,000	Hans Detlefsen	1659
	20 years of the National Olympic Committee (NOK) The “ Discus Thrower of Myron ”, badge of the NOK, saying by Pierre de Coubertin	20th	April 6th	8,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1660
	Important buildings (IV) in Berlin Marienkirche (built around 1250)	10	April 6th	12,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1661
	Köpenick Castle (built 1681)	15th	April 6th	5,500,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1662
	Old library (built 1774–1780)	20th	April 6th	10,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1663
	Ermelerhaus (built in the 18th century)	25th	April 6th	1,800,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1664
	Neue Wache (built 1816–1872)	50	April 6th	3,500,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1665
	National Gallery (built 1867–1872)	70	April 6th	3,500,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1666
	25 years of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) Handshake, number "25" in Roman numerals	20th	20th of April	8,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	1667
	Sorbian girls' dance costumes (I) Grinder costume	10	May 4th	11,000,000	Hanna Leitner and Fritz Deutschendorf	1668
	Hoyerswerda costume	20th	May 4th	8,000,000	Hanna Leitner and Fritz Deutschendorf	1669
	Lower Sorbian costume from Cottbus	25th	May 4th	1,800,000	Hanna Leitner and Fritz Deutschendorf	1670
	Costume of the Catholic Sorbs from Kamenz	40	May 4th	3,500,000	Hanna Leitner and Fritz Deutschendorf	1671
	500th birthday of Albrecht Dürer Self-portrait as an act ; Brush drawing (detail)	10	May 18	16,500,000	Horst Naumann	1672
	“A conversation with three farmers”; Copper engraving	40	May 18	8,000,000	Horst Naumann	1673
	Portrait of " Philipp Melanchthon "; Copper engraving	70	May 18	1,800,000	Horst Naumann	1674
	Congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) (I) Construction workers , apartment buildings	5	June 9th	7,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	1675
	Man, technical equipment	10	June 9th	9,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	1676
	Woman, farm equipment	20th	June 9th	8,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	1677
	Soldier , missiles	25th	June 9th	2,200,000	Lothar Grünewald	1678
	Congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) (II) Emblem of the party congress	20th	June 9th	8,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1679
	20 years of the International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR) This and the following stamp were issued as a composite print with a decorative field in between: Lithographs from the “ Buchenwald cycle” by Fritz Cremer "Abused and battered, what for?"	20th	June 22	4,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1680
	" To each his own "	25th	June 22	4,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1681
	Grünes Gewölbe , Dresden : works of art Cherry stone with 180 heads, around 1590	5	June 22	12,600,000	Gerhard Voigt	1682
	Golden Fleece , around 1730	10	June 22	14,700,000	Gerhard Voigt	1683
	Ornamental jug from Nuremberg , around 1530	15th	June 22	10,800,000	Gerhard Voigt	1684
	Mohr as a kettle drum , around 1720	20th	June 22	9,300,000	Gerhard Voigt	1685
	Writing utensils box , 1562	25th	June 22	1,800,000	Gerhard Voigt	1686
	Follower of St. George , around 1570	30th	June 22	4,500,000	Gerhard Voigt	1687
	50th anniversary of the Mongolian People's Revolution National coat of arms of Mongolia	20th	July 6th	8,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1688
	25 years of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Child face, emblem of UNICEF	20th	July 13th	13,200,000	Manfred Gottschall	1690
	10 years of the Berlin Wall ( Michel catalog of the FRG) 10 years of the anti-fascist protective wall (LIPSIA catalog of the GDR) Soldier of the NVA , a member of the task forces , Brandenburg Gate	20th	12. August	6,000,000	Klaus Bernsdorf	1691
	Brandenburg Gate, new buildings	35	12. August	4,000,000	Klaus Bernsdorf	1692
	shipbuilding Sea passenger ship " Iwan Franko " (21,000 hp )	10	August 24th	11,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	1693
	Freight motor ship type 17 (12 500 GRT )	15th	August 24th	5,500,000	Jochen Bertholdt	1694
	Freight motor ship "Rostock" type XD (10,130 GRT)	20th	August 24th	11,500,000	Jochen Bertholdt	1695
	Transport and processing ship " Junge Welt "	25th	August 24th	1,800,000	Jochen Bertholdt	1696
	Partial container freighter motor ship ( type 451 )	40	August 24th	4,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	1697
	Expedition ship " Akademik Kurtschatow "	50	August 24th	3,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	1698
	Invincible Vietnam (IV) Armed Vietnamese woman with child, rice farmer in front of the rising sun	10 + 5	September 2nd	7,000,000	Joachim Riess	1699
	Leipzig Autumn Fair Butadiene recovery plant of VEB Maschinen und Apparatebau Grimma (MAG)	10	September 2nd	10,000,000	Joachim Riess	1700
	Reforming plant SKL	25th	September 2nd	5,500,000	Joachim Riess	1701
	International year against racism "Arms outstretched": photomontage by John Heartfield	35	September 23rd	7,000,000	Joachim Riess	1702
	Philatelist Day Modern mail exchange on an airfield	10 + 5	5th October	4,500,000	Joachim Riess	1703
	Post mile pillars (18th century), measuring van from Zürner	25th	5th October	1,800,000	Joachim Riess	1704
	International memorials and memorials Wiltz Memorial , Luxembourg National strike monument	25th	5th October	4,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	1705
	Inauguration of the Karl-Marx-Monument , Karl-Marx-Stadt Karl Marx Monument by Lew Kerbel	35	5th October	6,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1706
	Famous People (VI) Rudolf Virchow (1821–1902), pathologist , medical historian , politician	40	October 13th	5,500,000	Gerhard Stauf	1707
	Musical instrument museum Markneukirchen : musical instruments of the peoples Darbuka (hand drum ), North Africa	10	October 26th	16,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1708
	Mongolian Morin-chuur (horse violin)	15th	October 26th	7,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1709
	Violin by Johann Adam Lorenz , Markneukirchen	20th	October 26th	12,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1710
	Mandolon (bass mandolin), Italy	25th	October 26th	5,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1711
	Bagpipes , Bohemia	40	October 26th	4,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1712
	Kasso (harp-lute instrument), Sudan	50	October 26th	2,000,000	Dietrich Dorfstecher	1713
	125 years of Carl Zeiss Jena The following three stamps were issued as a composite: Geodetic device "Dahlta 010 A" from the theodolite series GEOmat	10	November 9th	4,000,000	Detlef Uttikal	1714
	“ Ergaval ” microscope from the “ Mikroval ” series	20th	November 9th	4,000,000	Detlef Uttikal	1715
	Spaceflight planetarium	25th	November 9th	4,000,000	Detlef Uttikal	1716
	Fairy tale (VI): The Bremen Town Musicians These and the following five stamps were issued together as miniature sheets : Fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm Scene from the fairy tale	5	November 23	2,000,000	Erika Bläser and Gerhard Bläser	1717
	Scene from the fairy tale	10	November 23	2,000,000	Erika Bläser and Gerhard Bläser	1718
	Scene from the fairy tale	15th	November 23	2,000,000	Erika Bläser and Gerhard Bläser	1719
	Scene from the fairy tale	20th	November 23	2,000,000	Erika Bläser and Gerhard Bläser	1720
	Scene from the fairy tale	25th	November 23	2,000,000	Erika Bläser and Gerhard Bläser	1721
	Scene from the fairy tale	30th	November 23	2,000,000	Erika Bläser and Gerhard Bläser	1722
	Sorbian girls' dance costumes (II) The following two stamps as a composite come from a stamp booklet : Grinder costume	10	November 23	60,000,000	Hanna Leitner and Fritz Deutschendorf	1723
	Hoyerswerda costume	20th	November 23	20,000,000	Hanna Leitner and Fritz Deutschendorf	1724
	1972 Winter Olympics , Sapporo Luge (two-seater)	5	December 7th	7,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1725
	Figure skating (couples)	10 + 5	December 7th	5,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1726
	Speed ​​skating	15 + 5	December 7th	3,500,000	Manfred Gottschall	1727
	Cross-country skiing	20th	December 7th	10,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1728
	biathlon	25th	December 7th	1,800,000	Manfred Gottschall	1729
	Ski jumping	70	December 7th	3,500,000	Manfred Gottschall	1730
Definitive stamps
image	description	value	Issue date (1971)	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	State Council Chairman Walter Ulbricht Small Format (VI)	35	8th of July	104,500,000	VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei	1689

Miniature sheets and compound prints

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  10 years of manned Soviet space flights

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  100th birthday of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht

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  20 years of the International Federation of Resistance Fighters (FIR)

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  125 years of Carl Zeiss Jena

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  Fairy tale (VI): The Bremen Town Musicians

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  Sorbian girls' dance costumes (II)

Notes and individual references

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} On the same occasion, a commemorative coin appeared in the GDR in 1971
2. ↑ Three issues with similar motifs ( folk costumes ) were published in 1964 (I) , 1966 (II) and 1968 (III) .
3. ↑ See stamp day (GDR)
4. ↑ The first 4 values ​​came to the post office counter in 1961 . In addition to this year's edition, there were further supplementary editions in the years 1963 (5 values), 1964 (1 value), 1967 (1 value) and 1970 (1 value).

literature

• Michel catalog Germany 1999/2000. Schwaneberger Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-87858-028-2 .
• LIPSIA color catalog GDR. transpress VEB Publishing House for Transport, 1983, DNB 203661915 .

See also

• Space travel on postage stamps of the GDR Deutsche Post
• Stamp pads of the German Post of the GDR
• Postage stamps from 1971 of the German Federal Post Office
• Postage stamps from 1971 of the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin

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