Postage stamps from 1973 of the German Federal Post Office

IBRA stamp exhibition in Munich (block number 9)

The postage stamp year 1973 of the Deutsche Bundespost comprised 37 special stamps , two of which were only available together as a stamp block. In addition, there was a supplementary value from the accident prevention definitive stamp series .

All postage stamps issued since January 1, 1969 had unlimited postage validity and there was no expiration date as in previous years. With the introduction of the euro as a common European currency on January 1, 2002, this regulation became obsolete. However, the stamps of this year could be used until June 30, 2002. An exchange was possible until September 30th in the branches of the Deutsche Post , after that until June 30th, 2003 centrally in the Philately branch of Deutsche Post AG in Frankfurt.

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 (1973)	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	10 year contract for Franco-German cooperation stylized German and French national flags ; Joint issue with France	40	22nd of January	31,810,000	Heinz Schillinger	753
	For the youth , birds of prey Osprey, Pandion haliaetus	25 + 10	February 6th	5,184,000	Günter Magnus	754
	Common buzzard, Buteo buteo	30 + 15	February 6th	5,350,000	Günter Magnus	755
	Red Kite Milvus milvus	40 + 20	February 6th	5,507,000	Günter Magnus	756
	Montagu's Harrier, Circus pygargus	70 + 35	February 6th	5,078,000	Günter Magnus	757
	500th birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) astronomer	40	19th of February	31,400,000	Herbert Kern	758
	50 years of Interpol	40	19th of February	32,426,000	Karl Oskar bubble	759
	100 years of meteorological cooperation Weather map of the German weather service	30th	19th of February	30,750,000	Karl Oskar bubble	760
	Series: Tourism Hamburg	40	March, 15	32,250,000	Heinz Schillinger	761
	Rudesheim am Rhein	40	March, 15	33,350,000	Heinz Schillinger	762
	German gymnastics festival in Stuttgart stylized shoulders of a gymnast with a gymnast's cross	40	March, 15	31,850,000	Lamble	763
	Congress of the International Philatelic Association and the international stamp exhibition IBRA Post office sign Hessen-Kassel	40 + 20	April 5th	5,848,000	Heinz Schillinger	764
	Post house sign Prussia	70 + 35	April 5th	5,425,000	Heinz Schillinger	765
	Stamp pad Post house sign Württemberg	40 + 20	April 5th	5,976,000	Heinz Schillinger	Block 9 766
	Post house sign Kurpfalz-Bayern	70 + 35	April 5th	5,976,000	Heinz Schillinger	767
	European brands stylized post horn	30th	April, 30th	50,000,000	Leif Frimann Anisdahl	768
	stylized post horn	40	April, 30th	73,450,000	Leif Frimann Anisdahl	769
	1000th anniversary of Roswitha von Gandersheim's death (* around 935, † after 973) Author of the early Middle Ages and is considered the first German poet	40	25. May	31,300,000	Rolf leather bow	770
	Maximilian Kolbe (1894–1941) Father murdered in Auschwitz , canonized in 1984	40	25. May	30,750,000	Beat garlic	771
	German Evangelical Church Congress 1973 in Düsseldorf stylized profile of a face, Jerusalem cross and inscription of the motto not only from bread	30th	25. May	31,450,000	Celestino Piatti	772
	environmental Protection waste	25th	June 5th	31,600,000	Heinz Schillinger	774
	water	30th	June 5th	32,850,000	Heinz Schillinger	775
	noise	40	June 5th	32,200,000	Heinz Schillinger	776
	air	70	June 5th	21,600,000	Heinz Schillinger	777
	350 years of calculating machines Wilhelm Schickard's (1592–1635) calculating machine from 1623	40	June 12	9,150,000	Karl Oskar bubble	778
	800 years of Lübeck Cathedral	40	September 14th	31,450,000	Herbert Kern	779
	100th birthday of Otto Wels (1873–1939) Politician	40	September 14th	30,150,000	Karl Oskar bubble	780
	Admission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the UN Emblem of the UN and national flag of Germany	40	21st September	31,500,000	Karl Oskar bubble	781
	Charitable stamps : musical instruments French horn from the 19th century	25 + 10	5th October	9,792,000	Isolde Monson-Baumgart	782
	Pedal grand piano from the 18th century	30 + 15	5th October	11,127,000	Isolde Monson-Baumgart	783
	18th century violin	40 + 20	5th October	14,384,000	Isolde Monson-Baumgart	784
	Pedal harp from the 18th century	70 + 35	5th October	6,705,000	Isolde Monson-Baumgart	785
	50 years of German broadcasting Radio around 1923	30th	October 18	30,550,000	Paul Froitzheim	786
	Series: Tourism Saarbrücken	30th	October 19th	30,250,000	Heinz Schillinger	787
	Aachen	40	October 19th	29,750,000	Heinz Schillinger	788
	Bremen harbor	40	October 19th	30,250,000	Heinz Schillinger	789
	Christmas stamp Christmas star	30 + 15	November 9th	8,797,000	Isolde Monson-Baumgart	790
Definitive stamps
image	description	Values in pennies	Issue date (1973)	Edition Federal, Berlin	draft	Mi. -Nr Bund, Berlin
	Definitive series: Accident prevention	70	June 5th	205,665,000 9,290,000	Förtsch and Baumgarten	773 453

particularities

The block issued on the occasion of the IBRA was sold at a price of 2.20 DM, although according to the branding the sales price should have been only 1.65 DM. In order to avoid misunderstandings, the higher sales price - the additional income was paid to the successful tenderer like the shown surcharge - is noted in small letters at the bottom right of the pad. In fact, the surcharge was not fifty percent, as usual, but one hundred percent.

As with the 1973 issue of “Bread for the World”, the “Rechenmaschinen” brand was printed, contrary to customary practice, only ten million times instead of around 30 million copies. The stamp was therefore sold out relatively quickly at the post office counters, but considering the experience with the brand “Bread for the World”, the influence of speculation and thus the price fluctuations remained relatively small. Nevertheless, the value of the brand was noticeably higher than that of other special stamps of the year for many years.

Remarks

1. ↑ There were few exceptions, however; the definitive stamp series German Buildings from Twelve Centuries , the Brandenburg Gate and the special stamps in honor of the 1968 Summer Olympics in the city of Mexico were valid without restriction. These stamps were issued before 1969.
2. ↑ Changeover of stamps from DM to € ( Memento of October 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ BGH, October 11, 2005 - XI ZR 395/04. Legal character and validity of postage stamps
4. ↑ Similar postage stamps with different motifs were issued in 1973 by the Landespostdirektion Berlin.
5. ↑ ^{a b} This stamp was only issued as a stamp block, see also under “Special features”.
6. ↑ Similar postage stamps with other musical instruments were also issued in 1973 by the Landespostdirektion Berlin with the MiNr. 460 to 463 issued.
7. ↑ The same stamp, with the inscription "Berlin", was issued by the Landespostdirektion Berlin on the same day.
8. ^ Michel catalogs 1975, 1976, 1979, 1987

literature

• Michel catalog Germany 2006/2007 (paperback), Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH (2006), ISBN 3-87858-035-5

See also

• Postage stamps from 1973 of the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin

Web links

Commons : Postage stamps of the Federal Republic, Berlin and the GDR from 1973  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps from other countries 1973  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files