Postage stamp year 1974 of the Deutsche Bundespost

25 years of the Federal Republic of Germany (block number 10)

The 1974 postage stamp year of the Deutsche Bundespost comprised 35 special stamps , one of which was only available as a stamp block.

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 (1974)	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Important German women Louise Otto-Peters (1819–1895), writer and co-founder of the German women's movement	40	15. January	20,000,000	H. and S. Förtsch	791
	Helene Lange (1848–1930), educator and co-founder of the German women's movement, women's rights activist	40	15. January	20,000,000	H. and S. Förtsch	792
	Gertrud Bäumer (1873–1954), women's rights activist and politician	40	15. January	20,000,000	H. and S. Förtsch	793
	Rosa Luxemburg (1871–1919), representative of the European labor movement and proletarian internationalism	40	15. January	20,000,000	H. and S. Förtsch	794
	*700th anniversary of the death of Thomas Aquinas ( around 1225, † 1274)** Dominican , philosopher and theologian	40	February 15th	32,850,000	Städler	795
	Rehabilitation of the disabled Silhouettes , disabled people in wheelchairs surrounded by healthy people	40	February 15th	30,000,000	Longer	796
	Blood donation service in connection with accident rescue service Drops of blood and blue light	40	February 15th	30,650,000	Longer	797
	German expressionism Franz Marc , The red deer	30th	February 15th	30,100,000	Federal Printing Office	798
	Alexej von Jawlensky , head in blue	40	February 15th	30,575,000	Federal Printing Office	799
	For the youth , elements of international youth work Youth building	25 + 10	17th April	4,836,000	Peter Lorenz	800
	Youth folklore	30 + 15	17th April	4,910,000	Peter Lorenz	801
	Youth learns	40 + 20	17th April	4,976,000	Peter Lorenz	802
	Youth research	70 + 35	17th April	4,744,000	Peter Lorenz	803
	European brands , sculptures Wilhelm Lehmbruck , Young Man Ascending	30th	17th April	50,000,000	Bruno K. Wiese	804
	Wilhelm Lehmbruck, kneeling	40	17th April	68,200,000	Bruno K. Wiese	805
	250th birthday of Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) philosopher	90	17th April	81,400,000	Karl Hans Walter	806
	Stamp pad - 25 years of the Federal Republic of Germany Embossed federal eagle and black, red and gold	40	May 15	14,295,000	Longer	Block 10 807
	hike abstract landscape	30th	May 15	25,132,000	Rolf leather bow	808
	250th birthday of Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724–1803) poet	40	May 15	30,650,000	Ewald Sauer	809
	125 years of diakonia Crown cross , the symbol of diakonia	40	May 15	31,450,000	Rolf leather bow	810
	Football World Cup 1974 in Germany goalkeeper	30th	May 15	31,900,000	Erwin Poell	811
	Game scene	40	May 15	33,200,000	Erwin Poell	812
	*450th anniversary of Hans Holbein the Elder's death ( around 1465, † around 1524)** Renaissance painter	50	16th of July	30,800,000	Paul Froitzheim	813
	Amnesty International broken grille of a prison window	70	16th of July	21,750,000	Christof Gassner	814
	200th birthday of Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) Man and woman looking at the moon	50	August 16	30,500,000	Beat garlic	815
	German expressionism August Macke , girl under trees	30th	August 16	31,300,000	Federal Printing Office	816
	Erich Heckel , sleeping Pechstein	50	August 16	29,300,000	Federal Printing Office	817
	Charity stamps : flowers Carnation , Dianthus superbus	30 + 15	15th October	9,409,000	Heinz Schillinger	818
	Red foxglove , Digitalis purpurea	40 + 20	15th October	10,992,000	Heinz Schillinger	819
	Mallow , Malva	50 + 25	15th October	14,190,000	Heinz Schillinger	820
	Bluebells , campanula	70 + 35	15th October	6,650,000	Heinz Schillinger	821
	German expressionism Max Beckmann , Large Still Life with a Telescope	70	October 29th	20,875,000	Federal Printing Office	822
	Ernst Ludwig Kirchner , old farmer	120	October 29th	8,750,000	Federal Printing Office	823
	Christmas stamp Poinsettia , Euphorbia pulcherrima	40 + 20	October 29th	8,137,000	Heinz Schillinger	824
	100 years of the Universal Postal Union Two post boxes from Germany and Switzerland from the 19th century	50	October 29th	30,750,000	Kühlborn	825
Postcard with special value stamp
image	description	Values in pennies	Issue date (1974)	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Special value stamp ( postal stationery ) "25 years of the Federal Republic of Germany" , 1974 (phoenix relief at the entrance of the Federal Palace, Bonn). Offset printing, preprinted front side dark brown, backside signatures for the Basic Law, each bordered with 5 mm wide rectangles black red yellow. Note : The special value cancellation (postage stamp motif) was only printed on the postcard. Compared to the other stamps and postcards, this one does not contain the words "Deutsche Bundespost", but rather: "Federal Republic of Germany"	30th	May 15	1,601,000	Phoenix relief by Odo Tattenpach at the entrance to the Federal Palace, Bonn	PSo 4