Postage stamp year 1983 of the Deutsche Bundespost

The postage stamp year 1983 of the Deutsche Bundespost comprised 35 special stamps , definitive stamps were not issued that year.

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 (1983)	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	Edith Stein (1891–1942)	80	13th January	32,750,000	Fritz Lüdtke	1162
	Persecution and resistance White rose in front of barbed wire	80	13th January	31,280,000	Herbert Kern	1163
	Bauhaus , on the 100th birthday of Walter Gropius (1883–1969) Light-space modulator, 1930. Kinetic sculpture by László Moholy-Nagy	50	February 8	29,975,000	Peter Nitsche	1164
	Scantuary, 1942. Zinc lithograph by Josef Albers	60	February 8	20,850,000	Peter Nitsche	1165
	Skylight window of the Bauhaus Archive , 1979. Based on a design by Walter Gropius	80	February 8	31,300,000	Peter Nitsche	1166
	Swabian-Alemannic Carnival Fool's jump in Rottweil , the Federahannes	60	February 8	32,650,000	Peter Steiner	1167
	For the youth , historical motorcycles Riding car by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach , 1885	50 + 20	12. April	4,853,000	Heinz Schillinger	1168
	NSU , 1901	60 + 30	12. April	4,888,000	Heinz Schillinger	1169
	Megola Sport , 1922	80 + 40	12. April	4,977,000	Heinz Schillinger	1170
	BMW world record machine, 1936	120 + 60	12. April	4,767,000	Heinz Schillinger	1171
	For sport German Gymnastics Festival , Frankfurt am Main	80 + 40	12. April	4,779,000	Fritz-Dieter Rothacker	1172
	World Championship 1983 in modern pentathlon , Warendorf	120 + 60	12. April	4,686,000	Fritz-Dieter Rothacker	1173
	International horticultural exhibition in Munich stylized flower	60	12. April	30,050,000	Antonia Graschberger	1174
	European brands Great works of the human spirit Modern letterpress - type “A”, invention of letterpress printing by Johannes Gutenberg	60	5th of May	80,151,000	Ernst Jünger	1175
	Hertzian dipole (oscillation circle), discovery of electromagnetic waves by Heinrich Hertz	80	5th of May	110,351,000	Ernst Jünger	1176
	150th birthday of Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)	80	5th of May	31,650,000	Elisabeth von Janota-Bzowski	1177
	100th birthday of Franz Kafka (1883–1924) Tyn Church in Prague and the lettering "Kafka"	80	5th of May	32,400,000	Hans Günter Schmitz	1178
	Beer purity law for over 450 years The cover picture of the oldest commentary on the “Beer Brewing Right”, Quedlinburg , around 1677	80	5th of May	30,450,000	Erwin Poell	1179
	300 years of immigration of the first Germans to America Sailing ship Concord of the first immigrants; Joint issue with the United States	80	5th of May	53,250,000	Richard Bad	1180
	Child and road traffic Police officer and school children	80	July 14th	31,350,000	Lilo Fromm	1181
	International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt am Main	60	July 14th	31,000,000	Peter Nitsche	1182
	250th birthday of Christoph Martin Wieland (1733–1813)	80	August 11th	31,850,000	Elisabeth von Janota-Bzowski	1183
	100th birthday of Otto Warburg (1883–1970)	50	August 11th	31,300,000	Elisabeth von Janota-Bzowski	1184
	10 years member of the Federal Republic of Germany in the UN Rosette in black, red and gold	80	August 11th	31,000,000	Jürgen Spohn	1185
	150 years Das Rauhe Haus	80	August 11th	39,850,000	Holger Börnsen	1186
	General Assembly of the International Union for Geodesy and Geophysics	120	August 11th	19,450,000	Ernst Jünger	1187
	Welfare stamps : endangered alpine flowers Swiss man's shield Androsace helvetica	50 + 20	October 13th	12,070,000	Karin Blume	1188
	Carniolan ragwort Senecio carniolicus	60 + 30	October 13th	10,750,000	Karin Blume	1189
	Fleischer's willowherb Epilobium fleischeri	80 + 40	October 13th	18,110,000	Karin Blume	1190
	Alpine milk lettuce, Cicerbita alpina	120 + 60	October 13th	6,340,000	Karin Blume	1191
	day of the stamp Mail rider	80	October 13th	32,700,000	Peter Steiner	1192
	500th birthday of Martin Luther (1483–1546)	80	October 13th	29,850,000	Elisabeth von Janota-Bzowski	1193
	Basic ideas of democracy - states and municipalities Wickerwork in black, red and gold	80	November 10th	31,500,000	Klemens Ganzenmüller	1194
	150 years of the German Customs Union Customs stamp	60	November 10th	29,300,000	Ulrike Hoffmann	1195
	Christmas stamp Carol singers	80 + 40	November 10th	11,900,000	Peter Steiner	1196