Postage stamps from 1985 of the Deutsche Bundespost

Overprint for the MOPHILA stamp exhibition

According to the Universal Postal Union 1989: "The most beautiful postage stamp in the world"

The postage stamp year 1985 of the Deutsche Bundespost comprised 34 special stamps , definitive stamps were not issued this year.

In 1989 the Limburg Cathedral postage stamp ( Michel no. 1250) was named the “most beautiful postage stamp in the world” by the Universal Postal Union .

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 (1985)	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	2000 years Augsburg Bronze bust of Emperor Augustus , city arms and buildings of the city	80	10. January	34,400,000	Hans Joachim Volbracht	1234
	350th birthday of Philipp Jacob Spener (1635–1705)	80	10. January	31,500,000	Günter Jacki	1235
	200th birthday of the Brothers Grimm Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859) and Jacob Grimm (1785–1863)	80	10. January	30,600,000	Elisabeth von Janota-Bzowski	1236
	100th birthday of Romano Guardini (1885–1968)	80	10. January	30,600,000	Gerd Aretz	1237
	For sport , various occasions Bowling , 100 years of the German bowling association	80 + 40	21st of February	5,525,000	Fritz-Dieter Rothacker	1238
	Kayak , world championships in white water racing , Garmisch-Partenkirchen and canoe slalom , Augsburg	120 + 60	21st of February	4,470,000	Fritz-Dieter Rothacker	1239
	1000 years of market and coinage rights Verden (Aller) City view of Verden	60	21st of February	25,800,000	Peter Steiner	1240
	30 years of the Bonn-Copenhagen Declarations Map of the border area between Germany and Denmark with the respective national flags ; Joint issue with Denmark	80	21st of February	26,650,000	Ernst Jünger	1241
	For the youth , historical bikes Draisine or walking machine , 1817	50 + 20	April 16	4,160,000	Heinz Schillinger	1242
	NSU Germania Hochrad , 1886	60 + 30	April 16	4,110,000	Heinz Schillinger	1243
	Cross frame lower wheel , 1887	80 + 40	April 16	4,200,000	Heinz Schillinger	1244
	Adler tricycle , 1887	120 + 60	April 16	4,000,000	Heinz Schillinger	1245
	225th birthday of Johann Peter Hebel (1760–1826) Lever with a margravial woman . After the watercolor "Hebel und Vreneli" by Karl Agricola (1779–1852) from 1814.	80	April 16	29,100,000	Elisabeth von Janota-Bzowski	1246
	100th birthday of Egon Erwin Kisch (1885–1948)	60	April 16	27,600,000	Albrecht goodbye	1247
	European stamps , European Year of Music 300th birthday of Georg Friedrich Händel , (1685–1759)	60	May 7th	66,100,000	Karl Hans Walter	1248
	300th birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach , (1685–1750)	80	May 7th	107,450,000	Karl Hans Walter	1249
	750 years of Limburg Cathedral	60	May 7th	28,800,000	Heinz Schillinger	1250
	300th birthday of Dominikus Zimmermann (1685–1766) Column capital from the presbytery of the Wieskirche	70	May 7th	31,000,000	Peter Nitsche	1251
	100th birthday of Josef Kentenich (1885–1968)	80	May 7th	27,500,000	Fritz Lüdtke	1252
	Campaign "Save the Forest" Clock in front of a wooded area	80	16th of July	25,600,000	Klemens Ganzenmüller	1253
	World Scout Conference Lily emblem and boy scouts	60	16th of July	26,600,000	Fritz Lüdtke	1254
	International stamp exhibition MOPHILA in Hamburg These two stamps were issued as a composite Postillon and draft horses	60 + 20	13 August	6,900,000	Heinz Schillinger	1255
	Stagecoach	80 + 20	13 August	6,900,000	Heinz Schillinger	1256
	400 years of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Building against a tiled background with the emblem	80	13 August	29,100,000	Friedrich Kefer and Peter Münch	1257
	100th anniversary of the death of Carl Spitzweg (1808–1885) Sunday stroll	60	13 August	27,950,000	Fritz Lüdtke	1258
	Welfare stamps : miniatures based on motifs from the borders of a medieval prayer book Flowers, strawberry and butterfly	50 + 20	15th October	14,750,000	Holger Börnsen	1259
	Flowers, butterflies and bird	60 + 30	15th October	9,730,000	Holger Börnsen	1260
	Flowers, berries and snail	80 + 40	15th October	19,410,000	Holger Börnsen	1261
	Flowers, snail and butterfly	120 + 60	15th October	6,130,000	Holger Börnsen	1262
	175th birthday of Fritz Reuter (1810–1874)	80	15th October	25,822,000	Peter Steiner	1263
	150 years of the German railways and the 200th birthday of Johannes Scharrer (1785–1844) The eagle's first ride on the Ludwig Railway	80	November 12th	29,100,000	Heinz Schillinger	1264
	40 years of integration of displaced Germans	80	November 12th	29,472,000	Konrad Przewieslik	1265
	Basic ideas of democracy , Bundeswehr Black-red-gold with the national emblem of the Bundeswehr	80	November 12th	28,872,000	Bruno K. Wiese	1266
	Christmas stamp Birth of Christ, painting from the high altar of the Freiburg Minster by Hans Baldung	80 + 40	November 12th	11,060,000	Fritz Lüdtke	1267