Postage stamps from 1985 of the GDR Deutsche Post

Stamp pads 1985
Reopening of the Semperoper , Dresden Michel block number 80	300th birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Friedrich Händel , 400th birthday of Heinrich Schütz Michel block number 81	40th anniversary of the liberation from fascism Michel block number 82

The postage stamp year 1985 of the Deutsche Post of the German Democratic Republic comprised 50 individual special stamps , three stamp blocks with five special stamps and two miniature sheets with a total of seven special stamps. One of these stamps was also issued as a single motif. Twelve postage stamps were printed together; there were two pairs with an interior decorative field. No definitive stamps were issued this year . A total of 73 motifs appeared.

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.

particularities

For the first time there was an ornamental field attached to the right in a stamp block for each individual stamp.

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 (1985)	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	Personalities of the German labor movement (XIII) Anton Ackermann (1905–1973)	10	January 8th	6,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	2920
	Alfred Kurella (1895–1975)	10	January 8th	6,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	2921
	Otto Schön (1905–1968)	10	January 8th	6,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	2922
	XXIV. Racing Sled World Championships , Oberhof Single seater	10	22nd of January	24,000,000	Gudrun Lenz	2923
	Historic mailboxes These and the following three stamps were also issued as an overprint in a block of four: First officially introduced wooden mailbox (until approx. 1850)	10	February 5th	27,500,000	Berthold Lindner	2924
	Cast iron mailbox (around 1860)	20th	February 5th	11,500,000	Berthold Lindner	2925
	Cast iron mailbox (around 1900)	35	February 5th	8,500,000	Berthold Lindner	2926
	Mailbox made of sheet metal and cast iron (around 1920)	50	February 5th	5,600,000	Berthold Lindner	2927
	Reopening of the Semperoper , Dresden This stamp was issued as a stamp block: Semper Opera (1985)	85	February 12th	2,100,000	Peter Kraus	2928
	Leipzig Spring Fair Bach monument at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig	10	5. March	24,000,000	Oswin Volkamer	2929
	Jug with vine leaves decor ( Meissen porcelain )	25th	5. March	4,500,000	Oswin Volkamer	2930
	300th birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Friedrich Händel , 400th birthday of Heinrich Schütz These and the following two stamps were issued as a stamp pad: Johann Sebastian Bach, composer ; to the right Zierfeld: Bach's last manuscript (1750): Art of Fugue	10	19th March	2,100,000	Manfred Gottschall	2931
	Georg Friedrich Händel, composer, on the right Zierfeld: Halle Handel Edition (1961): Concerto Grosso, Opus 6 No. 5, 5th movement Allegro	20th	19th March	2,100,000	Manfred Gottschall	2932
	Heinrich Schütz, composer; right of it Zierfeld: first printing Dresden (1648): Geistliche Chor-Music Nr.4	85	19th March	2,100,000	Manfred Gottschall	2933
	City arms (III) Neubrandenburg	50	9th April	4,500,000	Harald Bull	2934
	Potsdam	50	9th April	4,500,000	Harald Bull	2935
	Rostock	50	9th April	4,500,000	Harald Bull	2936
	Schwerin	50	9th April	4,500,000	Harald Bull	2937
	Suhl	50	9th April	2,100,000	Harald Bull	2938
	International memorials and memorials Cenotaph in the Memorial of the Liberation on the Seelower Heights ( Brandenburg ), Seelower Heights Memorial	35	April 16	4,000,000	Hilmar Zill	2939
	100th birthday of Egon Erwin Kisch This stamp was issued as an overprint with a decorative field on the left: Egon Erwin Kisch, Bohemian journalist and writer	35	April 23	4,200,000	Lothar Grünewald	2940
	40th anniversary of liberation from fascism Space flight USSR-GDR ; Valery Bykowski and Sigmund Jähn	10	May 7th	8,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	2941
	Coal and energy ; Funding record by Adolf Hennecke	20th	May 7th	8,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	2942
	Agriculture ; Cooperative farmers , tractors	25th	May 7th	6,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	2943
	Science and technology ; Workers , Integrated Circuit	50	May 7th	2,100,000	Manfred Gottschall	2944
	This stamp was issued as a stamp block: Cenotaph for the fallen Soviet soldiers, Berlin-Treptow	1 M.	May 7th	2,100,000	Manfred Gottschall	2945
	30 years of the Warsaw Treaty Word " PEACE " from the flags of the member countries Bulgaria , Hungary , GDR , Poland , Romania , USSR and CSSR	20th	May 14th	8,100,000	Hans Detlefsen	2946
	XII. Parliament of the Free German Youth (FDJ), Berlin This and the following stamp were issued as a composite print with a decorative field in between: FDJ emblem, Rektorenhaus Esmarchstrasse 18 (Kurt Tucholsky Library), Neue Wache , Palace of the Republic , TV tower	10 + 5	May 21	3,500,000	Paul Reissmüller	2947
	Ernst Thälmann , politician ; Flags ; FDJ emblem	20th	May 21	3,500,000	Paul Reissmüller	2948
	90th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) This stamp was issued as an overprint with a decorative field on the right: Olympic flag	35	28th of May	3,600,000	Peter Korn	2949
	International solidarity Word "Solidarity" in world map, dove of peace	10 + 5	28th of May	3,500,000	Joachim Riess	2950
	40 years of the Free German Trade Union Confederation (FDGB) Number "40" from red flags	20th	June 11th	8,000,000	Detlef Glinski	2951
	Animals in danger of extinction (II) Harpy eagle ( Harpia harpyja )	5	25th June	6,000,000	Andrea Soest	2952
	Red necked goose ( Branta ruficollis )	10	25th June	24,000,000	Andrea Soest	2953
	Spectacled Bear ( Tremarctos ornatus )	20th	25th June	8,000,000	Andrea Soest	2954
	Banteng ( Bos javanicus )	50	25th June	5,000,000	Andrea Soest	2955
	Sunda Gavial ( Tomistoma schlegelii )	85	25th June	2,100,000	Andrea Soest	2956
	Technical monuments (II): steam engines Bock steam engine (1833), Gera	10	July 9	24,000,000	Detlef Glinski	2957
	Balancing steam engine (1848), Freiberg	85	July 9	2,100,000	Detlef Glinski	2958
	XII. World Festival of Youth and Students , Moscow This and the following stamp were issued as a composite print with a decorative field in between: Students of young people of different nationalities	20 + 5	July 23	3,500,000	Ralf-Jürgen Lehmann	2959
	Demonstrating young people of different nationalities	50	July 23	3,500,000	Ralf-Jürgen Lehmann	2960
	2nd World Orientation Diving Championship , Neuglobsow Divers at turning buoy	10	13 August	8,100,000	Hilmar Zill	2961
	Distance divers	70	13 August	2,100,000	Hilmar Zill	2962
	Leipzig Autumn Fair Bose house at Thomaskirchhof, Leipzig	10	August 27	24,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	2963
	Bach trumpet , "Master Johannes Scherzer "	25th	August 27	4,500,000	Lothar Grünewald	2964
	International stamp exhibition SOZPHILEX 1985, Berlin This and the following stamp were issued as a composite print and also in the stamp booklet : Passenger mail car (19th century); Relief by Hermann Steinemann at the Postfuhramt Berlin	5	September 10	3,500,000	Detlef Glinski	2965
	Passenger mail car (19th century); Relief by Hermann Steinemann at the Postfuhramt Berlin	20 + 5	September 10	3,500,000	Detlef Glinski	2966
	Airmail stamps (IV) Stylized airplane with letter	5 M.	September 10	unknown	Detlef Glinski	2967
	Railway system Track diagram signal box ; Message board GS II DR (excerpt)	20th	September 24th	8,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	2968
	Saxonia steam locomotive ; Designer Johann Andreas Schubert ; BR 250 electric locomotive	25th	September 24th	6,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	2969
	Electrification by helicopter	50	September 24th	4,500,000	Hans Detlefsen	2970
	Leipzig Central Station ; Signals	85	September 24th	2,100,000	Hans Detlefsen	2971
	Historic bridges in Berlin Gertraudenbrücke	10	8th October	24,000,000	Peter Korn	2972 I.
	This stamp was made in gravure printing : Maiden Bridge	20th	8th October	8,000,000	Peter Korn	2973 I.
	This stamp was issued as a miniature sheet in offset printing : Maiden Bridge	20th	8th October	16,800,000	Peter Korn	2973 II
	Weidendammer Bridge	35	8th October	4,500,000	Peter Korn	2974 I.
	Schloßbrücke (Marx-Engels Bridge)	70	8th October	2,100,000	Peter Korn	2975
	Castles (II) Hohnstein Castle ( Sebnitz District ) (14th century)	10	15th October	16,000,000	Snechana Russewa-Hoyer	2976
	Rochsburg ( Rochlitz district ) (12th century)	20th	15th October	8,000,000	Snechana Russewa-Hoyer	2977
	Schwarzenberg Castle ( Schwarzenberg district ) (12th century)	35	15th October	5,500,000	Snechana Russewa-Hoyer	2978
	Stein Castle ( Zwickau-Land district ) (12th / 13th century)	80	15th October	2,100,000	Snechana Russewa-Hoyer	2979
	175 years of Humboldt University ; 275 years of Charité Middle section of the Humboldt University of Berlin	20th	October 22nd	8,000,000	Karl-Heinz Bobbe	2980
	Historic building and new building of the Charité	85	October 22nd	2,100,000	Karl-Heinz Bobbe	2981
	40 years of the United Nations (UN) UN emblem ; Schloss Cecilienhof , Potsdam	85	October 22nd	3,600,000	Hans Detlefsen	2982
	Circus art in the GDR (II) These and the following three stamps were issued as an overprint in a block of four: Elephant training	10	November 12th	3,000,000	Ralf-Jürgen Lehmann	2983
	Aerial acrobatics on the swing trapezoid	20th	November 12th	3,000,000	Ralf-Jürgen Lehmann	2984
	Cycling equilibrium	35	November 12th	3,000,000	Ralf-Jürgen Lehmann	2985
	Tiger training	50	November 12th	3,000,000	Ralf-Jürgen Lehmann	2986
	Fairy tales (XV): Various fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm These and the following five stamps were issued as miniature sheets : Wilhelm Grimm and Jacob Grimm , Germanists , fairy tale researchers	5	November 26th	2,100,000	Werner Klemke	2987
	Scene from The Brave Little Tailor	10	November 26th	2,100,000	Werner Klemke	2988
	Scene from Hans im Glück	20th	November 26th	2,100,000	Werner Klemke	2989
	Scene from Puss in Boots	25th	November 26th	2,100,000	Werner Klemke	2990
	Scene from The Seven Ravens	35	November 26th	2,100,000	Werner Klemke	2991
	Scene from The Sweet Porridge	85	November 26th	2,100,000	Werner Klemke	2992
Definitive stamps
image	description	value	Issue date (1985)	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
Definitive stamps were not issued in this year

Miniature sheets and compound prints

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  Historic mailboxes

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  100th birthday of Egon Erwin Kisch

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  XII. Parliament of the Free German Youth (FDJ), Berlin

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  90th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)

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  XII. World Festival of Youth and Students , Moscow

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  International stamp exhibition SOZPHILEX 1985, Berlin

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  Historic bridges in Berlin

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  Circus art in the GDR (II)

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  Fairy tales (XV): Various fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm

literature

• Michel catalog Germany 1999/2000. Schwaneberger Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-87858-028-2 .
• Peter Fischer among others: GDR universal catalog . Berlin, transpress publishing house for transport, 1986, ISBN 3-344-00001-2 .

Web links

Commons : Postage stamps of the Federal Republic, Berlin and the GDR from 1985  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps from other countries 1985  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ It is the former teacher's house with library of a double school built by Ludwig Hoffmann in 1907 in Pasteurstrasse / Esmarchstrasse, which today also houses the Kurt Tucholsky Library. Compare the photo on p. 428, in: Heinrich Trost (Hrsg.): Die Bau- und Kunstdenkmale in der DDR. Capital Berlin • I: Districts Mitte, Prenzlauer Berg, Friedrichshain . Henschelverlag Art and Society, Berlin 1983.