Postage stamps from 1988 of the Deutsche Bundespost

The postage stamp year 1988 of the Deutsche Bundespost comprised 36 special stamps . The definitive series Women in German History and Sights were continued this year with seven stamps each.

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 (1988)	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	150 years of the Mainz Carneval Bajass	60	January 14th	35,500,000	Günter Jacki	1349
	100th birthday of Jakob Kaiser (1888–1961)	80	January 14th	32,000,000	Gerd Aretz	1350
	25 years of the Élysée contract for Franco-German cooperation Konrad Adenauer and Charles de Gaulle ; Joint issue with France	80	January 14th	33,640,000	Jean-Paul Veret-Lemarinier	1351
	Beatification of Edith Stein and Rupert Mayer by Pope John Paul II.	80	January 14th	32,000,000	Margret Fackelmann	1352
	Various occasions for sport Football , on the occasion of the 1988 European Football Championship in Germany	60 + 30	February 18	4,803,000	Hans Günter Schmitz	1353
	Tennis , on the occasion of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul	80 + 40	February 18	5,227,000	Hans Günter Schmitz	1354
	Skydiving , on the occasion of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul	120 + 55	February 18	4,194,000	Hans Günter Schmitz	1355
	200th birthday of Joseph von Eichendorff (1788–1857) Detail from a woodcut by Ludwig Richter to the poem “Waldeinsamkeit, du green area”	60	February 18	32,450,000	Isolde Monson-Baumgart	1356
	200th birthday of Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860)	80	February 18	32,000,000	Elisabeth von Janota-Bzowski	1357
	100th anniversary of the death of Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818–1888)	80	February 18	35,150,000	Sigrid Förtsch-von Baumgarten and Hans Förtsch	1358
	For the youth , idols of rock and pop music Buddy Holly	50 + 25	April 14th	4,386,000	Antonia Graschberger	1360
	Elvis Presley	60 + 30	April 14th	4,753,000	Antonia Graschberger	1361
	Jim Morrison	70 + 35	April 14th	4,386,000	Antonia Graschberger	1362
	John Lennon	80 + 40	April 14th	4,665,000	Antonia Graschberger	1363
	500th birthday of Ulrich von Hutten (1488–1523) Detail from a woodcut from his book “Conquestiones”	80	April 14th	32,000,000	Herbert Stelzer	1364
	European stamps , means of transport and communication Airbus A320	60	5th of May	73,550,000	Ernst Jünger	1367
	Schematic representation of the connections of ISDN	80	5th of May	71,350,000	Ernst Jünger	1368
	700 years of Düsseldorf Stylized cityscape	60	5th of May	35,420,000	Karin Blume-Zander	1369
	600 years of the University of Cologne the university building and church towers of Cologne	80	5th of May	31,500,000	Otto Rohse	1370
	100th anniversary of the death of Theodor Storm (1817–1888)	80	5th of May	32,000,000	Günter Jacki	1371
	100th birthday of Jean Monnet (1888–1979)	80	5th of May	21,000,000	Gerd Aretz	1372
	25 years of the German Development Service (DED) planted tree with support in black, red and gold	80	5th of May	32,000,000	Bruno K. Wiese	1373
	1000 years of Meersburg View of Meersburg	60	July 14th	35,160,000	Isolde Monson-Baumgart	1376
	200th birthday of Leopold Gmelin (1788-1853)	80	July 14th	33,300,000	Hermann Schwahn	1377
	100 years of the label " Made in Germany " Hex nut and caliper in black, red and gold	140	July 14th	20,900,000	Ernst Jünger	1378
	75th anniversary of the death of August Bebel (1840–1913)	80	August 11th	32,000,000	Hans Günter Schmitz	1382
	Welfare stamps : gold and silversmithing Rock crystal reliquary, around 1200	50 + 25	October 13th	17,488,000	Fritz Lüdtke	1383
	Bust of Charlemagne , after 1349	60 + 30	October 13th	11,599,000	Fritz Lüdtke	1384
	Crown of Otto III. , before 983	70 + 35	October 13th	7,160,000	Fritz Lüdtke	1385
	Bouquet of flowers, around 1620	80 + 40	October 13th	15,146,000	Fritz Lüdtke	1386
	125 years of the International Red Cross	80	October 13th	32,000,000	Jürgen Wilke	1387
	day of the stamp Carrier pigeon	20th	October 13th	29,500,000	Peter Steiner	1388
	50th anniversary of the Reichskristallnacht	80	October 13th	32,000,000	Fritz Lüdtke	1389
	100 years of the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund	80	November 10th	39,645,000	Corinna Rogger	1394
	100 years of stamp donation campaign for Bethel Pieces of letters with German stamps	60	November 10th	32,000,000	Erwin Poell	1395
	Christmas stamp Birth of Christ, illustration from the Gospel Book of Heinrich the Lion , from the 12th century	80 + 40	November 10th	10,796,000	Silvia Runge	1396
Definitive stamps
image	description	Values in pennies	Issue date (1988)	Edition	draft	MiNr. Berlin
	Definitive series: sights Frankfurt am Main airport	10	January 14th	1,124,265,000	Sibylle and Fritz Haase	1347 798
	Chilehaus Hamburg	40	August 11th	208,162,000	Sibylle and Fritz Haase	1379 816
	Bust of Nefertiti	70	July 14th	63,707,000	Sibylle and Fritz Haase	1374 814
	Bronze jug of princess grave Reinheim	90	August 11th	28,507,000	Sibylle and Fritz Haase	1380 -
	Schleswig St. Petri Cathedral	120	July 14th	43,507,000	Sibylle and Fritz Haase	1375 815
	Roland statue in Bremen	280	August 11th	25,600,000	Sibylle and Fritz Haase	1381 -
	Hambach Castle	300	January 14th	826,111,000	Sibylle and Fritz Haase	1348 799
	Definitive series: women in German history Paula Modersohn-Becker	10	April 14th	608,277,000	Gerd Aretz	1359 806
	Cilly Aussem	20th	5th of May	643,478,000	Gerd Aretz	1365 811
	Therese Giehse	100	November 10th	6,007,068,000	Gerd Aretz	1390 825
	Lise Meitner	130	5th of May	114,978,000	Gerd Aretz	1366 812
	Hannah Arendt	170	November 10th	506,868,000	Gerd Aretz	1391 826
	Mathilde Franziska Anneke	240	November 10th	272,168,000	Gerd Aretz	1392 827
	Hedwig Dransfeld	350	November 10th	160,468,000	Gerd Aretz	1393 828

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. ↑ At the same time, the German Federal Post Office in Berlin were five stamps in the series with the added text Berlin out
5. ↑ same time, the German Federal Post Office in Berlin announced the series with the additional text Berlin out

literature

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

See also

• Postage stamps from 1988 of the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin

Web links

Commons : Postage stamps of the Federal Republic, Berlin and the GDR from 1988  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps from other countries 1988  - Collection of images, videos and audio files