Postage stamps from 1988 by the GDR Deutsche Post

Stamp pads 1988 (pads compared to the individual stamps shown reduced by 33%)
1988 Winter Olympics , Calgary Michel block number 90	90th birthday of Bertolt Brecht Michel block number 91	200th birthday of Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff Michel block number 92
500th birthday of Ulrich von Hutten Michel block number 93	1988 Summer Olympics , Seoul Michel block number 94	Leipzig Autumn Fair Michel block number 95
100th birthday of Friedrich Wolf Michel, block number 96

The postage stamp year 1988 of the German Post Office of the German Democratic Republic comprised 50 individual special stamps , seven stamp blocks with nine special stamps and four miniature sheets with nine special stamps. Eight stamps were printed together; there were four pairs with an interior decorative field. For the first time there was a motif with an ornamental field of different colors. No definitive stamps were issued this year . A total of 81 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

After 1983, it was the second year that seven stamp pads were issued. This is the highest number of blocks issued by the GDR's Deutsche Post in one year.

Four editions are known to have been drafted four years in advance and to be issued in 1984. These are the motifs for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , which were boycotted by the Soviet Union and eighteen other real socialist states . On the stamps that were not issued at the time, the year 1984 was replaced by 1988 and the Roman numeral of the Olympiad XXIII was replaced by XXIV .

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	Mi. -No.
	1988 Winter Olympics , Calgary Ski jumping	5	January 19th	6,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	3140
	Speed skating	10	January 19th	8,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	3141
	Four-man bobsleigh	20 + 10	January 19th	3,500,000	Manfred Gottschall	3142
	biathlon	35	January 19th	2,100,000	Manfred Gottschall	3143
	The following stamp was issued as a stamp pad: Luge , double and single seaters	1.20 m	January 19th	2,100,000	Manfred Gottschall	3144
	Building of Deutsche Post Post Office Berlin-Buch	15th	February 2nd	4,000,000	Joachim Riess	3145
	Postal Museum of the GDR , Berlin	20th	February 2nd	8,000,000	Joachim Riess	3146
	Main post office Berlin-Marzahn	50	February 2nd	2,150,000	Joachim Riess	3147
	90th birthday of Bertolt Brecht The following stamp was issued as a stamp pad: Bertolt Brecht, playwright and poet	70	February 2nd	2,100,000	Ralf-Jürgen Lehmann	3148
	Bromeliads Tillandsia macrochlamys	10	February 16	18,000,000	Detlef Glinski	3149
	Tillandsia bulbosa	25th	February 16	3,500,000	Detlef Glinski	3150
	Tillandsia kalmbacherie	40	February 16	3,500,000	Detlef Glinski	3151
	Guzmania blassii	70	February 16	2,100,000	Detlef Glinski	3152
	Leipzig Spring Fair : 75 years of the " Mädler-Passage " exhibition center Portal to the Auerbachs Keller restaurant	20th	8th of March	8,000,000	Harry Scheuner	3153
	Mephisto and Faust ; Bronze figure group on the stairs to Auerbach's cellar	70	8th of March	2,350,000	Harry Scheuner	3154
	200th birthday of Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff The following stamp was issued as a stamp pad: Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, poet	70	8th of March	2,100,000	Joachim Riess	3155
	Historical seal (II) The following four stamps were also issued as a composite in a block of four: Seal of the saddlers of Mühlhausen (1565)	10	March 22	26,300,000	Bobbe	3156
	Seal of the butchers of Dresden (1564)	25th	March 22	5,800,000	Bobbe	3157
	Seal of the forge of Nauen (16th century)	35	March 22	5,800,000	Bobbe	3158
	Seal of the cloth makers of Frankfurt (Oder) (16th century)	50	March 22	4,400,000	Bobbe	3159
	Antarctic research station of the GDR "Georg Forster " Research station (partial view), Queen Maud Land	35	March 22	3,500,000	Paul Reissmüller	3160
	City views: District towns in the north of the GDR Wismar	5	April 5th	6,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	3161
	Anklam	10	April 5th	24,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	3162
	Ribnitz-Damgarten	25th	April 5th	3,500,000	Jochen Bertholdt	3163
	Stralsund	60	April 5th	3,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	3164
	Mountains	90	April 5th	3,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	3165
	Greifswald	1.20 m	April 5th	2,100,000	Jochen Bertholdt	3166
	500th birthday of Ulrich von Hutten This stamp was issued as a stamp block: Ulrich von Hutten, imperial knight and humanist	70	April 5th	2,100,000	Ursula Abramowski-Lautenschläger	3167
	22nd Workers' Festival of the GDR , Frankfurt / Oder district The following two stamps were issued as a multiple print with a decorative field in between: Buildings in the Frankfurt / Oder district	20th	June 7th	3,000,000	Kraus	3168
	Building of the city of Frankfurt / Oder	50	June 7th	3,000,000	Kraus	3169
	10th anniversary of the joint space flight USSR- DDR (I) Cosmonauts Sigmund Jähn and Valeri Bykowski signing the landing capsule of the Soyuz 29 spacecraft	5	June 21st	2,200,000	Kraus	3170
	MKS-M spectrometer , measurement curve	10	June 21st	8,000,000	Kraus	3171
	Orbital complex MIR	20th	June 21st	8,000,000	Kraus	3172
	10th stamp exhibition of the youth, Erfurt and Karl-Marx-Stadt This stamp was with Mi. 3175 issued as an overprint with a decorative field in between: Erfurt (around 1520)	10 + 5	June 21st	3,000,000	Joachim Riess	3173
	This stamp was with Mi. 3176 issued as an overprint with a decorative field in between: Chemnitz (around 1620)	20 + 5	June 21st	3,000,000	Joachim Riess	3174
	This stamp was with Mi. 3173 issued as an overprint with a decorative field in between: Historic and modern buildings in Erfurt	25th	June 21st	3,000,000	Joachim Riess	3175
	This stamp was with Mi. 3174 issued as an overprint with a decorative field in between: Historic and modern buildings in Karl-Marx-Stadt	50	June 21st	3,000,000	Joachim Riess	3176
	35 years of working class combat groups Swearing in	5	5th July	6,000,000	Joachim Riess	3177
	Ernst Thälmann award	10	5th July	24,000,000	Joachim Riess	3178
	appeal	15th	5th July	2,100,000	Joachim Riess	3179
	Handover of arms	20th	5th July	8,000,000	Joachim Riess	3180
	VIII. Pioneer Meeting , Karl-Marx-Stadt The following two stamps were issued as a multiple print with a decorative field in between: Buildings in Karl-Marx-Stadt, balloons , doves of peace	10	July 19	3,000,000	Andrea Soest	3181
	Young pioneers with musical instruments, balloons, doves of peace	10 + 5	July 19	3,000,000	Andrea Soest	3182
	1988 Summer Olympics , Seoul swim	5	August 9	6,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	3183
	Indoor handball	10	August 9	8,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	3184
	Hurdles	20 + 10	August 9	3,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	3185
	rowing	25th	August 9	3,500,000	Hans Detlefsen	3186
	Boxing	35	August 9	2,100,000	Hans Detlefsen	3187
	Cycling	50 + 20	August 9	3,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	3188
	The following stamp was issued as a stamp pad: Relay race	85	August 9	2,100,000	Hans Detlefsen	3189
	10th anniversary of the joint space flight USSR- DDR (II) Cosmonauts Sigmund Jähn and Valeri Bykowski signing the landing capsule of the Soyuz 29 spacecraft	10	August 30th	8,400,000	Kraus	3190
	MKS-M spectrometer , measurement curve	20th	August 30th	8,400,000	Kraus	3191
	Orbital complex MIR	35	August 30th	8,400,000	Kraus	3192
	Leipzig Autumn Fair The following three stamps were issued as a stamp pad: Goods control (around 1810)	5	August 30th	2,400,000	Arnold	3193
	Völkerschlachtdenkmal , Leipzig	15th	August 30th	2,400,000	Arnold	3194
	Trade fair scene (around 1820)	100	August 30th	2,400,000	Arnold	3195
	International memorials and memorials Monument to the European resistance movement against fascism in Como , by Gianni Colombo	35	13.september	3,500,000	Hans Detlefsen	3196
	30 years of Buchenwald memorial and memorial : Memorial on the Ettersberg near Weimar by Fritz Cremer	10	13.september	8,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	3197
	500 years of Schiffer-Compagnie , Stralsund : sailing ships Brig "Adolph Friedrich" (1863)	5	September 20th	6,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	3198
	Bark "Gazebo" (1872)	10	September 20th	8,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	3199
	Brigantine "Auguste Mathilde" (1830)	70	September 20th	3,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	3200
	Brigg "Hope" (1844).	1.20 m	September 20th	2,160,000	Jochen Bertholdt	3201
	International solidarity This stamp was issued as an overprint with a red or black decorative field on the right: Colored child undergoing medical treatment	10 + 5	4th of October	3,500,000	Manfred Gottschall	3202
	Technical monuments (IV): ship lifts , lifting and draw bridges Lift bridge over Stromelbe, Magdeburg	5	October 18	6,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	3203
	Ship lift, Magdeburg-Rothensee	10	October 18	24,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	3204
	Ship lift, Niederfinow	35	October 18	3,500,000	Jochen Bertholdt	3205
	Drawbridge over Ruppiner Wasserstraße with lock , Altfriesack	70	October 18	3,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	3206
	Ziegelgraben bascule bridge , Rügen dam near Stralsund	90	October 18	2,150,000	Jochen Bertholdt	3207
	50th Anniversary of the " Reichspogromnacht " (November 9, 1938) Seven-armed candlestick (menorah)	35	November 8th	3,500,000	Detlef Glinski	3208
	100th birthday of Max Lingner "In the boat"	5	November 8th	6,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	3209
	"Mademoiselle Yvonne"	10	November 8th	8,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	3210
	"Free, strong and happy"	20th	November 8th	8,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	3211
	"New harvest"	85	November 8th	2,100,000	Hans Detlefsen	3212
	100th birthday of Friedrich Wolf This stamp was issued as a stamp block: Dr. F. Wolf, doctor , writer and playwright	110	22nd of November	2,100,000	Andrea Soest	3213
	40 years of the World Health Organization (WHO) WHO emblem; State coat of arms of the GDR	85	22nd of November	3,000,000	Gudrun Lenz	3214
	Erzgebirge bobbin lace These and the following five stamps were issued as miniature sheets : Exhibits from the district exhibition "Erzgebirge Bobbin Lace"	20th	22nd of November	1,900,000	Harry Scheuner	3215
	Exhibits from the district exhibition "Erzgebirge Bobbin Lace"	25th	22nd of November	1,900,000	Harry Scheuner	3216
	Exhibits from the district exhibition "Erzgebirge Bobbin Lace"	35	22nd of November	1,900,000	Harry Scheuner	3217
	Exhibits from the district exhibition "Erzgebirge Bobbin Lace"	40	22nd of November	1,900,000	Harry Scheuner	3218
	Exhibits from the district exhibition "Erzgebirge Bobbin Lace"	50	22nd of November	1,900,000	Harry Scheuner	3219
	Exhibits from the district exhibition "Erzgebirge Bobbin Lace"	85	22nd of November	1,900,000	Harry Scheuner	3220
Definitive stamps
image	description	value	Issue date (1988)	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
Definitive stamps were not issued in this year

Miniature sheets and compound prints

Historical seal (II)

22nd Workers' Festival of the GDR , Frankfurt / Oder district

10. Stamp Exhibition Youth, Erfurt and Karl-Marx-Stadt

VIII. Pioneer Meeting , Karl-Marx-Stadt

Cosmonauts Sigmund Jähn and Valeri Bykowski signing the landing capsule of the Soyuz 29 spacecraft

MKS-M spectrometer , measurement curve

Orbital complex MIR

International solidarity ,
red decorative field

International solidarity ,
black decorative field

Erzgebirge bobbin lace

Notes and individual references

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e See also list of unissued postage stamps from Germany .
↑ See stamp day (GDR)
↑ The following three stamps show the same motifs as the Michel numbers 3170–3172, but have a different postage value. They were each as sheetlet issued

literature

Michel catalog Germany 1999/2000. Schwaneberger Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-87858-028-2 .

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

[Los_Angeles-1] See also list of unissued postage stamps from Germany .

[2] See stamp day (GDR)

[3] The following three stamps show the same motifs as the Michel numbers 3170–3172, but have a different postage value. They were each as sheetlet issued