Postage stamps issued in 1990 by the Deutsche Bundespost

German Federal Post Office Berlin	German Democratic Republic	German Federal Post
Community edition
Block 22 with the Mi. 1481 II and 1482 II

The postage stamp year 1990 of the Deutsche Bundespost comprised 41 special stamps . The definitive series of sights was continued this year with three brands.

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 (1990)	Edition	draft	MiNr.
	2000 years of Speyer Speyer Cathedral and other important buildings in the city	60	January 12th	33,000,000	Peter Steiner	1444
	500 years of international postal connections in Europe The little mail rider ( Albrecht Dürer ); Joint issue with the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin , the GDR , Austria and Belgium	100	January 12th	59,780,000	Bundesdruckerei Berlin	1445
	500 years of Riesling cultivation Initial R entwined with grapevines	100	January 12th	31,750,000	Ernst Kößlinger	1446
	Cultural and natural heritage of humanity Old town of Lübeck	100	January 12th	28,780,000	Otto Rohse	1447
	Sports popular for sport Indoor handball	100 + 50	February 15th	5,003,000	Gerd Aretz	1449
	20 years of the fitness exercise	140 + 60	February 15th	4,925,000	Gerd Aretz	1450
	800 years of the German Order Seal of the Supreme Spittler (1400) and coat of arms of the Grand Master (1982)	100	February 15th	29,000,000	Fritz Lüdtke	1451
	750 years of the Frankfurt trade fair privilege Seal of Emperor Frederick II from 1420	100	February 15th	33,000,000	Hans Günter Schmitz	1452
	25 years of youth research Labyrinth with question and exclamation marks	100	February 15th	27,750,000	Fritz Lüdtke	1453
	International North Sea Protection Conference in The Hague Animals in and around the North Sea	100	February 15th	30,000,000	Konrad Przewieslik	1454
	For the youth , Max and Moritz by Wilhelm Busch widow Bolte	60 + 30	April 19th	3,916,000	Heinz Schillinger	1455
	Max	70 + 30	April 19th	3,707,000	Heinz Schillinger	1456
	Max and Moritz are sawing on the jetty	80 + 35	April 19th	3,703,000	Heinz Schillinger	1457
	Max and Moritz	100 + 50	April 19th	4,000,000	Heinz Schillinger	1458
	100 years of labor day Factory hall roof and 1st MAY	100	April 19th	30,000,000	Hans Peter Hoch	1459
	75 years of the German Housewives Association Housewife with emblem of the Housewives Confederation	100	April 19th	30,000,000	Erwin Poell	1460
	European stamps , postal facilities Palais Thurn und Taxis in Frankfurt am Main	60	May 3rd	63,400,000	Konrad Przewieslik	1461
	Postgiroamt in Frankfurt am Main	100	May 3rd	71,310,000	Konrad Przewieslik	1462
	175 years of the national colors black-red-gold	100	May 3rd	30,000,000	Paul Effert	1463
	125 years of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) stylized world globe	100	May 3rd	30,000,000	Langer and Langer-Rosa	1464
	125 years of the German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People (DGzRS) Society's collection ship	60	May 3rd	28,000,000	Sibylle and Fritz Haase	1465
	100th birthday of Wilhelm Leuschner (1890–1944)	100	May 3rd	30,000,000	Gerd Aretz	1466
	100 years of the Rummelsberg Diakonenanstalt	100	May 3rd	32,000,000	WP page	1467
	40 years charter of German expellees	100	June 21st	30,000,000	Fritz Lüdtke	1470
	30th World Congress of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)	80	June 21st	28,400,000	Paul Effert	1471
	Stamp Pad - 10th International Youth Stamp Exhibition	100	June 21st	22,596,000 3,766,000 blocks	Heike Ullmann	Block 21 1472
	250th birthday of Matthias Claudius (1740–1815) Based on picture by Otto Speckter	100	August 9	30,000,000	Fritz Lüdtke	1473
	Welfare Brands 1990: History of Post and Telecommunications Motorized mail car, around 1900	60 + 30	September 27th	12,272,000	Peter Steiner	1474
	Exchange , around 1890	80 + 35	September 27th	8,161,000	Peter Steiner	1475
	Parcel post, around 1900	100 + 50	September 27th	16,174,000	Peter Steiner	1476
	German unity	50	October 3	53,675,000	Paul Effert	1477
		100	October 3	41,950,000	Paul Effert	1478
	150 years of postage stamps Images of the One Penny Black , Schwarzer Einser and a postage stamp from 1989	100	October 11th	32,842,000	Silvia Runge	1479
	100th anniversary of Heinrich Schliemann's death (1822–1890) Joint issue with Greece	60	October 11th	31,700,000	Ernst Jünger	1480
	Stamp pad - 1st anniversary of the opening of inner-German borders openwork wall	50	November 6th	53,675,000 plus 15,000,000 blocks	Manfred Gottschall	Block 22 1481
	Brandenburg Gate	100	November 6th	unknown (plus 15,000,000 blocks)	Manfred Gottschall	1482
	100th birthday of Käthe Dorsch (1890–1957)	100	November 6th	32,250,000	Ursula Maria Kahrl	1483
	Christmas stamp 1990, Christmas handicrafts Angel	50 + 20	November 6th	7,192,000	Heinz Schillinger	1484
	Incense smoker	60 + 30	November 6th	7,705,000	Heinz Schillinger	1485
	Nutcracker	70 + 30	November 6th	7,516,000	Heinz Schillinger	1486
	Rauschgoldengel	100 + 50	November 6th	9,506,000	Heinz Schillinger	1487
Definitive stamps
image	description	Values in pennies	Issue date (1990)	Edition	draft	MiNr. Berlin
	Definitive series: sights Brunswick lion	5	February 15th	unknown	Sibylle and Fritz Haase	1448 863
	Rastatt Castle	45	June 21st	unknown	Sibylle and Fritz Haase	1468 -
	Heligoland	70	June 21st	unknown	Sibylle and Fritz Haase	1469 874

10th International Youth Stamp Exhibition - Block 21
1481 I Offset printing from block 22	1482 I Offset printing from block 22	1481 II rotogravure printing from sheetlets	1482 II rotogravure printing from sheetlets

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 €. Archived from the original on October 6, 2013 ; accessed on August 6, 2014 . 
3. ↑ BGH, October 11, 2005 - XI ZR 395/04. Legal character and validity of postage stamps
4. ↑ On February 15, 1990, the German Democratic Republic issued its last commemorative coin with a face value of “5 Marks ” on the subject of “500 years of the postal system”.
5. ^ First all-German postage stamp after unification on October 3, 1990
6. ↑ These two stamps were produced as a block using offset printing and as sheet goods using the gravure printing process.
7. ^ At the same time, the Deutsche Bundespost in Berlin issued two of these stamps with the additional text Berlin .

literature

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

See also

• Postage stamps issued in 1990 by the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin
• Postage stamps from 1990 by the GDR Deutsche Post

Web links

Commons : Postage stamps of the Federal Republic, Berlin and the GDR from 1990  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps from other countries 1990  - Collection of images, videos and audio files