Postage stamp year 2008 of the Federal Republic of Germany

Stamp pad : For the youth

The 2008 postage stamp year of the Federal Republic of Germany comprised 50 individual special stamps, a stamp block with four stamps, twelve self-adhesive special stamps in stamp sets, two definitive stamps from the flowers series (plus two self-adhesive definitive stamps) and, for the first time since 2002, two machine stamps .

The stamp with the picture of Eisbär Knut from April 10th (Michel number: 2656) was chosen as the most beautiful postage stamp in Germany in 2008 , the stamp entered the European competition for the most beautiful European stamp and won the competition.

The mark 125 years Drachenfelsbahn won 2009 in the category Best print first place in the annual China Annual Foreign Stamp Poll (in German: Annual choice of foreign stamps ).

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 euro cents . 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 euro cents	Issue date (2008)	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	Series: World Heritage by UNESCO Reichenau monastery island Graphic representation of the island of Reichenau with partial excerpts from a liturgical reading book (left) and from a Gothic wall painting (right)	45	January 2nd	9,600,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Ernst Kößlinger	2637
	1100 years of Eichstätt	145	January 2nd	7,500,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Vera Braesecke-Kaul and Hilmar Kaul	2638
	500th birthday of Wenzel Jamnitzer Cone body from Jamnitzer's writing “Perspectiva corporum regularium”, decorative jug with turbo screw	220	January 2nd	6,400,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Ernst Jünger and Lorli Jünger	2639
	Heinrich Zille Society in an old Berlin still from 1905	55	January 2nd	8,200,000 of which 95,000 on ETB	Antonia Graschberger	2640
	50 years of the Federal Cartel Office	90	January 2nd	7,700,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Werner Hans Schmidt	2641
	Series: World Heritage by UNESCO Reichenau monastery island self-adhesive from booklet	45	January 2nd	159,949,000	Ernst Kößlinger	2642 MH 71
	1100 years of Eichstätt self-adhesive from roll	145	January 2nd	205,599,500	Vera Braesecke-Kaul and Hilmar Kaul	2643
	Series: POST - greetings for every occasion All the best	55	February 7th	19,000,000 including 95,000 on ETB	James Rizzi	2644
	Congratulations	55	February 7th	19,000,000 including 95,000 on ETB	James Rizzi	2645
	1000 years the village church in Bochum district Stiepel	145	February 7th	6,200,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Heinz Schillinger	2646
	200th birthday of Carl Spitzweg The poor poet from 1839	55	February 7th	10,100,000 of which 95,000 on ETB	Werner Hans Schmidt	2647
	200th birthday of Carl Spitzweg self-adhesive from roll	55	February 7th	709,401,400	Werner Hans Schmidt	2648
	Series: For sport - "The wide world of sport" Gliding World Championships near Berlin	45 + 20	March 13th	1,190,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Andrea Voss-Acker	2649
	European football championship in Austria and Switzerland	55 + 25	March 13th	1,510,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Andrea Voss-Acker	2650
	Chess Olympiad in Dresden	55 + 25	March 13th	1,220,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Andrea Voss-Acker	2651
	2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing	145 + 55	March 13th	1,240,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Andrea Voss-Acker	2652
	150 years of Frankfurt Zoological Society	65	March 13th	6,250,000 of which 95,000 on ETB	Detlef Glinski	2653
	100th birthday of Helmut Käutner	55	March 13th	7,600,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Kym Erdmann	2654
	50 years of the Federal Cartel Office self-adhesive from booklet	90	March 13th	50,610,000	Werner Hans Schmidt	2655 MH 72
	Series: For environmental protection - preserving nature worldwide Polar bear Knut	55 + 25	10th of April	2,070,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Kym Erdmann	2656
	200th birthday of Johann Hinrich Wichern Portrait of Jacob Nöbbe , around 1869	55	10th of April	7,300,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Karen Scholz	2657
	150th birthday of Max Planck	55	10th of April	9,200,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Grit Fiedler	2658
	100 years of German international football matches German national soccer team from 1908 against Switzerland	170	10th of April	8,000,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Thomas Serres	2659
	100th birthday of Oskar Schindler	145	10th of April	6,400,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Bianca Becker and Peter Kohl	2660
	100 years of the State Bird Protection Station in Seebach	45	10th of April	9,300,000 of which 95,000 on ETB	Detlef Glinski	2661
	Series: POST - greetings for every occasion Kind regards ( European stamp )	55	8th of May	18,400,000 including 95,000 on ETB	James Rizzi	2662
	thank you	55	8th of May	18,400,000 including 95,000 on ETB	James Rizzi	2663
	100 years of Christoffel's mission for the blind	55	8th of May	7,180,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Andrea Voss-Acker	2664
	Series: "POST - Greetings for every occasion" self-adhesive from booklet	each 55	8th of May	44,765,000	James Rizzi	2665-2668 MH 73
	Series: For Welfare - Aircraft Thu J whale	45 + 20	June 12	2,850,000 of which 95,000 on ETB	Andrea Voss-Acker	2670
	Airbus A380	55 + 25	June 12	1,860,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Andrea Voss-Acker	2671
	Ju 52	55 + 25	June 12	2,000,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Andrea Voss-Acker	2672
	BO 105	145 + 55	June 12	3,230,000 of which 95,000 on ETB	Andrea Voss-Acker	2673
	Volunteering	55	June 12	8,400,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Corinna Rogger	2674
	Series: For Welfare - Aircraft Airbus A380 self-adhesive from booklet	55 + 25	June 12	9,720,000	Andrea Voss-Acker	2676 MH 74
	Series: Lighthouses Warnemünde	45	3rd of July	12,600,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Motif: Reinhard Scheiblich Series: Johannes Graf	2677
	Amrum	55	3rd of July	12,800,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Motif: Reinhard Scheiblich Series: Johannes Graf	2678
	150th birthday of Lovis Corinth Self-portrait with model , 1902 and morning sun , 1910	145	3rd of July	7,420,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Irmgard Hesse	2679
	125th birthday of Franz Kafka Person at the desk, by Franz Kafka	55	3rd of July	8,000,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Jens Müller and Karen Weiland	2680
	125 years of the Drachenfelsbahn	45	3rd of July	7,000,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Lutz Menze	2681
	Series: Lighthouses Hörnum Amrum self-adhesive from booklet	each 55	July 4th	216.503.960	Motif: Reinhard Scheiblich Series: Johannes Graf	2682, 2683 MH 75
	200th birthday of Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch	90	August 7th	6,600,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Thomas Serres	2684
	125th birthday of Joachim Ringelnatz	85	August 7th	7,400,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Victor Malsy, Gülsah Edis and Thomas Meyer	2685
	50 years of Gorch Fock Three-master , sailing training ship of the German Navy	55	August 7th	11,300,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Heribert Birnbach	2686
	Stamp pad - Series: For the Young - Dinosaurs Triceratops	45 + 20	September 4th	1,350,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Werner Hans Schmidt	Block 73 2687
	Diplodocus	55 + 25	September 4th	1,350,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Werner Hans Schmidt	2688
	Tyrannosaurus	55 + 25	September 4th	1,350,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Werner Hans Schmidt	2689
	Plateosaurus	145 + 55	September 4th	1,350,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Werner Hans Schmidt	2690
	Old Rhine bridge Bad Säckingen - Stein / Aargau Joint issue with Switzerland	70	September 4th	14,000,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Bernadette Baltis	2691
	Series: Stamp Day Schützenscheibe from 1835 in Ohrdruf (f), arrival of the first express car ( stagecoach )	55	September 4th	8,500,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Carsten Wolff	2692
	Series: For us children Blue horse	55	September 4th	8,720,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Christiane Hemmerich	2693
	Nebra Sky Disc	55	9th October	8,600,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Markus Weisbeck	2695
	500 years of Gallimarkt in Leer	45	9th October	6,400,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Peter and Regina Steiner	2696
	150th birthday of Lorenz Werthmann	55	9th October	7,300,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Karen Scholz	2697
	100 years of powered flight Hans Grade , aviation pioneer	145	9th October	6,300,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Henning Wagenbreth	2698
	450 years of religious peace in Augsburg self-adhesive from booklet	55	November 1st	45,000,000	Paul Effert	2700 MH 76
	Series: German Painting Cologne painting around 1350 self-adhesive from booklet	55	November 1st	45,000,000	Werner Hans Schmidt	2701 MH 76
	50 years of Lebenshilfe	55	November 13th	9,700,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Barbara Dimanski	2702
	Plus brand series: Christmas Motifs from museums in Germany and Vatican City Birth of Christ by Albrecht Dürer	45 + 20	November 13th	2,590,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Werner Hans Schmidt	2703
	Adoration of the Kings by Raphael Joint issue with the Vatican City	55 + 25	November 13th	4,450,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Werner Hans Schmidt	2704
	150th birthday of Selma Lagerlöf Nils Holgersson with goose Illustration by Wilhelm Schulz	100	November 13th	6,940,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Gerhard Lienemeyer	2705
	A heart for children	55	November 13th	12,500,000 including 95,000 on ETB	Dieter Ziegenfeuter	2706
Definitive stamps
image	description	Values in euro cents	Issue date (2008)	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	Definitive series: flowers Garden rose	55	June 12	??. ???. 000	Stefan Klein and Olaf Neumann	2669
	Garden rose self-adhesive from roll	55	August 7th	??. ???. 000	Stefan Klein and Olaf Neumann	2675
	Carnation	25th	9th October	??. ???. 000	Mario Strasser , Stefan Klein and Olaf Neumann	2694
	Carnation self-adhesive from roll	25th	9th October	??. ???. 000	Mario Strasser , Stefan Klein and Olaf Neumann	2699
Vending machine brands
image	description	Values in euros	Issue date (2008)	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	Vending machine brand Brandenburg Gate	0.01-36.75	October 24th	Total :?	Johannes Graf	6th
	Post Tower	0.01-36.75	October 24th	Total :?	Johannes Graf	7th

Franking marks from Deutsche Post AG

Not for the official release program of the Federal Ministry of Finance for postage stamps, include indicia since summer 2008 offered directly by Deutsche Post AG Handyporto and Internet brand .

The so-called Handyporto is to order via the mobile phone via SMS a number code transmitted to be entered instead of the stamp by hand on the broadcast. In contrast, the so-called internet brand is acquired by the sender via the World Wide Web , paid for electronically, printed out as a machine-readable barcode and affixed to the shipment, similar to the STAMPIT . While only the usual postage amount has to be paid with the internet brand, the mobile phone postage costs not only a surcharge of currently 40 cents for a standard letter or postcard, but also the cost of sending the SMS.

It must be noted that both are no longer a postage stamp in the strict sense of the word because they lack the character of uniformity - identical pieces are produced in larger editions.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mint never hinged - Das Philatelie-Journal der Deutsche Post, July / August 2009, p. 32
2. ^ Mint never hinged - Das Philatelie-Journal der Deutsche Post, March / April 2011, p. 26
3. ↑ mint - The Philatelic Journal, January / February 2010, Issue 1/2010, page 23
4. ↑ A partial edition of the Maxiset also contained 12 decorative stickers, which were also designed by James Rizzi. In contrast to the normal Maxiset, these were sold shrink-wrapped.
5. ↑ Also as a stamp set with 10 self-adhesive special postage stamps, or as a brand box with 100 self-adhesive stamps
6. ↑ The individual stamps were only issued as a stamp pad and not individually
7. ↑ Also available as a large roll of 2,000 and 10,000 postage stamps of 25 cents each, wet adhesive
8. ↑ Winner of the photo competition
9. ↑ Internet brand and mobile phone postage  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. the Deutsche Post  

Web links

Commons : Postage stamp year 2008 of the Federal Republic of Germany  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Deutsche Post AG: The postage stamps of 2008
• Philately News 2008