Stamp blocks of the Federal Republic of Germany

This article describes the stamp blocks of the collection area "Federal Republic of Germany". The publisher was the Deutsche Bundespost until 1994 ; from 1995 the Federal Ministry of Finance .

By 1968 only 4 blocks had appeared; a denser output frequency was found in the 1970s and from 1990 onwards.

The counting of the Michel catalog begins with block 2.

The stamp pad for the “10. International Postage Stamp Exhibition of Young People ”from 1990: In contrast to all other block editions, the same stamp is used here several times.

The Christmas pad 2001 [N ° 56] was issued as a joint issue with Spain , which also contained Spanish postage stamps. Another special feature: the pad was issued in two different paper thicknesses. Block 56 I - normal paper 0.08 mm with white fluorescence; Block 56 II thick paper 0.1 mm bright yellow fluorescence.

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 postage value of the individual stamp in the currency unit specified in the table header. 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.

Block issues Deutsche Bundespost (DM)
image	description	Value in pennies	Issue date	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
148 × 104 mm	Stamp block 2: Inauguration of the Beethoven Hall in Bonn Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759)	10	September 8, 1959	4,771,000	Herbert Kern	315
	Louis Spohr (1784-1859)	15th				316
	Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)	20th				317
	Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)	25th				318
	Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)	40				319
148 × 105 mm	Stamp block 3: 20th anniversary of the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on July 20, 1944 Sophie Scholl (1921–1943)	20th	July 20, 1964	6,941,000	E. and Gerd Aretz	431
	Ludwig Beck (General) (1880–1944)	20th				432
	Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945)	20th				433
	Alfred Delp (1907-1945)	20th				434
	Carl Friedrich Goerdeler (1884–1945)	20th				435
	Wilhelm Leuschner (1890–1944)	20th				436
	Helmuth James Graf von Moltke (1907–1945)	20th				437
	Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1907–1944)	20th				438
148 × 105 mm	Stamp block 4: First anniversary of Konrad Adenauer's death Winston Churchill , British statesman	10	April 19, 1968	12,102,000	Herbert Kern	554
	Alcide De Gasperi , Italian statesman	20th				555
	Robert Schuman , French politician	30th				556
	Konrad Adenauer, first German Chancellor	50				557
100 × 60 mm	Stamp block 5: 50 years of women's suffrage in Germany Marie Juchacz (1879–1956)	10	11th August 1969	12,000,000	Walter	596
	Marie-Elisabeth Lüders (1878–1966)	20th				597
	Helene Weber (1881–1962)	30th				598
111 × 66 mm	Stamp block 6: 1972 Olympic Games in Munich and Sapporo Ski jumping	10 + 5	4th June 1971	7,500,000	Kohei Sugiura	684
	figure skating	20 + 10				685
	Downhill skiing	30 + 15				686
	ice Hockey	50 + 25				687
148 × 106 mm	Stamp block 7: 1972 Olympic Summer Games in Munich Velodrome in the Munich Olympic Park	25 + 10	5th July 1972	7,865,000	Herbert Stelzer	723
	Olympic Stadium Munich	30 + 15				724
	Multipurpose hall and swimming stadium	40 + 20				725
	Olympic Tower	70 + 35				726
111 × 66 mm	Stamp block 8: 1972 Olympic Summer Games in Munich Long jump	25 + 5	18th August 1972	8,986,000	Haller	734
	basketball	30 + 10				735
	Discus throw	40 + 10				736
	Canoe slalom	70 + 10				737
74 × 105 mm	Stamp block 9: IBRA stamp exhibition in Munich Post house sign Württemberg	40 + 20	5th April 1973	5,976,000	Heinz Schillinger	766
	Post house sign Kurpfalz-Bayern	70 + 35				767
100 × 70 mm	Stamp block 10: 25 years of the Federal Republic of Germany Embossed federal eagle and black, red and gold	40	May 15, 1974	14,295,000	Longer	807
100 × 70 mm	Stamp block 11: German Nobel Peace Prize winners Gustav Stresemann , (1878–1929)	50	November 14, 1975	12,330,000	Bruno K. Wiese	871
	Ludwig Quidde , (1858–1941)	50				872
	Carl von Ossietzky , (1889–1938)	50				873
110 × 79 mm	Stamp block 12: 1976 Summer Olympics, Montreal Field hockey	30 + 15	April 6, 1976	8,583,000	Spreen	888
	rowing	70 + 35				889
70 × 100 mm	Stamp block 13: Christmas block Detail from the Marienwindow in the Gothic choir of the Frauenkirche in Esslingen	50 + 25	November 16, 1976	11,267,000	Dieter von Andrian	912
115 × 85 mm	Stamp block 14: 75 years of Art Nouveau Flower ornament	30th	February 16, 1977	11,125,000	Peter Steiner	923
	Athena with helmet and ornaments	70				924
	Chair and ornaments	90				925
70 × 105 mm	Stamp block 15: Christmas block Detail from the stained glass window of the sacristy of St. Gereon's Basilica in Cologne	50 + 25	November 10, 1977	11,187,000	Hansmann	955
120 × 70 mm	Stamp block 16: Nobel laureate in German-language literature Gerhart Hauptmann (1862–1946)	30th	February 16, 1978	12,000,000	Gerd Aretz	959
	Hermann Hesse (1877–1962)	50				960
	Thomas Mann (1875–1955)	70				961
65 × 93 mm	Stamp block 17: Christmas block The Christ Child, detail from a window of the Frauenkirche in Munich	50 + 25	November 16, 1978	10,356,000	Stain house	989
130 × 100 mm	Stamp block 18: Basic ideas of democracy - German federal presidents Theodor Heuss (1884–1963), Federal President von (1949–1959)	80	November 10, 1982	15,388,000	Gerd Aretz	1156
	Heinrich Lübke (1894–1972), Federal President von (1959–1969)	80				1157
	Gustav Heinemann (1899–1976), Federal President von (1969–1974)	80				1158
	Walter Scheel (1919–2016), Federal President von (1974–1979)	80				1159
	Karl Carstens (1914–1992), Federal President von (1979–1984)	80				1160
138 × 105 mm	Stamp block 19: Universal Postal Congress in Hamburg Sorting letters in the main post office in Berlin around 1880	60	June 19, 1984	12,050,000	Peter Nitsche	1215
	Scanning lens of a letter distribution system	80				1216
	Heinrich von Stephan	120				1217
100 × 130 mm	Stamp block 20: Basic ideas of democracy, building of the history of Germany Reichstag building in Berlin	80	June 20, 1986	7,999,000	bird	1287
	Museum Koenig in Bonn	80				1288
	Bundeshaus in Bonn	80				1289
165 × 101 mm	Stamp Block 21: 10th International Youth Stamp Exhibition Five children's heads, vignette with globe	100 + 50	June 21, 1990	3,766,000	Ullmann	1472
145 × 100 mm	Stamp block 22: 1st anniversary of the opening of internal German borders openwork wall	50	November 6, 1990	15,000,000	Gottschall	1481 II
	Brandenburg Gate	100				1482 II
55 × 80 mm	Stamp block 23: World Championship in Bobsleigh Two-man bobsleigh	100	January 8, 1991	14,452,000	Lothar Grünewald	1496
57 × 83 mm	Stamp block 24: European airmail exhibition Lilienthal '92 in Dresden Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896)	100 + 50	July 9, 1991	4,928,000	Hans Detlefsen	1543
55 × 80 mm	Stamp block 25: 200th birthday of Theodor Körner (1791–1813) Pen , sword hilt , oak leaf	60	September 12, 1991	18,085,000	Lehmann	1559
	Portrait of Körner	100				1260
82.5 × 57 mm	Stamp block 26: 200th anniversary of the death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)	100	5th November 1991	14,573,000	Joachim Riess	1571
50 × 83 mm	Stamp block 27: " For us children " Music clown	100	September 16, 1993	11,800,000	Müller	1695
76.5 x 107.5 mm	Stamp block 28: 150th birthday of Carl Hagenbeck (1844–1913) and 150 years of the Berlin Zoo Hagenbeck in front of the entrance to his zoo , various zoo animals behind	100	May 5, 1994	8,300,000	Joachim Riess	1734
	Elephant gate of the Berlin Zoological Garden, next to it various zoo animals	200				1735
105 × 70 mm	Stamp block 29: 50th anniversary of the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on July 20, 1944 Bars before the date of the assassination	100	July 14, 1994	8,800,000	Hans-Peter Hoch	1741
106 × 62 mm	Stamp block 30: "For us children" - mythical creatures	100	September 8, 1994	10,870,000	Lou Romboy	1754

Block editions Federal Republic of Germany (DM)
image	description	Value in penny / euro	Issue date	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
105 × 70 mm	Stamp block 31: 50th anniversary of the end of World War II Destroyed buildings	100	May 5, 1995	8,045,000	Younger	1794
	Displaced persons	100				1795
105 × 70 mm	Stamp block 32: 50th anniversary of the liberation of the prisoners from the concentration camps Piece of a convict's clothing with a number	100	May 5, 1995	8,050,000	Younger	1796
100 × 130 mm	Stamp block 33: 100 years of German film Film scene from Metropolis by Fritz Lang	80	September 6, 1995	7,500,000	Younger	1815
	Film scene from Der Untertan by Wolfgang Staudte	100				1816
	Film scene from Der Himmel über Berlin by Wim Wenders	200				1817
110 × 66 mm	Stamp block 34: "For us children"	100	October 12, 1995	12,100,000	Hemmerich	1825
82.5 x 65.5 mm	Stamp block 35: "For us children" Riding postman	100	April 11, 1996	15,000,000	de Vries	1853
165 × 111 mm	Stamp block 36: German national and nature parks : Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft coast	100	July 18, 1996	7,965,000	Stanchion	1871
	Windwatt	200				1872
	Bodden	300				1873
137 × 101 mm	Stamp block 37: German architecture after 1945 Philharmonie in Berlin by Hans Scharoun	100	March 6, 1997	7,800,000	Karen Scholz	1906
	New National Gallery in Berlin by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe	100				1907
	Pilgrimage church Neviges by Gottfried Böhm	100				1908
	German Pavilion in Montreal by Frei Otto	100				1909
105 × 70 mm	Stamp block 38: 50 years of the German Forest Protection Association	100	May 5, 1997	7,500,000	Joachim Riess	1918
		200				1919
137 × 97 mm	Stamp block 39: documenta X Kassel Composition: Painting by Fritz Winter at documenta 2	100	June 20, 1997	6,500,000	Sibylle and Fritz Haase	1927
	Mouth No. 15. Picture by Tom Wesselmann at documenta 4	100				1928
	Quath Lampa: Large-format painting by Frank Stella at documenta 4	100				1929
	Beuys-Boice: Video object by Nam June Paik at documenta 8	100				1930
70 × 105 mm	Stamp block 40: "For us children" Children with letters in a gondola of a hot air balloon	100	July 17, 1997	9,250,000	Lilo Fromm	1933
70 × 105 mm	Stamp block 41: " Stamp Day " Historic airplane and three-wheeled motor vehicle for mail transport	440 + 220	17th September 1997	3,710,000	Joachim Riess	1947
110 x 65.5 mm	Stamp block 42: "For us children" sea ​​animals	110	April 16, 1998	16,000,000	Verena Schmidmaier	1980
105 × 70 mm	Stamp block 43: 50 years of the Parliamentary Council and 150 years of the Paulskirche constitution 50 years of Parliamentary Council	110	May 7, 1998	8,000,000	Ingo Wulff	1986
	150 years of the Paulskirche constitution	220				1987
105 × 70 mm	Stamp block 44: Landscape in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains Saxon Switzerland National Park	110	July 16, 1998	8,000,000	Detlef Glinski	1997
		220				1998
137.5 x 97 mm	Stamp block 45: Design in Germany Set of glasses by Peter Behrens	110	August 20, 1998	9,000,000	Ingo Wulff	2001
	Tea extract jug by Marianne Brandt	110				2002
	Table lamp by Wilhelm Wagenfeld	110				2003
	Wassily chair by Marcel Breuer	110				2004
140 × 100 mm	Stamp block 46: 150 years of German postage stamps	300 + 110	April 27, 1999	3,300,000	Peter Nitsche	2041
110 x 65.5 mm	Stamp block 47: "German National and Nature Parks" Berchtesgaden National Park	110	May 4, 1999	8,000,000	Silvia Runge	2046
110 x 65.5 mm	Stamp block 48: 50 years of the Basic Law	110	May 21, 1999	8,000,000	Ernst Jünger and Lorli Jünger	2050
137 × 97 mm	Stamp block 49: 50 years of the Federal Republic of Germany - comparison of past / present Political beginnings and a new parliament hall	110	May 21, 1999	8,000,000	Antonia Graschberger	2051
	Childhood then and now	110				2052
	Construction of the wall and fall of the wall	110				2053
	Military confrontation and cooperation	110				2054
137.5 x 97 mm	Stamp block 50: Design in Germany TV set HF1 by Herbert Hirche	110	August 12, 1999	8,000,000	Ingo Wulff	2068
	Cutlery mono-a by Peter Raacke	110				2069
	Pearl bottles from Günter Kupetz	110				2070
	Transrapid by Alexander Neumeister	110				2071
105 × 70 mm	Stamp block 51: "For us children" "The mouse"	110	August 12, 1999	13,100,000	Barbara Dimanski	2072
105 × 70 mm	Stamp block 52: "German National and Nature Parks" Hainich National Park	110	March 16, 2000	8,000,000	Joachim Riess	2105
55 × 82 mm	Stamp block 53: "For us children" Clown face	110	September 14, 2000	10,300,000	Jennifer Rothkopf	2134
138 × 110 mm	Stamp block 54: For health Cardiovascular diseases	110 € 0.56	July 12, 2001	7,284,000	Hans Günter Schmitz	2200
	Cancers	110 € 0.56				2201
	Infectious diseases	110 € 0.56				2202
	depressions	110 € 0.56				2203
110 × 66 mm	Stamp block 55: "For us children"	110 € 0.56	September 5, 2001	7,000,000	Peter Steiner, Regina Steiner	2212
106 × 133 mm	Stamp block 56: Christmas joint issue with Spain Virgin and Child by Alfredo Roldán	100 + 50 € 0.51 + € 0.26	November 8, 2001	1,617,000	José Luis Lopez Villalba	2226
	Adoration of the Shepherds by Jusepe de Ribera	110 + 50 0.56 + 0.26 €				2227
134 × 104 mm	Stamp block 57: 100 years of German Antarctic research Polar research ship Gauss	110 € 0.56	November 8, 2001	6,000,000	Ernst Kößlinger	2229
	Research vessel Polarstern	220 € 1.12				2230

Block editions Federal Republic of Germany (Euro)
image	description	Value in euro cents	Issue date	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
100 × 70 mm	Stamp block 58: 11th documenta	56	May 2, 2002	6,600,000	Peter and Regina Steiner	2257
110 × 65 mm	Stamp block 59: "German National and Nature Parks" Hochharz National Park	56	4th July 2002	7,000,000	Detlef Glinski	2268
110 × 65 mm	Stamp block 60: "For us children"	56	September 5, 2002	8,000,000	Birgit Hogrefe	2280
172 × 77 mm	Stamp block 61: Famous boys' choirs Thomanerchor Leipzig	45	February 13, 2003	6,030,000	Barbara Dimanski	2318
	Dresden Kreuzchor	55				2319
	Regensburg Cathedral Sparrows	100				2320
110 × 66 mm	Stamp block 62: Lower Oder Valley National Park	55	June 12, 2003	7,000,000	Detlef Glinski	2343
110 × 190 mm	Stamp block 63: " For the youth " Father-and-son stories from eoplauen Discovery of a toboggan run	45 + 20	July 10, 2003	1,920,000	Christof Gassner	2349
		55 + 25				2350
		55 + 25				2351
		55 + 25				2352
		144 + 56				2353
110 × 66 mm	Stamp block 64: "For us children"	55	September 11, 2003	5,800,000	Nina Clausing	2360
102 × 73 mm	Stamp block 65: Classical theater Scene from Wilhelm Tell	45	March 11, 2004	5,200,000	Barbara Dimanski	2391
	Scene from Faust II	100				2392
98 × 70 mm	Stamp block 66: Prussian palaces and gardens	220	July 7, 2005	6,200,000	Johannes Graf	2476
130 × 179 mm	Stamp block 67: " For sport " with a surcharge in favor of the German Sports Aid Foundation : 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany	45 + 20	May 4, 2006	1,770,000	Andrea Voss-Acker	2517
	FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 - Opening game in Munich	55 + 25				2519
	FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 - Final in Berlin	55 + 25				2520
	FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 - World Cup poster	145 + 55				2521
105 × 70 mm	Stamp block 68: "Pictures from Germany" Black Forest	55	August 10, 2006	4,300,000	Joachim Riess	2554
105 × 70 mm	Stamp block 69: "Stamp Day" Historical airship traffic to South America with a surcharge in favor of the Foundation for Philately and Postal History	170 + 70	March 1, 2007	1,500,000	Günter Gamroth	2589
135 × 107 mm	Stamp block 70: “For Sport” 40 years of the German Sports Aid Foundation Canoe Racing World Championship	45 + 20	May 3, 2007	1,310,000	Stefan Klein and Olaf Neumann	2585
	Men's handball world championship 2007	55 + 25				2578
	Gymnastics World Cup	55 + 25				2586
	World Cup in Modern Pentathlon	145 + 55				2587
165 × 75 mm	Stamp block 71: "For the youth" with surcharges in favor of the German Youth Stamp Foundation 175th birthday of Wilhelm Busch Hans Huckebein, the unlucky fellow “There was nothing nice for Aunt Lotte. As black blueberry compotes "	45 + 20	June 14, 2007	1,660,000	Ingo Wulff	2606
	"But Huckebein is only squandering the beautiful gift of nature"	55 + 25				2607
	"The aunt approached full of anger and horror: Hans Huckebein leaves the pool."	55 + 25				2608
	“And quickly he steps in, frightened. The laundry, which is freshly ironed. "	145 + 55				2608
105 × 70 mm	Stamp block 72: " UNESCO World Heritage Site " limes	55	October 11, 2007	2,968,000	Annegret Ehmke	2623
190 × 109 mm	Stamp block 73: "For the youth" dinosaur Triceratops	45 + 20	September 4, 2008	1,350,000	Werner Hans Schmidt	2687
	Diplodocus	55 + 25				2688
	Tyrannosaurus	55 + 25				2689
	Plateosaurus	145 + 55				2690
105 × 70 mm	Stamp block 74: "German National and Nature Parks" Eifel National Park	220	June 4, 2009		Greta Gröttrup	2737
105 × 70 mm	Stamp block 75: Historic motorsport	85	August 13, 2009		Henning Wagenbreth	2754
130 × 90 mm	Stamp block 76: Bundestag and Bundesrat German Bundestag	55	September 3, 2009		Andrea Voss-Acker	2757
	Federal Council	90				2758
105 × 70 mm	Stamp block 77: 100 years of the Heligoland ornithological station	145	April 8, 2010		Elsenbach & Fienbork	2792
105 × 70 mm	Stamp block 78: 175 years of Saxon steam shipping in Dresden	220	June 9, 2011		Stefan Klein and Olaf Neumann	2871
98 × 134 mm	Stamp block 79: 500 years of the Sistine Madonna Joint edition with the Vatican	55	March 1, 2012		Werner Hans Schmidt	2919
180 × 120 mm	Stamp block 80: Asterix Figure Asterix	62	September 1, 2015		Thomas Steinacker	3175
	Figure Obelix	62				3176
	Figure Idefix	21st				3177
164 × 110 mm	Stamp block 81: Old and endangered farm animal breeds in Germany Rhön sheep	70	September 1, 2016		Carsten Wolff	3261
	German saddle pig	85				3262
116 × 80 mm	Stamp Block 82: Peanuts Post for Snoopy	70	1st March 2018		Jennifer Dengler	3369
	The peanuts rascals	90				3370
116 × 80 mm	Stamp block 83: Helmut and Loki Schmidt Helmut Schmidt	70	1st March 2019		Thomas Steinacker	3429
	Loki Schmidt	45				3448
153 × 93 mm	Stamp block 84: 50 years of the first moon landing	370	1st July 2019		Thomas Steinacker	3479
153 × 93 mm	Stamp block 85: Ludwig van Beethoven's 250th birthday	80	January 2, 2020		Thomas Steinacker	3513
90 × 60 mm	Stamp block 86: Historic mail routes	80	May 7, 2020		Michael Kunter	3545

See also

• Stamp pads of the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin
• Stamp pads of the German Post of the GDR

literature

• MICHEL Catalog Germany Special 2013 Volume 2 from 1945 , Schwaneberger Verlag