Lighthouses, beacons, beacons and pier lights
Lighthouses, Leit-, Leucht- und Molenfeuer was a special stamp series of the Deutsche Post of the GDR , which appeared with five values each on May 7th 1974 and May 13th 1975 . Originally, the stamps had unlimited postage validity, but with German reunification they lost their validity on October 2, 1990.
All brands were offset in sheets of 10 x 5 with Kammzähnung 14 after the designs of Jochen Bertholdt produced and showed each lighthouse , or the direction light , beacon or pier light , and the accompanying chart from Seehydrographischen service of the GDR .
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.
image | description | value |
Issue date |
Edition | draft | Mi. -No. |
Lighthouses
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10 | May 7th 1974 | 15,000,000 | Jochen Bertholdt | 1953 | |
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15th | May 7th 1974 | 5,000,000 | Jochen Bertholdt | 1954 | |
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20th | May 7th 1974 | 12,000,000 | Jochen Bertholdt | 1955 | |
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35 | May 7th 1974 | 5,000,000 | Jochen Bertholdt | 1956 | |
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40 | May 7th 1974 | 2,000,000 | Jochen Bertholdt | 1957 | |
Lighthouses, beacons, beacons and pier lights
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5 | May 13, 1975 | 5,500,000 | Jochen Bertholdt | 2045 | |
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10 | May 13, 1975 | 15,000,000 | Jochen Bertholdt | 2046 | |
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20th | May 13, 1975 | 8,000,000 | Jochen Bertholdt | 2047 | |
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25th | May 13, 1975 | 5,500,000 | Jochen Bertholdt | 2048 |
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35 | May 13, 1975 | 2,000,000 | Jochen Bertholdt | 2049 |
Similar brands with lighthouse motifs
On February 17, 1976, the lighthouse Alte Weser brand appeared in the Definitive Industry and Technology series of the Deutsche Bundespost . The same stamp also appeared at the Bundespost Berlin.
The series of special postage stamps lighthouses in Germany has been published since 2004 . So far, two stamps have been issued every year for the common domestic postage levels for postcards and letters (45 and 55 euro cents).