Men from the history of Berlin

In 1952 and 1957, the Deutsche Post in Berlin issued a two-part series of stamps in honor of important men from the history of Berlin . 1952 still under the name "Deutsche Post Berlin", 1957 under "Deutsche Bundespost Berlin". This lettering was used since mid-1955 and retained until the end of 1990.

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.
• Valid To: The date on which the validity ended.
• 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.

Men from the history of Berlin
image	description	value	Issue date	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758–1832) Musician , professor , music teacher , composer and conductor	4th	November 22, 1952	December 31, 1955	18,000,000	Goldhammer	91
	Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896) Pioneer in aircraft development	5	January 24, 1953	December 31, 1955	5,000,000	Goldhammer	92
	Walther Rathenau (1867–1922) Industrialist , writer and politician ( Reich Foreign Minister )	6th	June 24, 1953	December 31, 1955	1,000,000	Goldhammer	93
	Theodor Fontane (1819–1898) German writer , pharmacist , representative of poetic realism	8th	March 7, 1953	December 31, 1955	5,000,000	Goldhammer	94
	Adolph Menzel (1815–1905) Painter , draftsman and illustrator . realist	10	December 23, 1952	December 31, 1955	8,000,000	Goldhammer	95
	Rudolf Virchow (1821–1902) Doctor at the Berlin Charité , is considered the founder of modern pathology , politician	15th	January 24, 1953	December 31, 1955	5,000,000	Goldhammer	96
	Werner von Siemens (1816–1892) Inventor , industrialist , founder of electrical engineering	20th	October 12, 1952	December 31, 1955	7,000,000	Goldhammer	97
	Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781–1841) Prussian architect , builder , town planner and painter	25th	May 27, 1953	December 31, 1955	5,000,000	Goldhammer	98
	Max Planck (1858-1947) Physicist and Nobel Prize Winner (1918), founder of quantum physics	30th	January 24, 1953	December 31, 1955	5,000,000	Goldhammer	99
	Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835) Scholar, statesman and co-founder of the University of Berlin	40	May 2, 1953	December 31, 1955	5,000,000	Goldhammer	100
	Theodor Mommsen (1817–1903) Historian and classical scholar , Nobel Prize for Literature 1902	7th	October 24, 1958	June 30, 1960	5,000,000	Degner	163
	Heinrich Zille (1858–1929) Graphic artist , lithographer , painter , draftsman and photographer	8th	January 10, 1958	June 30, 1960	2,000,000	Degner	164
	Ernst Reuter (1889–1953) Social Democrat, Governing Mayor of Berlin from 1948 to 1953	10	September 29, 1958	June 30, 1960	2,300,000	Degner	165
	Fritz Haber (1868–1934) Chemist Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1918	15th	September 30, 1957	June 30, 1960	2,000,000	Degner	166
	Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768–1834) Protestant theologian , philosopher and educator	20th	5th December 1958	June 30, 1960	6,000,000	Bundesdruckerei's art workshops	167
	Ludwig Heck (1860–1951) Biologist and zoo director in Berlin the only additional stamp in this set	20 + 10	September 7, 1957	June 30, 1960	2,000,000	Degner	168
	Max Reinhardt (1873-1943) Theater director and artistic director	25th	September 28, 1957	June 30, 1960	2,000,000	Degner	169
	Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779–1861) German legal scholar and crown syndic	30th	October 24, 1958	June 30, 1960	2,000,000	Degner	170
	Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) World-renowned natural scientist and co-founder of geography as an empirical science	40	May 6, 1959	December 31, 1960	4,000,000	Degner	171
	Christian Daniel Rauch (1777-1857) important and successful sculptor of German classicism	50	3rd December 1957	June 30, 1960	2,000,000	Degner	172

Notes and individual references

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Although seven of the stamps were only issued in 1953, they belong to the first series, which is attributed to the year 1952
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Although five of the stamps were only issued in 1958 and one stamp not until 1959, they belong to the second series, which is attributed to the year 1957

literature

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

See also

• Postage stamps from 1952 issued by the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin
• Postage stamp year 1957 of the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin
• Postal history and postage stamps of Berlin

Web links

Commons : Postage stamps of the Federal Republic, Berlin and the GDR from 1952  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps of the Federal Republic, Berlin and the GDR from 1957  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps from other countries 1952  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Commons : Postage stamps from other countries 1957  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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

Commons : Images of important people on Germany's postage stamps  - album with images, videos and audio files