Olympic Games on postage stamps of the German Post of the GDR
The Olympic Games were honored on 84 postage stamps from the GDR Deutsche Post . These included six stamps that were issued as a sideline and seven stamp blocks , each containing one stamp.
For the first time took athlete of the GDR in 1956 as part of the all-German team at the Olympic Games in part. That year the first two stamps on the subject were also published. In 1964 the most motifs were issued with fourteen stamps in one year.
Boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics
The editions of 1984 are a specialty, there were only five motifs for the Winter Games in Sarajevo at that time . The planned six individual stamps and the stamp block in honor of the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles were not issued by the Olympic boycott of the then Eastern Bloc countries . These stamps appeared four years later for the 1988 Games, only the year and the occasion (Games of the XXIV Olympiad 1988) were changed on the motifs .
The first three stamps and the stamp pad had already been printed and were later - albeit not completely - destroyed. Four years after the planned issue date, visitors to the Leipzig Autumn Fair were able to purchase a sheet of stamps from each of these stamps. The Deutsche Bundespost, the legal successor of the GDR's Deutsche Post , sued for the return, but could not prevail. These unissued stamps are therefore among the sought-after rarities in German philately and are accordingly expensive.
Four years earlier, at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, Western countries boycotted the Games. The planned Olympic stamp was not issued in the Federal Republic of Germany either, but some specimens of these came into circulation as Gscheidle 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 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 | Values in pennies |
Issue date |
Edition | draft | Mi. -No. |
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1956 Summer Olympics , Melbourne | 20th | September 28, 1956 | 5,000,000 | Hanns Zehtmeyer | 539 | |
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35 | September 28, 1956 | 3,000,000 | Hanns Zehtmeyer | 540 | |
1960 Summer and Winter Olympics , Rome and Squaw Valley | 5 | January 27, 1960 | 1,100,000 | Oswin Volkamer | 746 | |
10 | January 27, 1960 | 8,000,000 | Oswin Volkamer | 747 | ||
20th | January 27, 1960 | 8,000,000 | Oswin Volkamer | 748 | ||
25th | January 27, 1960 | 7,000,000 | Oswin Volkamer | 749 | ||
Olympic Winter Games 1964 , Innsbruck
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5 | December 16, 1963 | 5,500,000 | Ingeborg Friebel | 1000 | |
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10 | December 16, 1963 | 8,000,000 | Ingeborg Friebel | 1001 | |
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20 + 10 | December 16, 1963 | 4,500,000 | Ingeborg Friebel | 1002 | |
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25th | December 16, 1963 | 1,200,000 | Ingeborg Friebel | 1003 | |
1964 Summer Olympics , Tokyo (I) | 5 | July 15, 1964 | 4,000,000 | Gerhard Stauf | 1033 | |
10 | July 15, 1964 | 8,000,000 | Gerhard Stauf | 1034 | ||
20th | July 15, 1964 | 8,000,000 | Gerhard Stauf | 1035 | ||
25th | July 15, 1964 | 4,000,000 | Gerhard Stauf | 1036 | ||
40 + 20 | July 15, 1964 | 3,500,000 | Gerhard Stauf | 1037 | ||
70 | July 15, 1964 | 1,200,000 | Gerhard Stauf | 1038 | ||
1964 Summer Olympics , Tokyo (II)
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10 | July 15, 1964 | 2,000,000 | Axel Bengs and Rudolf Skribelka | 1039 | |
10 + 5 | July 15, 1964 | 2,000,000 | Axel Bengs and Rudolf Skribelka | 1040 | ||
10 | July 15, 1964 | 2,000,000 | Axel Bengs and Rudolf Skribelka | 1041 | ||
10 | July 15, 1964 | 2,000,000 | Axel Bengs and Rudolf Skribelka | 1042 | ||
10 + 5 | July 15, 1964 | 2,000,000 | Axel Bengs and Rudolf Skribelka | 1043 | ||
10 | July 15, 1964 | 2,000,000 | Axel Bengs and Rudolf Skribelka | 1044 | ||
1968 Winter Olympics , Grenoble | 5 | 17th January 1968 | 5,000,000 | Dietrich Dorfstecher and Rudolf Platzer | 1335 | |
10 + 5 | 17th January 1968 | 6,000,000 | Dietrich Dorfstecher and Rudolf Platzer | 1336 | ||
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15th | 17th January 1968 | 4,000,000 | Dietrich Dorfstecher and Rudolf Platzer | 1337 | |
20th | 17th January 1968 | 8,000,000 | Dietrich Dorfstecher and Rudolf Platzer | 1338 | ||
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25th | 17th January 1968 | 4,000,000 | Dietrich Dorfstecher and Rudolf Platzer | 1339 | |
30th | 17th January 1968 | 1,500,000 | Dietrich Dorfstecher and Rudolf Platzer | 1340 | ||
1968 Summer Olympics , Mexico City | 5 | 18th September 1968 | 6,000,000 | Klaus Henning | 1404 | |
10 + 5 | 18th September 1968 | 3,500,000 | Klaus Henning | 1405 | ||
20 + 10 | 18th September 1968 | 3,500,000 | Klaus Henning | 1406 | ||
25th | 18th September 1968 | 4,000,000 | Klaus Henning | 1407 | ||
40 | 18th September 1968 | 4,000,000 | Klaus Henning | 1408 | ||
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70 | 18th September 1968 | 1,600,000 | Klaus Henning | 1409 | |
1972 Winter Olympics , Sapporo
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5 | 7th December 1971 | 7,000,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 1725 | |
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10 + 5 | 7th December 1971 | 5,000,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 1726 | |
15 + 5 | 7th December 1971 | 3,500,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 1727 | ||
20th | 7th December 1971 | 10,000,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 1728 | ||
25th | 7th December 1971 | 1,800,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 1729 | ||
70 | 7th December 1971 | 3,500,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 1730 | ||
Olympic Summer Games 1972 , Munich | 5 | May 16, 1972 | 8,000,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 1753 | |
10 + 5 | May 16, 1972 | 5,000,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 1754 | ||
20th | May 16, 1972 | 13,000,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 1755 | ||
25 + 10 | May 16, 1972 | 3,500,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 1756 | ||
35 | May 16, 1972 | 7,000,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 1757 | ||
70 | May 16, 1972 | 1,900,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 1758 | ||
Olympic Winter Games 1976 , Innsbruck | 5 | 2nd December 1975 | 4,500,000 | Joachim Riess | 2099 | |
10 + 5 | 2nd December 1975 | 4,500,000 | Joachim Riess | 2100 | ||
20th | 2nd December 1975 | 7,000,000 | Joachim Riess | 2101 | ||
25 + 5 | 2nd December 1975 | 4,000,000 | Joachim Riess | 2102 | ||
35 | 2nd December 1975 | 4,000,000 | Joachim Riess | 2103 | ||
70 | 2nd December 1975 | 2,000,000 | Joachim Riess | 2104 | ||
1 M. | 2nd December 1975 | 2,000,000 | Joachim Riess | 2105 block 43 |
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1976 Summer Olympics , Montreal
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5 | May 18, 1976 | 6,000,000 | Joachim Riess | 2126 | |
10 + 5 | May 18, 1976 | 4,000,000 | Joachim Riess | 2127 | ||
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20th | May 18, 1976 | 8,000,000 | Joachim Riess | 2128 | |
25th | May 18, 1976 | 5,000,000 | Joachim Riess | 2129 | ||
35 + 10 | May 18, 1976 | 4,000,000 | Joachim Riess | 2130 | ||
70 | May 18, 1976 | 2,000,000 | Joachim Riess | 2131 | ||
1 M. | May 18, 1976 | 2,000,000 | Joachim Riess | 2132 block 46 |
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1980 Winter Olympics , Lake Placid | 10 | January 15, 1980 | 8,000,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 2478 | |
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20th | January 15, 1980 | 8,000,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 2479 | |
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25 + 10 | January 15, 1980 | 3,500,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 2480 | |
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35 | January 15, 1980 | 2,000,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 2481 | |
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1 M. | January 15, 1980 | 2,000,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 2482 block 57 |
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1980 Summer Olympics , Moscow (I)
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10 | April 22, 1980 | 16,000,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 2503 | |
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20 + 5 | April 22, 1980 | 3,500,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 2504 | |
50 | April 22, 1980 | 2,000,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 2505 | ||
1980 Summer Olympics , Moscow (II)
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10 | July 8, 1980 | 16,000,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 2528 | |
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20 + 10 | July 8, 1980 | 3,000,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 2529 | |
50 | July 8, 1980 | 2,100,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 2530 | ||
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1 M. | July 8, 1980 | 2,100,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 2531 block 60 |
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1984 Winter Olympics , Sarajevo
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10 + 5 | November 22, 1983 | 5,000,000 | Joachim Riess | 2839 | |
20 + 10 | November 22, 1983 | 4,500,000 | Joachim Riess | 2840 | ||
25th | November 22, 1983 | 5,000,000 | Joachim Riess | 2841 | ||
35 | November 22, 1983 | 2,100,000 | Joachim Riess | 2842 | ||
85 | November 22, 1983 | 2,100,000 | Joachim Riess | 2843 block 74 |
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1988 Winter Olympics , Calgary | 5 | January 19, 1988 | 6,000,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 3140 | |
10 | January 19, 1988 | 8,000,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 3141 | ||
20 + 10 | January 19, 1988 | 3,500,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 3142 | ||
35 | January 19, 1988 | 2,100,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 3143 | ||
1.20 m | January 19, 1988 | 2,100,000 | Manfred Gottschall | 3144 block 90 |
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1988 Summer Olympics , Seoul | 5 | August 9, 1988 | 6,000,000 | Hans Detlefsen | 3183 | |
10 | August 9, 1988 | 8,000,000 | Hans Detlefsen | 3184 | ||
20 + 10 | August 9, 1988 | 3,000,000 | Hans Detlefsen | 3185 | ||
25th | August 9, 1988 | 3,500,000 | Hans Detlefsen | 3186 | ||
35 | August 9, 1988 | 2,100,000 | Hans Detlefsen | 3187 | ||
50 + 20 | August 9, 1988 | 3,000,000 | Hans Detlefsen | 3188 | ||
85 | August 9, 1988 | 2,100,000 | Hans Detlefsen | 3189 block 94 |
Notes and individual references
- ↑ The unoverspent Olympic trademarks of DDR, Los Angeles 1984
- ↑ Claudia Herrgen: Bought a treasure at the post office counter - unpublished GDR Olympic stamps under the hammer at Sotheby's in London. In: Berliner Zeitung . January 6, 1996, accessed June 15, 2015 .
- ↑ Jan Billion: 7000 marks for a mint Antifa block. In: The world . December 1, 2001, accessed June 15, 2015 .
- ↑ Information about Hanns Zethmeyer
literature
- Michel catalog Germany 1999/2000. Schwaneberger Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-87858-028-2 .
Web links
- Olympic postage stamps: International motif groups Olympics and sport