Cycling on postage stamps of the German Post of the GDR

The cycling in the GDR was on several stamps of the German post office of the GDR appreciated and was one of the sports most commonly depicted on commemorative stamps of the GDR.

statistics

Most of the editions were made to honor the " International Peace Tour "

• From 1952 to 1957 at least one special stamp was issued every year (Friedensfahrt 5 to 10)
• thereafter only every five years (Friedensfahrt 15 and 20)
• The last issue was in 1977 for the 30th Peace Tour

Cycling was featured five times on postage stamps for the Olympic Games .

There were three special stamps on the topic outside of the above-mentioned events.

List of issues and cycling motifs

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.

"International Peace Tour"
image	description	value	Issue date	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	V. International Long Distance Cycling for Peace Warsaw - Berlin - Prague Racing cyclist on the track	12	May 5th 1952	January 31, 1953	2,000,000	Heinz Weber	307
	VI. International Long Distance Cycling for Peace Prague - Berlin - Warsaw Racing cyclist on the track	24	May 2, 1953	December 31, 1953	4,000,000	Kurt Eigler	355
	Racing cyclist on the track	35	May 2, 1953	December 31, 1953	2,500,000	Kurt Eigler	356
	Racing cyclist on the track	60	May 2, 1953	December 31, 1953	2,500,000	Kurt Eigler	357
	VII. International Long Distance Cycling for Peace Warsaw - Berlin - Prague Cyclists in a town through	12	April 30, 1954	June 30, 1955	3,000,000	Bruno Petersen	426
	Racing cyclist on the track	24	April 30, 1954	June 30, 1955	3,000,000	Bruno Petersen	427
	VIII. International Long Distance Cycling for Peace Prague - Berlin - Warsaw Racing cyclist , coat of arms of Prague , Berlin , Warsaw	10	April 30, 1955	December 31, 1956	3,000,000	Bruno Petersen	470
	Racing cyclist, coat of arms of Prague, Berlin, Warsaw	20th	April 30, 1955	December 31, 1956	3,000,000	Bruno Petersen	471
	IX. International Long Distance Cycling for Peace Warsaw - Berlin - Prague Hand with a laurel branch in front of a spoked wheel	10	April 30, 1956	March 31, 1958	5,000,000	Bruno Petersen	521
	Coat of arms of Prague , Berlin , Warsaw in front of a spoked wheel	20th	April 30, 1956	March 31, 1958	5,000,000	Bruno Petersen	522
	X. International Long Distance Cycle Tour for Peace Prague - Berlin - Warsaw The third stage was forgotten on the route display. Route sketch with landmarks of the state capitals ( Charles Bridge , Red City Hall , Palace of Culture )	5	April 30, 1957	March 31, 1959	9,000,000	Bruno Petersen	568
	XV. International Long Distance Cycling for Peace Berlin - Prague - Warsaw Cyclists in front of the Prague Castle	10	April 26, 1962	March 31, 1964	8,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	886
	Cyclists with the national team jerseys in front of the Palace of Culture in Warsaw	20 + 10	April 26, 1962	March 31, 1964	6,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	887
	Racing cyclist in the yellow jersey in front of the Rotes Rathaus in Berlin	25th	April 26, 1962	March 31, 1964	1,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	888
	XX. International Long Distance Cycling for Peace Warsaw - Berlin - Prague City arms of Warsaw , Berlin and Prague in front of three wheels, stylized doves	10	May 10, 1967	October 2, 1990	14,000,000	Annemarie Wegner and Marja Baumann	1278
	Racing cyclist , stylized pigeons	25th	May 10, 1967	October 2, 1990	1,500,000	Annemarie Wegner and Marja Baumann	1279
	30th International Long Distance Cycling for Peace Warsaw - Berlin - Prague The following three stamps were issued as a composite: Wheel change	10	April 19, 1977	October 2, 1990	3,000,000	Berthold Lindner and Robert Diedrichs	2216
	spurt	20th	April 19, 1977	October 2, 1990	3,000,000	Berthold Lindner and Robert Diedrichs	2217
	Finish	35	April 19, 1977	October 2, 1990	3,000,000	Berthold Lindner and Robert Diedrichs	2218
Olympic games
image	description	value	Issue date	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	Mi. -No
	1964 Summer Olympics , Tokyo (I) Cycling race	5	July 15, 1964	October 2, 1990	4,000,000	Gerhard Stauf	1033
	1964 Summer Olympics, Tokyo (II) The following six stamps were issued as a composite in a six-block arrangement: Jumping	10	July 15, 1964	October 2, 1990	2,000,000	Axel Bengs and Rudolf Skribelka	1039
	Show jumping	10 + 5	July 15, 1964	October 2, 1990	2,000,000	Axel Bengs and Rudolf Skribelka	1040
	volleyball	10	July 15, 1964	October 2, 1990	2,000,000	Axel Bengs and Rudolf Skribelka	1041
	Track cycling	10	July 15, 1964	October 2, 1990	2,000,000	Axel Bengs and Rudolf Skribelka	1042
	Long distance running	10 + 5	July 15, 1964	October 2, 1990	2,000,000	Axel Bengs and Rudolf Skribelka	1043
	Judo	10	July 15, 1964	October 2, 1990	2,000,000	Axel Bengs and Rudolf Skribelka	1044
	1976 Summer Olympics , Montreal Cyclists on the little peace ride	5	May 18, 1976	October 2, 1990	6,000,000	Joachim Riess	2126
	1980 Summer Olympics , Moscow (II) Spurt , bronze sculpture by Siegfried Schreiber	50	July 8, 1980	October 2, 1990	2,100,000	Manfred Gottschall	2530
	1988 Summer Olympics , Seoul Cycling	50 + 20	August 9, 1988	October 2, 1990	3,000,000	Hans Detlefsen	3188
Other special stamps
image	description	value	Issue date	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	Mi. -No
	Cycling world championships 1960 in Leipzig , Chemnitz , Hohenstein-Ernstthal Racing cyclist in world champion jersey	20 + 10	March 14, 1960	March 31, 1962	4,000,000	Engelbert schooner	779
	Track cyclists	25 + 10	March 14, 1960	March 31, 1962	1,100,000	Engelbert schooner	780
	Children's and Youth Spartakiade , Berlin Cycling race	10	3rd July 1979	October 2, 1990	16,000,000	Lutz Lüders	2433
Cyclist
image	description	value	Issue date	Date of Expiry	Edition	draft	Mi. -No
	Preservation of the national memorials and memorials : athletes , concentration camp victims (I) This stamp was issued as an overprint with a decorative field on the right: Albert Richter (1912–1940), racing cyclist	15 + 5	May 27, 1963	March 31, 1965	2,500,000	Gerhard Stauf	960

Notes and individual references

1. ↑ cf. German stamp review issue No. 1/2001
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Wolfgang Marx: VI. International peace trip. In: Deutsche Briefmarken-Revue issue No. 8/2001
3. ↑ Further information in: (Peter Tichatzky: Bunte DDR-Briefmarkenwelt. Eulenspiegel Verlag, Berlin 2011, p. 59: One stage is missing, ISBN 978-3-359-02297-8 )
4. ↑ Since the rainbow jersey may only be worn by the reigning world champion and the brand was issued in 1960, one can infer Gustav-Adolf Schur . See also: People who were depicted on a GDR postage stamp during their lifetime

literature

• Michel catalog Germany 1999/2000. Schwaneberger Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-87858-028-2 .
• GDR universal catalog; Edited by Peter Fischer, Frithjof Skupin and Wolfgang Gudenschwager; Publisher: Transpress, Verlag für Verkehrwesen ISBN 3-344-00001-2