Space travel on postage stamps of the GDR Deutsche Post

The successes of Soviet space travel were recognized by the German Post of the GDR with 76 stamps and 7 stamp blocks on this topic. The first issue appeared just 33 days after the start of Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957. The first German cosmonaut Sigmund Jähn , who took off into space on August 26, 1978, was featured in the brand image several times. The last three motifs appeared on October 2, 1990, one day before German reunification .

The stamps issued almost exclusively show motifs from Soviet space travel ; American space successes, in particular the Apollo program and the moon landings , were generally not shown. US space travel was only mentioned in the 1975 issue for the Soviet-American space company Soyuz-Apollo .

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.
	International Geophysical Year (I) Artificial Earth satellite Sputnik 1 , part of the globe , moon	10	November 7, 1957	8,000,000	Ernst Rudolf Vogenauer	603
	Landing of the Soviet space probe Lunik 2 on the moon Moon, rocket trajectory, landing dates, state coat of arms of the Soviet Union	20th	September 21, 1959	6,000,000	Ernst Rudolf Vogenauer	721
	First manned space flight Final stage of the launch vehicle of the spaceship Vostok 1 with country code CCCP , part of the globe with Soviet territory colored in red	10	April 18, 1961	5,000,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	822
	Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in the spaceship	20th	April 20, 1961	5,000,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	823
	Space capsule on a parachute over the earth's atmosphere	25th	April 20, 1961	1,000,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	824
	Visit of the Soviet cosmonaut German Titov German Titow with young pioneers	5	December 11, 1961	3,500,000	Karl Sauer	863
	German Titow in Leipzig	10	December 11, 1961	4,000,000	Karl Sauer	864
	German Titow in the spaceship Vostok 2	15th	December 11, 1961	1,000,000	Karl Sauer	865
	German Titow receives the Karl Marx Order from Walter Ulbricht	20th	December 11, 1961	4,000,000	Karl Sauer	866
	Spaceship Vostok 2 in orbit around the earth, in the background the moon	25th	December 11, 1961	3,000,000	Karl Sauer	867
	German Titow and Walter Ulbricht on the trip through Berlin	40	December 11, 1961	3,000,000	Karl Sauer	868
	First group flight of the spaceships Vostok 3 and Vostok 4 Pawel Popowitsch and Andrijan Nikolajew , flight paths of the spaceships	70	September 13, 1962	1,100,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	917 block 17
	5 years of Soviet space flights Space dogs Belka and Strelka	5	December 28, 1962	1,100,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	926
	Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and Vostok 1	10	December 28, 1962	1,100,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	927
	Sputnik 1 , 2 and 3	15th	December 28, 1962	1,100,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	928
	Cosmonaut German Titow and Wostok 2	20th	December 28, 1962	1,100,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	929
	Lunik 1 and 2	25th	December 28, 1962	1,100,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	930
	Cosmonauts Andrijan Nikolajew and Pavel Popovich	30th	December 28, 1962	1,100,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	931
	First interplanetary station and trajectory	40	December 28, 1962	1,100,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	932
	Lunik 3	50	December 28, 1962	1,100,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	933
	Group flight of the spaceships Vostok 5 and Vostok 6 Valentina Tereschkowa in a space suit , Vostok 6	20th	July 18, 1963	9,500,000	Rudolf Skribelka and Axel Bengs	970
	Valery Bykowski in a space suit, Vostok 5	20th	July 18, 1963	9,500,000	Rudolf Skribelka and Axel Bengs	971
	Visit of Soviet cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova ; Spaceship after takeoff	10	17th October 1963	6,000,000	Karl Sauer	993
	Valentina Tereshkova; Rally in the outline of the GDR	20th	17th October 1963	6,000,000	Karl Sauer	994
	Yuri Gagarin ; Rally in the outline of the GDR	20th	November 19, 1963	6,000,000	Karl Sauer	995
	Valentina Tereshkova in a space suit; View through on-board window of a spaceship	25th	17th October 1963	1,200,000	Karl Sauer	996
	70th birthday of Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Khrushchev with Valentina Tereschkowa and Juri Gagarin	40	April 15, 1964	1,200,000	Karl Sauer	1021
	International year of the calm sun Part of the globe, satellite	25th	December 29, 1964	1,200,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	1081 block 20
	Satellite orbits in front of the globe with a radiation belt	70	December 29, 1964	1,700,000	Hans Georg Urbschat	1083 block 22
	Launch of the Soviet spaceship Vozhod 2 Cosmonauts Pavel Belyayev and Alexei Leonow in a space suit	10	April 15, 1965	5,000,000	Axel Bengs	1098
	Alexei Leonow in space, parts of the spaceship and the surface of the earth	25th	April 15, 1965	1,300,000	Axel Bengs	1099
	Visit of Soviet cosmonauts Alexei Leonov ; Brandenburg Gate , Berlin	20th	October 1, 1965	4,000,000	Joachim Riess	1138
	stylized spaceship , cosmonaut , part of the earth globe	20th	October 1, 1965	4,000,000	Joachim Riess	1139
	Pavel Belyayev ; Red City Hall , Berlin	25th	October 1, 1965	4,000,000	Joachim Riess	1140
	First soft moon landing by Luna 9 Lunar probe Luna 9 on the surface of the moon, terrestrial globe	20th	March 7, 1966	4,000,000	Werner Pochanke and Gerhard Stauf	1168
	Successes of Soviet space travel Interplanetary Station Venus 4 , Venus , first soft landing on October 18, 1967	20th	January 24, 1968	6,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1341
	Spaceships Kosmos 186 and Kosmos 188 , Earth , first automatic coupling on October 30, 1967	25th	January 24, 1968	2,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1342
	75 years of the Main Meteorological Observatory in Potsdam ; Meteorological Service of the GDR Actinometer , Main Meteorological Observatory Potsdam, Sun.	10	January 24, 1968	4,000,000	Joachim Rieß and Manfred Gottschall	1343
	Antenna , satellite image of the earth's surface in Europe	10	January 24, 1968	4,000,000	Joachim Rieß and Manfred Gottschall	1344
	Grain field by day and night, field crops	10	January 24, 1968	4,000,000	Joachim Rieß and Manfred Gottschall	1345
	10 years of manned Soviet space flights Venus probe Venus 5 (landed May 16, 1969)	20th	February 11, 1971	2,000,000	Hilmar Zill	1636
	Model of an orbital station	20th	February 11, 1971	2,000,000	Hilmar Zill	1637
	Lunar probe Luna 16 (landed September 24, 1970), lunar satellite Luna 10	20th	February 11, 1971	2,000,000	Hilmar Zill	1638
	Coupling of Soyuz 4 to Soyuz 5 , relay flight Soyuz 6 , 7 and 8 , 18-day flight Soyuz 9	20th	February 11, 1971	2,000,000	Hilmar Zill	1639
	Radiation measurement satellite Proton 1 , Vostok rocket	20th	February 11, 1971	2,000,000	Hilmar Zill	1640
	Molnija 1 communications satellite	20th	February 11, 1971	2,000,000	Hilmar Zill	1641
	First flight of Yuri Gagarin with Vostok 1 (April 12, 1961)	20th	February 11, 1971	2,000,000	Hilmar Zill	1642
	Exit of Alexei Leonov from Voskhod 2	20th	February 11, 1971	2,000,000	Hilmar Zill	1643
	First mobile lunar laboratory Lunochod 1 Lunochod 1 leaves the ramp	20th	March 30, 1971	10,200,000	Hans Detlefsen	1659
	100 years of meteorologists' meetings Meteor weather satellite , modern weather map	70	March 23, 1972	2,500,000	Manfred Gottschall	1747 block 36
	Days of Soviet Science and Technology in the GDR Rocket launch	10	23rd October 1973	8,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	1887
	275 years of the Academy of Sciences , Berlin Interkosmos 10 satellite	35	2nd July 1975	2,000,000	Axel Bengs	2064
	Soviet-American space company Soyuz-Apollo Soyuz 19 spaceship at launch	10	15th September 1975	6,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	2083
	Approach maneuvers	20th	15th September 1975	6,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	2084
	Coupling maneuvers	70	15th September 1975	2,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	2085
	Intersputnik ground radio station Ground radio station Intersputnik of the Deutsche Post, Berlin	20th	April 27, 1976	7,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	2122
	Intercosm program Meteorological rocket M 100 ( atmospheric physics )	10	March 21, 1978	8,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	2310
	Satellite Interkosmos 1 (Cosmic Physics )	20th	March 21, 1978	8,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	2311
	Satellite Meteor with Infrared Fourier Spectrometer ( Cosmic Meteorology )	35	March 21, 1978	5,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	2312
	Remote sensing of the earth with the MKF-6 multispectral camera	1 M.	March 21, 1978	2,100,000	Jochen Bertholdt	2313 block 52
	Joint space flight USSR-GDR (I) Spaceship Soyuz 31 , Intercosmos symbol, emblem of the first joint space flight	20th	4th September 1978	8,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	2355
	Joint USSR-GDR space flight (II) Soyuz 22 spaceship , MKF-6M multispectral camera	5	September 21, 1978	5,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	2359
	Albert Einstein (1879–1955), German-American physicist , Soyuz 31 spaceship	10	September 21, 1978	15,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	2360
	Sigmund Jähn , first German cosmonaut	20th	September 21, 1978	8,000,000	Detlef Glinski	2361
	Otto Lilienthal (1848–1896), engineer and aviation pioneer ; Salyut orbital station with the Soyuz spaceship attached	35	September 21, 1978	4,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	2362
	Cosmonauts Valeri Bykowski and Sigmund Jähn , orbital complex, Interkosmos emblem, emblem of the first joint space flight	1 M.	September 21, 1978	2,000,000	Jochen Bertholdt	2363 block 53
	Message transmission by Deutsche Post Transmission of messages via cable and radio links : cable laying, intersputnik	10	5th February 1980	16,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	2490
	Intercosm program : Joint manned space flights Cosmonauts , orbital complex , Interkosmos emblem	1 M.	April 11, 1980	2,000,000	Lewinowskij and Detlef Glinski	2502 block 58
	40th anniversary of liberation from fascism Valery Bykowski and Sigmund Jähn	10	May 7, 1985	8,000,000	Manfred Gottschall	2941
	25 years of manned spaceflight Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968), Soviet cosmonaut; Spaceship Vostok 1	40	March 25, 1986	3,500,000	Detlef Glinski	3005
	Cosmonauts Valery Bykowski and Sigmund Jähn ; Orbital complex ; Interkosmos emblem	50	March 25, 1986	3,500,000	Detlef Glinski	3006
	Venus probe Venera ; Fourier spectrometer ; Orbit around Venus	70	March 25, 1986	3,500,000	Detlef Glinski	3007
	Multi-spectral camera MKF 6 , orbital complex , earth survey, aircraft , research ship	85	March 25, 1986	3,500,000	Detlef Glinski	3008
	10th anniversary of the joint space flight USSR- DDR (I) Cosmonauts Sigmund Jähn and Valeri Bykowski signing the landing capsule of the Soyuz 29 spacecraft	5	June 21, 1988	2,200,000	Kraus	3170
	MKS-M spectrometer , measurement curve	10	June 21, 1988	8,000,000	Kraus	3171
	Orbital complex MIR	20th	June 21, 1988	8,000,000	Kraus	3172
	10th anniversary of the joint space flight USSR- DDR (II) Cosmonauts Sigmund Jähn and Valeri Bykowski signing the landing capsule of the Soyuz 29 spacecraft	10	August 30, 1988	8,400,000	Kraus	3190
	MKS-M spectrometer , measurement curve	20th	August 30, 1988	8,400,000	Kraus	3191
	Orbital complex MIR	35	August 30, 1988	8,400,000	Kraus	3192
	125 years of the International Telecommunication Union (UIT) Communication satellite of the Molnija type in front of the globe	50	May 15, 1990	2,000,000	Joachim Riess	3335
Following the completion of the monetary union with the Federal Republic of Germany the following expenditure in the currency German Mark and not in Mark issued
	Congress of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), Dresden earth	50	October 2, 1990	9,000,000	Detlef Glinski	3361
	moon	70	October 2, 1990	9,000,000	Detlef Glinski	3362
	Mars	100	October 2, 1990	4,500,000	Detlef Glinski	3363

Remarks

1. ↑ The following three miniature sheets show the same motifs as the Michel numbers 3170–3172 in a reduced form, but have a different postage value .
   The presentation of these three miniature sheets is reduced to 80% of the other editions.

See also

• Astrophilately
• People who were depicted on a GDR postage stamp during their lifetime

literature

• Michel catalog Germany 1999/2000 , Schwaneberger Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-87858-028-2
• LIPSIA color catalog GDR 1983, transpress VEB publishing house for traffic, VLN 162-925 / 197/83, SV 9197
• Lollini: CONQUETE de l'ESPACE 21st edition; World catalog with all postage stamps on the history of space travel; French, table of contents and abbreviations also in German

Web links

Commons : Space Exploration on Postage Stamps  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Further international catalogs on the subject