Special stamp 100 years of the Association of German Engineers (VDI)

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100 years of the Association of German Engineers (VDI)
DBPB 1956 138 VDI.jpg
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country West Berlin
Face value 10 pfennigs
20 pfennigs
First day 05/12/1956
Date of Expiry December 31, 1957
layout
Motif Logo of the VDI with a laurel branch
colour black green (10 pfennig)
dark brownish red (20 pfennig)
draft Alfred Goldammer
Sting Egon Falz
Print type Intaglio printing by Bundesdruckerei Berlin on white postage stamp paper with watermark DBP (watermark 3)
perforation Serration
particularities
Edition
Edition 5,000,000 (10 Pfennig)
2,500,000 (20 Pfennig) of
which 10,000 to 20,000 as first day sheets

The stamps 100 years of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) were special stamps of the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin from the stamp year 1956 .

history

The Association of German Engineers (VDI) was founded on May 12, 1856 in Alexisbad ( Harz ). A century later, from May 12th to 15th, 1956, the VDI's annual conference with over 4,000 participants took place in Berlin with its centenary. In his welcoming address, the then VDI chairman Hans Schuberth confirmed the decision to hold the celebrations in Berlin and not in Düsseldorf (since September 1946 the VDI headquarters) with the following words:

“If the VDI is celebrating its centenary in Berlin today, it is not just because it was based here from 1856 to 1946; East and West meet here in Berlin, and here we want to confess with our faces to the East that we long for nothing so much as a union, because we are an association of German engineers. "

Numerous representatives from the state, science and industry congratulated the VDI on site on its centenary. The then ruling mayor of Berlin , Otto Suhr , described the choice of Berlin to hold the celebrations as a great moral show of friendship.

The Deutsche Bundespost Berlin (Landespostdirektion Berlin) issued the special stamps “100 Years of the Association of German Engineers (VDI)” on the occasion of the centenary.

layout

Alfred Goldammer designed two postage stamps with a face value of 10 Pfennig and 20 Pfennig. The engraver of the motif was Egon Falz. The motif of both stamps is the same except for the postage value and the background color. In addition to the usual Deutsche Bundespost Berlin inscription, it shows the VDI logo (without word mark ) that was valid at the time of design and issue , the years 1856 and 1956 and a branch of laurel . The laurel is a popular motif on postage stamps and is considered a symbol of immortality . In a special edition for the centenary of the VDI, the VDI magazine of August 11, 1956 describes the two special stamps as successful.

  • 10 Pfennig (MiNr. 138)

  • 20 Pfennig (MiNr. 139)

The dimensions of both stamps are 27.5 mm (width) by 32.8 mm (height). The motif is about 4 mm smaller both in width and in height. The diameter of the VDI logo and the length of the laurel branch are each about 15 mm. The stamps were created using intaglio printing . The background color of the postage stamps is defined as black-green (10 pfennigs) or dark brownish red (20 pfennigs). The perforation was realized by means of serrations . The counter sheets (10 × 5 stamps) were provided with an unadorned edge of the sheet, which only contained the row value counter , a sheet counting number and a form number. Due to the form numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 appearing on the special stamps "100 Years of the Association of German Engineers (VDI)", the use of four-form printing can be assumed.

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First day special cancellation of the postage stamp dispatch point Berlin-Charlottenburg 2

The first day of the stamps "100 Years of the Association of German Engineers (VDI)" was May 12, 1956. The first day therefore coincides exactly with the VDI's founding date of May 12, 1856, 100 years ago. The Berlin-Charlottenburg 2 postage post office used several first day special stamps for canceling the special stamps on the first day of validity, which can be distinguished by a letter. Also specially designed jewelry first day covers and cards were issued for the occasion and canceled by the postage stamp dispatch point Berlin-Charlottenburg 2.

  • VDI MiNr 138 139 FDC 1.jpg
  • VDI MiNr 138 139 FDC 2.jpg
  • MiNr 138 139 VDI jewelry card 1.jpg
  • MiNr 138 139 VDI jewelry card 2.jpg

An official first day sheet (1956, No. 4) was published by the Landespostdirektion Berlin and canceled by the postage stamp dispatch point Berlin-Charlottenburg 2. In addition to the two special stamps and some background information, the first day sheet also includes the following text:

“The Association of German Engineers (VDI) was founded on May 12, 1856 in Alexisbad in the Harz Mountains by 23 young engineers with the aim of uniting the intellectual powers of German technology for the benefit of the patriotic industry. Today it has 32,000 members. Thousands of his mostly volunteer employees establish the connection between science and practice, shorten the path of a scientific result in the company and make the knowledge gained in practice the basis of scientific processing. With its members in 21 European and 31 non-European countries as well as its cooperation with national and international engineering associations, the VDI strengthens the reputation of German technology around the world and creates human relationships on a professional basis. "

The special stamps "100 Years of the Association of German Engineers (VDI)" were, like all stamps from West Berlin, also valid in the Federal Republic. The last day of validity was December 31, 1957.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o MICHEL Germany-Special 2016 - Volume 2. Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH, Unterschleißheim.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Special postage stamps of the Landespostdirektion Berlin on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) from May 12th to 15th, 1956 in Berlin. First day sheet 1956 No. 4
  3. ^ Birk Karsten Ecke: Alexisbad and the Association of German Engineers December 9, 2012, accessed on June 29, 2016
  4. ↑ a b c d The centenary of the Association of German Engineers: Lectures and course of the celebration. VDI-Z. Vol. 98 (1956), No. 23, pp. 1313-1448. VDI-Verlag GmbH, Düsseldorf.
  5. ^ Technology, engineers and society - history of the Association of German Engineers (1856–1981). VDI-Verlag GmbH, Düsseldorf, 1981, 660 pp., ISBN 3-18-400510-0
  6. ↑ http://www.nugman.info/bogenwiki/index.php/Berlin_MiNr._138-139 accessed on July 8, 2016