Endangered animals

Animals in danger of extinction was the title of a series of postage stamps from the GDR Deutsche Post . While motifs with different animal species were shown in 1980 and 1985, the last edition in 1987 was only dedicated to one native animal species.

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	value	Issue date	Edition	draft	Mi. -No.
	Animals in danger of extinction (I) Okapi ( Okapia johnstoni )	5	June 24, 1980	5,000,000	Axel Bengs	2522
	Cat bears ( Ailurus fulgens )	10	June 24, 1980	16,000,000	Axel Bengs	2523
	Maned Wolf ( Chrysocyon brachyurus )	15th	June 24, 1980	4,000,000	Axel Bengs	2524
	Arabian oryx ( Oryx leucoryx )	20th	June 24, 1980	8,000,000	Axel Bengs	2525
	White ear pheasant ( Crossoptilon crossoptilon )	25th	June 24, 1980	3,500,000	Axel Bengs	2526
	Musk ox ( Ovibos moschatus )	35	June 24, 1980	2,000,000	Axel Bengs	2527
	Animals in danger of extinction (II) Harpy eagle ( Harpia harpyja )	5	June 25, 1985	6,000,000	Andrea Soest	2952
	Red necked goose ( Branta ruficollis )	10	June 25, 1985	24,000,000	Andrea Soest	2953
	Spectacled Bear ( Tremarctos ornatus )	20th	June 25, 1985	8,000,000	Andrea Soest	2954
	Banteng ( Bos javanicus )	50	June 25, 1985	5,000,000	Andrea Soest	2955
	Sunda Gavial ( Tomistoma schlegelii )	85	June 25, 1985	2,100,000	Andrea Soest	2956
	Animals in danger of extinction (III) River otter ( Lutra lutra ); WWF icon	10	July 7, 1987	24,000,000	Ursula Abramowski-Lautenschläger	3107
	River otter ( Lutra lutra ); WWF symbol	25th	July 7, 1987	3,500,000	Ursula Abramowski-Lautenschläger	3108
	River otter ( Lutra lutra ); WWF symbol	35	July 7, 1987	3,500,000	Ursula Abramowski-Lautenschläger	3109
	River otter ( Lutra lutra ); WWF symbol	60	July 7, 1987	2,100,000	Ursula Abramowski-Lautenschläger	3110

See also

• Red list of endangered species

literature

• Michel catalog Germany 1999/2000. Schwaneberger Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-87858-028-2 .
• LIPSIA color catalog GDR 1983, transpress VEB publishing house for traffic, VLN 162-925 / 197/83, SV 9197
• GDR universal catalog; Edited by Peter Fischer, Frithjof Skupin and Wolfgang Gudenschwager; Publisher: Transpress, Verlag für Verkehrwesen ISBN 3-344-00001-2

Web links

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