Circus art in the GDR

Circus Art in the GDR is a series of stamps issued by the GDR 's Deutsche Post in 1978 and 1985 .

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.
	Circus art in the GDR (I) These and the following three stamps were issued as an overprint in a block of four: Pyramid with 7 artists	5	September 26, 1978	3,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	2364
	Elephant on tricycle	10	September 26, 1978	3,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	2365
	Horse dressage	20th	September 26, 1978	3,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	2366
	Polar bear training	35	September 26, 1978	3,000,000	Lothar Grünewald	2367
	Circus art in the GDR (II) These and the following three stamps were issued as an overprint in a block of four: Elephant training	10	November 12, 1985	3,000,000	Ralf-Jürgen Lehmann	2983
	Aerial acrobatics on the swing trapezoid	20th	November 12, 1985	3,000,000	Ralf-Jürgen Lehmann	2984
	Cycling equilibrium	35	November 12, 1985	3,000,000	Ralf-Jürgen Lehmann	2985
	Tiger training	50	November 12, 1985	3,000,000	Ralf-Jürgen Lehmann	2986

Overprints

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  Circus art in the GDR (I)

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  Circus art in the GDR (II)

literature

• Michel catalog Germany 1999/2000 , Schwaneberger Verlag, 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

Web links

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