Varieties of commemorative issues of postage stamps issued in Democratic Republic of Germany between 1961 and 1965

3 March 1961. Leipzig Spring Fair.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
25 pf.
I GDR 1961 Leipzig Spring Fair postage stamp plate flaw Letter D in DORFSTECHER broken at bottom.
Field №: 49 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: –
Value €: –

4 April 1961. Deep sea fishing.

UNLISTED VARIETIES
10 pf.
1 Letter B in REPUBLIK broken at bottom. GDR 1961 Ship fishing postage stamp plate flaw
25 pf.
1 Letter R in REPUBLIK with dot on top left. GDR 1961 deep sea fishing postage stamp plate flaw
40 pf.
1 Letter H in DEUTSCHE with a dot at top left. GDR 1961 fish postage stamp plate flaw

25 May 1961. Pioneers’ meeting in Erfurt.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 + 5 pf.
I GDR 1961 Erfurt Pioneer meeting postage stamp plate flaw 827I Triangle on the net near the right armpit of the second player from the left.
Field №: 34 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.827I, Schantl 827f34
Notes: –
Value €: 10,5 (MNH), 15 (Used)
10 + 5 pf.
I GDR 1961 Erfurt Pioneer national costumes dancing postage stamp plate flaw Deformed dot on the skirt of the girl on the right.
Field №: 25 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: –
Value €: –

23 August 1961. Leipzig Autumn Fair.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
25 pf.
I GDR 1961 Leipzig Autumn Fair postage stamp plate flaw Semi-circular window above top door deformed.
Field №: 21 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Schantl 844f21
Notes: –
Value €: 10,5 (MNH), 15 (Used)

13 September 1961. International Horticulture Exhibition.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 pf.
I GDR 1961 Horticulture postage stamp plate flaw Colored dot between letters R and T in GARTENBAUAUSSTELLUNG.
Field №: 9 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: –
Value €: –
20 pf.
I GDR 1961 flower postage stamp plate flaw 855I The second letter N in INTERNATIONALE short at bottom left.
Field №: 48 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Mi.855I, Schantl 855f48
Notes: –
Value €: 10,5 (MNH), 15 (Used)
UNLISTED VARIETIES
10 pf.
1 Dot on the first letter A in GARTENBAUAUSSTELLUNG.
2 Dot below letter B in GARTENBAUAUSSTELLUNG.
20 pf.
1 Dot above letter L in INTERNATIONALE.

11 December 1961. Visit of Soviet cosmonaut German Titov to GDR.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
25 pf.
I GDR 1961 USSR cosmonaut German Titov stamp plate flaw Additional star in the sky.
Field №: 22 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.867I, Schantl 867f22
Notes: panes 2 and 4.
Value €: 9 (MNH), 12 (Used)

16 February 1962. Protected species.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
5 pf.
I GDR 1962 insects postage stamp plate flaw Line on right wing missing.
Field №: 7 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: –
Value €: –
UNLISTED VARIETIES
10 pf.
1 Colored dot left from the second letter E in DEMOKRATISCHE.
10 pf.
1 Black dot on white weasel. GDR 1962 weasel postage stamp plate flaw

2 July 1962. Baltic sea week, Rostov.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf.
I GDR 1962 Rostov postage stamp plate flaw Ribbon of the emblem in top left part of design broken on left side.
Field №: 26 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: –
Value €: –

17 July 1962. Youth Festival for Peace and Friendship, Helsinki.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 + 5 pf.
I GDR 1962 youth festival dancing ethnography postage stamp plate flaw 905I Colored dot above letter S in FESTIVAL.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.905I
Notes: –
Value €: –
15 + 5 pf.
I GDR 1962 youth festival ethnography postage stamp plate flaw 906I Colored dot above letter S in FESTIVAL.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.906I
Notes: –
Value €: –
15 + 5 pf.
I GDR 1962 youth festival ethnography postage stamp plate flaw 906II Lower part of the first man’s robe missing.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.906II
Notes: –
Value €: –
UNLISTED VARIETIES
15 + 5 pf.
1 Letter S in FESTIVAL broken on top.

28 August 1962. Leipzig Autumn Fair.

UNLISTED VARIETIES
25 pf.
1 Colored dot above 1 in 1962.

3 October 1962. 10th anniversary of Friedrich List Transportation College.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
5 pf.
I GDR 1962 Friedrich List Transportation College stamp plate flaw Thin line on radio wave between the airplane and the train.
Field №: 24 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Schantl 916f24
Notes: –
Value €: 9,75 (MNH), 12,75 (Used)
II Germany 1962 Friedrich List Transportation College postage stamp plate flaw Horizontal line above cockpit.
Field №: 28 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: –
Value €: –
III GDR 1962 Friedrich List Transportation College stamp plate flaw 916I Additional flag on ship.
Field №: 41 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.916I, Schantl 916f41
Notes: pane 3.
Value €: 9 (MNH), 9 (Used)

2 January 1963. Centenary of birth of Pierre de Coubertin.

UNLISTED VARIETIES
20 pf.
1 A hook at the end of the middle horizontal line of E in LEBEN. Germany 1962 Pierre de Coubertin Olympic postage stamp plate flaw

6 February 1963. Fight against malaria.

UNLISTED VARIETIES
25 pf
1 Black dot on the outline of the snake. GDR 1963 Malaria Red Cross postage stamp error

14 May 1963. Centenary of International Red Cross.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf.
I GDR 1963 International Red Cross postage stamp plate flaw Additional thin horizontal line on the roof of the van above the driver.
Field №: 20 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: –
Value €: –
UNLISTED VARIETIES
10 pf.
1 White dot on the Red Cross emblem above the second letter D in DDR.

18 July 1963. Space flight of Valeri Bykowski and Valentina Tereschkowa.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf.
I GDR 1963 Valeri Bykowski Valentina Tereschkowa postage stamp plate flaw 970I Indentation in letter R in DDR, thin colored line below Valentina’s helmet.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.970I
Notes: –
Value €: –

20 August 1963. National monuments, Treblinka.

UNLISTED VARIETIES
20 pf.
1 Red spot in black field above letters K and A of TREBLIKA.
2 Red spot on the first bottom brick of the monument.

25 November 1963. Stamp day.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf.
I Germany DDR 1963 Stamp Day plate flaw 999I Yellow spot on the cargo.
Field №: 20 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.999I, Schantl 999f20
Notes: –
Value €: 9 (MNH), 12,75 (Used)

26 February 1964. Leipzig Spring Fair.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf.
I Germany DDR 1964 Leipzig Spring Fair stamp plate flaw 1013I Black dot on the right corridor wall.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.1013I
Notes: –
Value €: –

24 March 1964. For monuments of Nazi victims.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
25 + 10 pf.
I Germany DDR 1964 Adam Kuckhoff stamp plate flaw 1018 White area in the top right corner of the book case.
Field №: 3 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: –
Value €: –
UNLISTED VARIETIES
10 + 5 pf.
1 White spot on the second horizontal line of the window.

15 July 1964. Summer Olympic Games, Tokio.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
I Germany DDR 1964 Olymipic Games Tokio stamp plate flaw 1040I Colored dot on reins.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.1040I
Notes: –
Value €: –

29 July 1964. Pioneers Meetning in Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz)

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 + 5 pf.
I Germany DDR 1964 Pioneers Karl Marx Stadt Chemniz stamp plate flaw 1045 Jaw line of the first standing pioneer broken.
Field №: 24 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: –
Value €: –
II Freckles missing on the first standing pioneers’ face.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: –
Value €: –
UNLISTED VARIETIES
10 + 5 pf.
1 Colored spots on trousers and shirt of the second standing pioneer.

3 September 1964. Leipzig Autumn Fair.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 pf.
I Germany DDR 1964 Leipzig Autumn Fair stamp plate flaw 1052I Letter M in HERBSTMESSE thick.
Field №: 14 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.1052I, Schantl 1052f14
Notes: –
Value €: 4,5 (MNH), 4,5 (Used)
II Germany DDR 1964 Leipzig Autumn Fair stamp plate flaw 1052III The first letter E in DEUTSCHE broken on top.
Field №: 34 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.1052III, Schantl 1052f34
Notes: –
Value €: 4,5 (MNH), 6 (Used)
III Table leg broken.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.1052VI
Notes: –
Value €: –
IV Red spot at the top of letter S in DEUTSCHE.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: –
Value €: –
15 pf.
I Colored dot on top container.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.1053II
Notes: –
Value €: –
II Germany DDR 1964 Leipzig Autumn Fair chemistry stamp plate flaw 1053IV Gray spots on flask.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.1053IV
Notes: –
Value €: –
III Black spot on top right glass tube.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.1053VI
Notes: –
Value €: –

6 October 1964. 15th anniversary of German Democratic Republic.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 pf.
I Additional wrinkle on chemist’s robe.
Field №: 25 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: –
Value €: –
10 pf.
I A ball in front of travelers.
Field №: ? Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: –
Value €: –

25 November 1964. National costumes.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 pf.
I Germany DDR 1964 Spreewald national costumes stamp plate flaw 1077 Additional button on man’s coat.
Field №: 33 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: –
Value €: –
UNLISTED VARIETIES
5 pf.
1 Broken wrinkle on man’s trousers.

14 January 1965. 90th birthday of Dr. Albert Schweitzer.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 pf.
I Germany DDR 1965 Albert Schweitzer stamp plate flaw 1084 Additional stroke at the end of the signature.
Field №: 9 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Schantl 1084f9
Notes: –
Value €: 6,75 (MNH), 6,75 (Used)
20 pf.
I Indentation on table top above letters h and w of Schweitzer’s signature.
Field №: 3 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Schantl 1085f3
Notes: –
Value €: 6,75 (MNH), 10,5 (Used)

27 April 1965. European Boxing Championship, Berlin.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 + 5 pf.
I Germany DDR 1965 Sport Boxing championship stamp plate flaw 1100 Letter T in EUROPAMEISTERSCHAFTEN damaged at top.
Field №: 39 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Schantl 1100f39
Notes: –
Value €: 6,75 (MNH), 10,5 (Used)

5 May 1965. 20th anniversary of liberation from Nazism.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
50 pf.
I Germany DDR 1965 Liberation from Nazism stamp plate flaw 1108 Middle horizontal stroke of the last letter E of DEMOKRATISCHE broken.
Field №: 21 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: –
Value €: –
UNLISTED VARIETIES
10 + 5 pf.
1 Green dot above letter d in der.

2 September 1965. Leipzig Autumn Fair.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 pf.
I Germany DDR 1965 Leipzing Autumn Fair stamp plate flaw 1130 Second letter S in HERBSTMESSE and numeral 1 in 1965 deformed.
Field №: 10 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: Schantl 1130f10
Notes: –
Value €: 8,25 (MNH), 12,75 (Used)

1 October 1965. Visit of the Soviet cosmonauts.

COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
25 pf., multicolored
1 Vertical line of silver color. GDR postage stamp error: color spill

14 December 1965. In memory of prime minister Otto Grotewohl.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf.
I Germany DDR 1965 Otto Grotewohl stamp plate flaw 1153 Letter W in GROTEWOHL damaged on the right side.
Field №: 37 Pane: N/A
Other nomenclatures: –
Notes: –
Value €: –

 

References

Bibliography

  • Michel Deutschland-Spezial 2005, Band 2: Ab Mai 1945 (Alliierte Besetzung bis BRD), Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH, ISBN 3-87858-145-9
  • Schätze in der Briefmarken-Sammlung, Plattenfehler der DDR inkl. Spendenmarken: Thomas Schantl Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Max-Stromeyer-Str. 116, 78467 Konstanz