Varieties of commemorative issues of postage stamps issued in Democratic Republic of Germany between 1971 and 1975

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11 February 1971. Soviet space research.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf., multicolored Field number
I
1641I		 DDR 1641I GDR Soviet space research postage stamp plate flaw White spot on bottom antenna. ?

23 February 1971. Prominent Germans.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf., rose lake Field number
I DDR 1647 Willi Bredel postage stamp Colored spot next to Bredel’s head, on the left. ?

9 March 1971. Centenary of the Paris Commune.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf., red, bister and black Field number
I DDR 1656 GDR Paris Commune postage stamp plate flaw White circle on elbow of the man in the bottom. 19

18 May 1971. 500th Anniversary of birth of Albrecht Dürer.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 pf. Field No. Plate No.
I GDR 1983 World Communications Year postage stamp plate flaw Indentation in frame below letters P and U in REPUBLIK. Indentation in frame below letters P and U in REPUBLIK. 6 1
II GDR 1983 World Communications Year postage stamp plate flaw Indentation in the lower right inner corner of the frame. Indentation in the lower right inner corner of the frame. 10 1
III GDR 1983 World Communications Year postage stamp plate flaw Indentation in frame below letters C and H in DEMOKRATISCHE. Indentation in frame below letters C and H in DEMOKRATISCHE. 17 1

22 June 1971. Treasures from the Green Vault, Dresden.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
5 pf. Field No. Plate No.
I GDR 1983 World Communications Year postage stamp plate flaw Thin horizontal line on left frame, next to letters H and E of DEUTSCHE. Thin horizontal line on left frame, next to letters H and E of DEUTSCHE. 3 ?
II GDR 1983 World Communications Year postage stamp plate flaw Dot outside left frame, next to letters H and E of DEUTSCHE. Dot outside left frame, next to letters H and E of DEUTSCHE. 3 1
III GDR 1983 World Communications Year postage stamp plate flaw Additional dot on the right ornament. Additional dot on the right ornament. 23 1
IV GDR 1983 World Communications Year postage stamp plate flaw Black dot on the bottom pearl. Black dot on the bottom pearl. 24 1
V DDR 1682 postage stamp plate flaw Colored dot right from letter f in Knöpfen. 6 ?

13 July 1971. 25th Anniversary of UNICEF.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
5 pf. Field No. Plate No.
I GDR 1983 World Communications Year postage stamp plate flaw Thin curved line next to right mouth corner. Thin curved line next to right mouth corner. 8 ?
II GDR 1983 World Communications Year postage stamp plate flaw Thin line next to right mouth corner. Thin line next to right mouth corner. 8 1

23 November 1971. Sorbian dance costumes.

TYPES
10 pf., multicolored
DDR 1723 Sorbische Mädchen-Tanztrachten
Type A
Type Ba		 GDR 1971 Sorbian Dance Costumes postage stamp
Type Bb		 Type A:

  • top left flower on girl’s chest is red.

Type Ba

  • white dot on top left flower on girl’s chest.

Type Bb

  • white dot on top left flower on girl’s chest
  • additional sloping line on skirt, below the right bow.
CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 pf., multicolored Field number
I DDR Sorbische Tanztracht 1723 f6 Red dots above letter r in Sorbische. 6
II DDR Sorbische Tanztracht 1723 f22 Colored dots above top frame: above top left corner and below the second letter s in Sorbische. 22
20 pf., multicolored Field number
I Colored dot below letter z in Tanzdracht. ?
PANES

Pane 12 AI
Pane 12 CI
Pane 13 AII

Pane 12 AI
Pane 13 AI
Pane 13 AII

13 June 1972. International Rose Exhibition.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf., multicolored Field number
I DDR 1766 GDR Rose Izetka Spreeathen Teehybride postage stamp error Red spot on the right side of the flower. ?

22 August 1972. International book year.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
50 pf., multicolored Field number
I DDR 1781 GDR international book year postage stamp socialist art Jutta Damme Horizontal stroke of numeral 5 broken. ?

19 September 1972. Philatelic exhibition Interartes, Berlin.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
15 + 5 pf., multicolored Field number
I DDR 1786 GDR Persian art wall relief postage stamp Colored dot between letters O in VORDERASIATISCHES and E in BERLIN. ?

17 October 1972. Celestial and terrestrial globes.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf., multicolored Field number
I DDR 1795 terrestrial globe postage stamp flaw The first letter E in DEUTSCHE broken in the middle. ?
35 pf., multicolored Field number
I DDR 1797 GDR 1972 globe postage stamp flaw Letter D in Dresden broken at bottom. ?
II Letter D in Dresden broken on top. ?

28 November 1972. Fairy tales: Snow Queen from Hans Christian Andersen.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
5 pf., multicolored Field number
I

1801I

 DDR 1801I GDR Hans Christian Andersen Snow Queen postage stamp flaw Letter h in Schneekönigin broken. ?
20 pf., multicolored Field number
I Letter A in Andersen broken at bottom. ?
35 pf., multicolored Field number
I Colored spot below letter e in Die. ?

28 November 1972. Children’s television characters.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
5 pf., multicolored Field number
I

1807I

 DDR Mauz und Hoppel TV characters postage stamp plate flaw 1807I Cat’s top left whisker broken. ?
15 pf., multicolored Field number
I Red dot on right scale. ?

13 February 1973. 500th anniversary of the birth of Nicolaus Copernicus.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
70 pf., multicolored Field number
I DDR Nicolaus Copernicus postage stamp Black dot on the right page. ?

13 February 1973. Festival of Youths and Students, Berlin.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
25 + 5 pf., multicolored Field number
I DDR 1830 Briefmarke plattenfehler Dot below the second t in Hauptstadt. 31

20 March 1973. Songbirds.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf., multicolored Field number
I Songbird White-spotted and red-spotted bluethroat GDR postage stamp Colored dot next to right bird’s right foot. ?
40 pf., multicolored Field number
I GDR postage stamp songbird Gray wagtail Green dot on grass below bird’s tail. ?

22 May 1973. Railroad Cars of GDR.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
5 pf., multicolored Field number
I GDR Railroad Cars Train postage stamp White dot in blue area of the left front window. ?
10 pf., multicolored Field number
I Black dot on railroad car right from the door. ?
II Black dot on the right side of the railroad car. ?

29 May 1973. Great Theatrical Productions.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 pf., maroon, rose and yellow Field number
I Stars above the scene. ?
II

1805I

 DDR 1850I Shakespeare King Lear postage stamp plate flaw Letter R in Regie broken. ?

26 June 1973. Historic houses of Weimar and portraits of distinguished Germans.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 pf., multicolored Field number
I Johann Wolfgang Goethe postage stamp Colored dot on numeral 1 in denomination. ?
25 pf., Field number
I Johann Gottfried Herder postage stamp error A circle in Herder’s hair. ?

3 July 1973. Youth festival, Berlin.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
5 pf., multicolored Field number
I Colored dot on horizontal stroke of numeral 5. 4
II

1862III

 Colored dot after Weltfestspiele. ?
III

1862IV

 Red dot on festival emblem. ?
IV

1862V

 Colored dot on letter t in Studenten. ?
20 pf., multicolored Field number
I Additional dot on ear of the man in the middle. 5
PANES

20 pf. with plate flaw I

11 September 1973. 20th anniversary of Workers’ Militia of the GDR.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
50 pf., multicolored Field number
I GDR 1973 Worker's Militia souvenir sheet plate flaw Colored dot on the bottom horizontal stroke of letter E in JAHRE. ?
II Colored dot on top right corner of the central piece. ?

4 December 1973. Fairy tales: At the Bidding of the Pike.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 pf., multicolored Field number
I

1902I

 DDR 1902I GDR Germany fairy tale postage stamp plate flaw Black dot below letter m in Volksmärchen. ?
25 pf., multicolored Field number
I

1905I

 DDR 1905I GDR Russian Fairy tale postage stamp Blue dot on sea foam. ?

26 February 1974. World Handball Championship.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 pf., green and multicolored Field number
I DDR 1929I GDR Handball postage stamp plate flaw
Another example (slightly different)		 Colored triangle-shaped shade on the left knee of the front man. ?

10 September 1974. Arnstadt Castle Museum.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf., multicolored Field number
I Germany Arnstadt Castle Museum puppets Letter N in PUPPENSTADT short at top. 16
II Arnstadt Castle Museum Mon Plaisir puppets Germany postage stamp Thin circular line on the right hand of the first puppet. 19

24 October 1974. Philatelic exhibition DDR 74 in Karl-Marx Stadt (Chemniz).

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 + 5 pf., multicolored Field number
I

1988I

 DDR 1974 postage stamp plate flaw 1988I Philatelic Exhibition Colored dot on the left hand of the man in bottom left corner. ?
II

1988II

 DDR 1988II plattenfehler Colored smudge right from chin of the left man. ?
20 pf., multicolored Field number
I

1989I

 DDR GDR plate flaw 1989I Colored dot on the right ankle of the man with harmonica. ?
I

1989II

 DDR plattenfehler 1989II A dot on shoulder of the woman in top right corner. ?

26 November 1974. Young pioneer’s drawings.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf., multicolored Field number
I

1994I

 Child drawing postage stamp Germany GDR DDR Colored dot between words JUNGER and PIONIERE. ?
I

1994III

 DDR 1994II GDR child drawing postage stamp plate flaw Colored dot right from girls’ nose, colored dot on blue stripe above letter N in AN DER. ?

3 December 1974. Fairy tales: Twittering To and Fro.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
15 pf., multicolored Field number
I Spoon and lady’s arm bound together. ?
30 pf., multicolored Field number
I Line on lady’s dress broken. ?

11 February 1975. 450th anniversary of Peasants’ War.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
50 pf., gray and black Field number
I

2018II

 DDR 2018II GDR postage stamp peasant revolt A wrinkle on soldiers’ robe interrupted by a dot. ?

6 May 1975. 20th anniversary of the signing of the Warsaw Treaty.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf., multicolored Field number
I DDR 2043 GDR Warsaw Treaty postage stamp White dot on the first vertical stroke of letter H in DEUTSCHE. ?

14 October 1975. World Braille Day.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
35 pf., multicolored Field number
I DDR 2091 GDR World Braille Day Numeral 3 in denomination horizontally broken. ?

18 November 1975. Fairy tales: The Emperor’s New Clothes.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf., multicolored Field number
I

2096I

 DDR 2096I GDR Emperor's New Clothes postage stamp plate flaw Thin vertical line on right man’s glove. ?
35 pf., multicolored Field number
I Hans Christian Andersen Emperor's new clothes postage stamp Thin vertical line connecting denomination value with letter s in Andersen. ?
II DDR 2097 GDR postage stamp error Thin vertical line on trousers of the man on the right. ?

2 December 1975. Winter Olympic Games, Innsbruck.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
1 M., multicolored Field number
I

2105I

 DDR 2105I GDR Olympic Games Innsbruck 1976 souvenir sheet plate flaw Letter L in REPUBLIK deformed at bottom. ?

References

Bibliography

  • Michel Deutschland-Spezial 2005, Band 2: Ab Mai 1945 (Alliierte Besetzung bis BRD), Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH, ISBN 3-87858-145-9

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