Varieties of postage stamps of the German Democratic Republic: commemorative issues of 1986/90.

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4 February 1986. Postal uniforms.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 pf.			Field number
I 2997I		Blue dot below letter R in DDR, right from the second letter n in Post-uniformen.	?

25 March 1986. 25th anniversary of the manned space flight.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
40 pf.			Field number
I 3005I		Black dot, right from the letter n in Gagarin.	?
50 pf.			Field number
I 3006I		Gray dot on Jähn’s cheek.	?

17 June 1986. Workers’ Games, Magdeburg.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf.			Field number
I 3028III		A hook at the bottom left of the man’s coat.	?
II 3028IV		Thin colored line on the right side of the man’s hat.	?
III 3028VI		Cyan dot above letter B in ARBEITERFESTSPIELE.	25

29 July 1986. Castles.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
85 pf., Schloss Rheinsberg			Field number
I 3034I		Gable between top windows of the right tower, partially missing.	31 (partially)

5 August 1986. 25 years of Berlin wall.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf.			Field number
I		Black dot on the shoulder of the first soldier.	39

19 August 1986. Leipzig Autumn fair.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
25 pf.			Field number
I		Colored dot, left from the second floor window on the right side of the building.	–

UNLISTED VARIETIES
25 + 85 pf.
1	Blue gray spot in the top left corner of the souvenir sheet.
2	Wrong color: yellow instead of ocher.

2 September 1986. City coins.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
35 pf.			Field number
I		White spot above the first letter t in Stadttaler.	?

9 September 1986. World Trade Union Congress, Berlin.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
70 pf.			Field number
I		Tierra del Fuego missing.	20, 41 and partially 40

23 September 1986. Monuments of the WWII.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
35 pf.			Field number	Plate number
I		Left line of the letter A in MAHN short.	16	2

23 September 1986. Mukran-Klaipeda train-ferry inauguration.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
50 pf.			Field number
I 3052I		Letter R in UdSSR short at bottom right.	21
II		Letter U in UdSSR damaged at bottom right.	39
III		The first vertical line on the train engine missing at the bottom.	25
IV		Indentation in top rail, next to the third pillar.	17

UNLISTED VARIETIES
50 pf.
1	White dot on the first letter A in EISENBAHNFÄHRVERBINDUNG.

20 January 1987. Medieval statues.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 pf.			Field number
I		Small indentation in letter R in DDR.	20
35 pf.			Field number
I		Numeral 3 in denomination deformed at top.	13

UNLISTED VARIETIES
10 pf.
1	The second letter D in DDR broken at top.

3 February 1987. Historic post offices.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
70 pf., multicolored			Field number
I 3069I		Letter W in Weimar damaged.	5

17 February 1987. 750th anniversary of Berlin.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
85 pf.			Field number
I 3074I		Bottom right corner missing.	50

7 August 1987. 75th anniversary of the Germany Hygiene museum in Dresden.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
85 pf.			Field number
I 3089I		Big spot in the shaded are of the first niche.	?
II 3089II		Big spot on the shaded wall of the right building.	?

19 May 1987. Fresh water fish.

TYPES
10 pf.
I		Type I: with the year mark below the frame. Type II: without the year mark below the frame. Stamps issued in booklets are Type II.

16 June 1987. Fire engines.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 pf.			Field number
I 3101II		Thin denomination number (the left stamp).	?
40 pf.			Field number
I 3103II		Short blue line below the horizontal stroke of the letter H in FEUERWEHREN.	?

7 July 1987. Endangered species: otter.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 pf.			Field number
I		Branch below the right otter broken.	30

21 July. Sports festival and Youth Sports Championship.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 pf.			Field number
I 3112III		White spot on girl’s cheek, outline of the sports pants on the left hip missing.	?
II 3112II		Thumb on the ball outlined in white.	?
III 3112I		Vertical line on girl’s arm, above the elbow.	?
IV		Letter R in DDR indented at top left.	26
V		Blue dot below the bottom frame, below XI.	9

UNLISTED VARIETIES
10 pf.
1	White spot on girl’s cheek, to the right from the mouth.

8 September 1987. International War Victims Memorial, Budapest.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
35 pf.			Field number
I		Vertical line in the wall, below the left foot, broken.	21

1987/89. Airmail stamps.

CONSTANT VARIETIES ON MULTIPLE VALUES
15 pf., 25 pf.			Field number
I 3128I3129I		The top left side of the right jet engine broken.	8

27 October 1987. 70th anniversary of the October Revolution.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 pf.			Field number
I		Bottom outline of the anchor hole on the ship, missing.	14
II		Top left corner of the first building deformed.	15
III		Vertical stroke of the letter T in OKTOBERREVOLUTION broken.	19
IV 3130I		The right corner of the building missing.	18

19 January 1988. Winter Olympics, Calgary.

CONSTANT VARIETIES APPEARING ON MULTIPLE VALUES
10 pf., 20 + 10 pf., 35 pf.			Field number
I 3141I 3142I 3143I		Dot after XV missing.	13 (19)
CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 + 10 pf.			Field number
I		Vertical stroke of the letter R in DDR short at bottom.	10

2 February 1988. German post offices. Printed in panes of 50 (5X10).

CONSTANT VARIETIES
15 pf. (Berlin-Buch)			Field number
I 3145I		White spot on the pillars to the left.	35
II		Horizontal shading of the tree top broken below the first window on the left.	24
III		Blue spot on the vertical line of the left side of the central entrance.	50
IV 3145II		Indentation in the top line of the porch, above letter Ä in GEBÄUDE.	10
V		White spot on the left wall of the building (above letters E and B in GEBÄUDE).	25
50 pf.			Field number
I 3147I		Hands of the left clock missing.	?

2 February 1988. 90th anniversary of Bertolt Brecht

CONSTANT VARIETIES
70 pf.			Field number
I		Gray dot after 70.	–

22 March 1988. Seals.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
25 pf.			Field number
I 3157I		Letter g in Siegel broken at bottom.	?

5 April 1988. District capitals.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
5 pf. (Wismar)			Field number
I 3161I		Top of the chimney above 9 in 1988 missing.	48
25 pf. (Ribnitz-Damgarten)			Field number
II		Horizontal line, representing a bank of the river, interrupted.	6
60 pf. (Stralsund)			Field number
I		Horizontal line on the building, left from the church tower, missing.	21
II 3164I		Horizontal line above the second letter D in DDR broken.	16
1.20 M. (Greifswald)			Field number
I 3166I		Line of the church nave broken.	46

UNLISTED, POSSIBLY CONSTANT VARIETIES
25 pf. (Ribnitz-Damgarten)
1	Different interruptions in a line, representing a river bank.

21 June 1988. Youth stamp exhibitions in Erfurt and Chemnitz (Karl-Marx-Stadt).

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 + 5 pf. (Chemnitz)			Field number
I		Black outline of the roof, left from the 4th wall tower, missing.	46
25 pf. (Erfurt)			Field number
I		Top left window of the house with a red roof without top horizontal line.	24
II		The 6th window of the second floor on the red walled house, deformed.	51
50 pf. (Chemnitz – Karl-Marx-Stadt)			Field number
I		The right vertical line on the first church tower interrupted at bottom.	12
II		Right vertical line on the central tower (below letters en in Briefmarkenausstellung) broken.	48
III		Horizontal line of the left oval window below the first letter a in Briefmarkenausstellung, missing.	57

5 July 1988. 35th anniversary of the Workers’ Militia.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf.			Field number
I 3180I		Black vertical line below letter B in ARBEITERKLASSE.	4 (plate 2)

19 July 1988. Young Pioneers’ meeting in Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz).

CONSTANT VARIETIES
(tab, connecting both values)			Field number
I		Additional curl of flame on the fire torch.	–

9 August 1988. Summer Olympics, Seoul.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 + 10 pf.			Field number
I		Middle horizontal stroke of the letter E in OLYMPIADE slightly damaged at the end.	29
50 pf.			Field number
I		Letter Y in OLYMPIADE short at bottom.	3

30 August 1988. 10th anniversary of the USSR-DDR manned space flight.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
35 pf. (Mir space station)			Field number
I		Black dot on the side module.	3

30 August 1988. Leipzig autumn fair.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
100 pf.			Field number
I 3195II		Black dot on man’s back.	–

18 October 1988. Buildings and structures.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
70 pf.			Field number
I		Letter L in DENKMALE short at the end.	49
II		Small indentation on the horizontal line in the vertical crane structure.	17

UNLISTED VARIETIES
35 pf.
1	Right frame interrupted at the top.

22 November 1988. Laces from Erzgebirge.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
85 pf.			Field number
I		Indentation in bottom frame, next to the left corner.	–

10 January 1989. 40th anniversary of the Council for Mutual Economic Aid.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf.			Field number
I		Black dot at the top of the red flag in the background.	24

7 February 1989. Old telephones.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf.			Field number
I		Two dots at the bottom of the letter T in FERNSPRECHAPPARATE.	10
II		Tot above letter s in Halske.	25

18 April 1989. Meissen porcelain.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 pf.			Field number
I 3241I		Blue dot in the bottom right corner of the lid.	3
20 pf.			Field number
I 3242I		Blue dot between letters J and a in Jahre.	?
70 pf.			Field number
I 3244I		Blue dot on the top of the lid.	?
PANES
Link

9 May 1989. Meeting of the Free German Youth (FDJ), Berlin.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 + 5 pf.			Field number
I		Raster error above zero in 20.	1
20 pf.			Field number
I		Colored dot after the first D in DDR.	?
II		Small indentation at the bottom of the first D in DDR.	?

UNLISTED VARIETIES
20 + 5 pf.
1	Red spot on top of numeral 2 in 20.

16 May 1989. 225th anniversary of Johann Gottfried Schadow.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
50 pf.			Field number
I		Dot on the horizontal line above numeral 5, numeral 5 slightly deformed on the left.	9

16 May 1989. Centenary of the Carl-Zeiss Society.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
(tab, connecting both values)			Field number
I		Pale dot below letters n and a in Jena.	35
85 pf.			Field number
I 3253I		Dark vertical line below the left button.	?

13 June 1989. Alfred Edmund and Christian Ludwig Brehm.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
85 pf.			Field number
I 3257I		Black dots below letters u and d in Ludwig and between 1 and 7 in 1787.	–

4 July 1989. 200th anniversary of the French Revolution.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
90 pf.			Field number
I		Vertical line, left from officer’s forehead, broken.	22

8 August 1989. Philatelic exhibition, Magdeburg.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf.			Field number
I		Letter g in Eulenspiegelbrunnen broken.	14
70 + 5 pf.			Field number
I 3266I		Black dot on top of letter T in Teufelsbrunnen.	2, 12, 22, 32, 45
II 3266III		Black dot above letters nn in Teufelsbrunnen.	?

COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
10 + 5 pf.
1	Blue spots over the inscription in the top right corner.

22 August 1989. Leipzig Autumn Fair.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
50 pf.			Field number
I		Thin sloping line above letters E and R in HERBSTMESSE.	–
85 pf.			Field number
I		Blue dot on the pathway, below the emblem.	–

22 August 1989. 500th anniversary of Thomas Müntzer.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 pf.			Field number
I 3270I		Line below letter a in Thomas.	3, 8, 13, 18, 23, (plate 4) 13, 18, 23 (plate 1)
50 pf.			Field number
I		Black dot on the top left of the letter d in der.	2

UNLISTED VARIETIES
50 pf.
1	Indentation on top left frame.

5 September 1989. 30th anniversary of the National Memorial Ravensbruck.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
35 pf.			Field number
I 3274I		White spot on the armpit of the right person.	17 (plate 1)

19 September 1989. Flowering cacti.

CONSTANT VARIETIES, APPEARING ON MULTIPLE VALUES
10 pf.			Field number
I		Letter R in DDR broken in the middle.	37

3 October 1989. 40 years of German Democratic Republic.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf.			Field number	Plate number
I		Blue spot on blouse of the woman on the right.	11	2

28 November 1989. Chandeliers from Erzgebirge.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
35 pf.			Field number
I 3292I		OPIS	?

UNLISTED VARIETIES
20 pf.
1	Dot below letters DD in DDR.
25 pf.
1	Black outline of the body cluster on the right side interrupted.

9 January 1990. Bees collecting nectar.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf.			Field number
I		Red dot on at the top of the forewing.	5

6 February 1990. Coats of arms.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 pf.			Field number
I		Green dot at the bottom left from the letter B in Blankenburg.	20
20 pf.			Field number
I 3307I		Thin scratch over the first letter S in HISTORISCHE.	?

20 February 1990. Airmail exhibition Lilienthal ’91.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
35 + 5 pf.			Field number
I		Vertical line on the right side of the top airplane broken.	4

28 February 1990. Wir Sind das Volk.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
35 + 15 pf.			Field number
I		White spot in gray area between letters D and A in DAS.	22 (partially)
II		White dot on the left wall.	23

20 March 1990. Famous men.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 pf.			Field number
I		Letters ch in praktische partially missing.	25

17 April 1990. Paleontology. 100 years of founding of the museum of natural sciences.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 pf.			Field number
I		Red line between fingers of the front right leg.	3, 13, 23, 33, 43

15 May 1990. 125th anniversary of International Telecommunications Union.

UNLISTED VARIETIES
10 pf.
1	Colored dot on right frame, next to the denomination.
2	Colored dot left from the left eye, dots above letter u in Huges.
3	Thin line, left from the keyboard.
4	Thin blue line above zero in 1990.
5	Colored dot above letter n in von.
6	Thin blue scratch left from the letter J in JAHRE.

5 June 1990. Youth stamp exhibition, Halle.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf.			Field number
I 3339III		Dot (a bird) between the 3rd and the 4th church towers.	?

24 July 1990. International literacy day. Printed in panes of 50 (10X5).

CONSTANT VARIETIES
30 + 5 pf.			Field number
I 3353I		The top horizontal canceling line shorter on the right side.	7, 45
II 3353II		The first letter from the right in the upper row damaged.	23
III		Red dot on the left side of the red triangle.	36
COINCIDENTAL VARIETIES
1		Shifted overprint.
panes
Complete pane

28 August 1990. 500th anniversary of the postal system in Europe.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
30 pf.			Field number
I		Black dot on postman’s hat.	10

2 October 1990. 100th anniversary of the death of Heinrich Schliemann.

UNLISTED VARIETIES
30 pf.
1	The second letter e in Doppelhenkelbecher.
2	Loop of the letter b in Doppelhenkelbecher broken.
3	The first zero in 1900 broken at top right.
50 pf.
1	Zero in year mark 1990 broken, looks like G (199G).

 

Bibliography

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