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

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3 March 1961. Leipzig Spring Fair.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
25 pf.
I		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.
25 pf.
1	Letter R in REPUBLIK with dot on top left.
40 pf.
1	Letter H in DEUTSCHE with a dot at top left.

25 May 1961. Pioneers’ meeting in Erfurt.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
10 + 5 pf.
I		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		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		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		Colored dot between letters R and T in GARTENBAUAUSSTELLUNG.
		Field №: 9	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
20 pf.
I		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		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		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.

2 July 1962. Baltic sea week, Rostov.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf.
I		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		Colored dot above letter S in FESTIVAL.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.905I
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
15 + 5 pf.
I		Colored dot above letter S in FESTIVAL.
		Field №: ?	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: Michel Mi.906I
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
15 + 5 pf.
I		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		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		Horizontal line above cockpit.
		Field №: 28	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –
		Value €: –
III		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.

6 February 1963. Fight against malaria.

UNLISTED VARIETIES
25 pf
1	Black dot on the outline of the snake.

14 May 1963. Centenary of International Red Cross.

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf.
I		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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.

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

CONSTANT VARIETIES
20 pf.
I		Letter W in GROTEWOHL damaged on the right side.
		Field №: 37	Pane: N/A
		Other nomenclatures: –
		Notes: –
		Value €: –

 

References

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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