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 |
 |
White spot on bottom antenna. |
? |
23 February 1971. Prominent Germans.
| CONSTANT VARIETIES |
| 20 pf., rose lake |
Field number |
| I |
 |
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 |
 |
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 |
 |
Indentation in frame below letters P and U in REPUBLIK. |
6 |
1 |
| II |
 |
Indentation in the lower right inner corner of the frame. |
10 |
1 |
| III |
 |
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 |
 |
Thin horizontal line on left frame, next to letters H and E of DEUTSCHE. |
3 |
? |
| II |
 |
Dot outside left frame, next to letters H and E of DEUTSCHE. |
3 |
1 |
| III |
 |
Additional dot on the right ornament. |
23 |
1 |
| IV |
|
Black dot on the bottom pearl. |
24 |
1 |
| V |
 |
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 |
 |
Thin curved line next to right mouth corner. |
8 |
? |
| II |
 |
Thin line next to right mouth corner. |
8 |
1 |
23 November 1971. Sorbian dance costumes.
| TYPES |
| 10 pf., multicolored |
Type A |
Type Ba |
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 |
 |
Red dots above letter r in Sorbische. |
6 |
| II |
 |
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 |
 |
Red spot on the right side of the flower. |
? |
22 August 1972. International book year.
| CONSTANT VARIETIES |
| 50 pf., multicolored |
Field number |
| I |
 |
Horizontal stroke of numeral 5 broken. |
? |
19 September 1972. Philatelic exhibition Interartes, Berlin.
| CONSTANT VARIETIES |
| 15 + 5 pf., multicolored |
Field number |
| I |
 |
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 |
 |
The first letter E in DEUTSCHE broken in the middle. |
? |
| 35 pf., multicolored |
Field number |
| I |
 |
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.
28 November 1972. Children’s television characters.
| CONSTANT VARIETIES |
| 5 pf., multicolored |
Field number |
| I
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 |
 |
Black dot on the right page. |
? |
13 February 1973. Festival of Youths and Students, Berlin.
| CONSTANT VARIETIES |
| 25 + 5 pf., multicolored |
Field number |
| I |
 |
Dot below the second t in Hauptstadt. |
31 |
20 March 1973. Songbirds.
| CONSTANT VARIETIES |
| 20 pf., multicolored |
Field number |
| I |
 |
Colored dot next to right bird’s right foot. |
? |
| 40 pf., multicolored |
Field number |
| I |
 |
Green dot on grass below bird’s tail. |
? |
22 May 1973. Railroad Cars of GDR.
| CONSTANT VARIETIES |
| 5 pf., multicolored |
Field number |
| I |
 |
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 |
 |
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 |
 |
Colored dot on numeral 1 in denomination. |
? |
| 25 pf., |
Field number |
| I |
 |
A circle in Herder’s hair. |
? |
3 July 1973. Youth festival, Berlin.
| 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 |
 |
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 |
 |
Black dot below letter m in Volksmärchen. |
? |
| 25 pf., multicolored |
Field number |
| I
1905I |
 |
Blue dot on sea foam. |
? |
26 February 1974. World Handball Championship.
10 September 1974. Arnstadt Castle Museum.
| CONSTANT VARIETIES |
| 20 pf., multicolored |
Field number |
| I |
 |
Letter N in PUPPENSTADT short at top. |
16 |
| II |
 |
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 |
 |
Colored dot on the left hand of the man in bottom left corner. |
? |
| II
1988II |
 |
Colored smudge right from chin of the left man. |
? |
| 20 pf., multicolored |
Field number |
| I
1989I |
 |
Colored dot on the right ankle of the man with harmonica. |
? |
| I
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 |
 |
Colored dot between words JUNGER and PIONIERE. |
? |
| I
1994III |
 |
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 |
 |
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 |
 |
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 |
 |
Numeral 3 in denomination horizontally broken. |
? |
18 November 1975. Fairy tales: The Emperor’s New Clothes.
2 December 1975. Winter Olympic Games, Innsbruck.
| CONSTANT VARIETIES |
| 1 M., multicolored |
Field number |
| I
2105I |
 |
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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