Germany-DDR 1985 WM in Underwater Orienteering

• Label : "Deutsche Post of the German Democratic Republic; 1985; commemorative stamps of the issue "2nd World Mastership in Underwater Orienteering";

issue of 2 stamps

Note:
The "2nd World Masterships" in Underwater Orienteering took place in the time 13 August 1985 - 16 August 1985 in the Great Stechlin Lake ("Großer Stechlinsee") at Neuglobsow (rural district Gransee).

Stamp datas:

• Catalogue numbers : Michel: No. 2961-2962; Yvert & Tellier: No. 2585-2586; Scott: No. 2490-2491
• Color: multicolored
• Watermark : none
• Nominal values : 10 - 70 (Pfennig)
• Postage validity : 13 August 1985 - 02 October 1990
• Designed by : Hilmar Zill (* 1940)
• Printed by : "Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei", Leipzig
• Print process : Photogravure on luminescating paper
• Perforation : Comb perforation, K 14
• Print runs :

- 10 (Pfennig) : 8,100,000 in sheets à 30 stamps (3x10)

- 70 (Pfennig) : 2,100,000 in sheets à 30 stamps (3x10)

• Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp without year line) : 60.5 x 21.0 mm

Commemorative stamps of the issue "2nd World Mastership in Underwater Orienteering";
(issue of 2 stamps)

Mint stamps

Michel No. 2961, mint

Michel No. 2962, mint

Postmarked stamps

Michel No. 2961, postmarked

Michel No. 2962, postmarked

To the stamp motives:
- 10 (Pfennig) : Diver at buoy (German: "Taucher an Wendeboje")
- 70 (Pfennig) : Route divers (German: "Streckentaucher")