Germany-DDR 1972 Minerals
From Stamps of the World
- Label : "Deutsche Post" of the German Democratic Republic; 1972; commemorative stamps of the issue "Founded Minerals";
(issue of 6 stamps)
Stamp datas:
- Catalogue numbers : Michel: No. 1737-1742; Yvert & Tellier: No. 1427-1432; Scott: No. 1354-1359; AFA: 1486-1491
- Colors : multicolored
- Watermark : none
- Nominal values : 5 – 10 – 20 – 25 – 35 – 50 (Pfennig)
- Postage validity : 22 February 1972 – 92 October 1990
- Designed by : Lothar Grünewald
- Printed by : "Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei", Leipzig
- Print process : Photogravure on luminescent paper
- Perforation : Comb perforation, K 13
- Print runs :
- - 5 (Pfennig) : 6,000,000
- - 10 (Pfennig) : 10,200,000
- - 20 (Pfennig) : 10,200,000
- - 25 (Pfennig) : 5,100,000
- - 35 (Pfennig) : 6,000,000
- - 50 (Pfennig) : 1,920,000
- Stamp size (Printed area of a single stamp) : 36.0 x 35.5 mm
Commemorative stamps of the issue "Founded Minerals";
(issue of 6 stamps)
Stamps, mint
Stamps, postmarked
To the stamp motives:
- 5 (Pfennig) : Gypsum from Eisleben (Saxony-Anhalt)
- 10 (Pfennig) . Zinnwaldite from Zinnwald (Ore Mountains, Saxony)
- 20 (Pfennig) : Malachite from Ullersreuth (Vogtland, Thuringia)
- 25 (Pfennig) : Amethyst from Wiesenbad (Ore Mountains, Saxony)
- 35 (Pfennig) : Halite from Merkers (Rhön Mountains, Thuringia)
- 50 (Pfennig) : Proustite from Schneebrg (Ore Mountains, Saxony)











