Germany-DDR 1973 10th World Festival, Berlin 1973
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- Label : "Deutsche Post" of the German Democratic Republic; 1973; commemorative stamps of the issue "10th World Festival of Youth and Students" 1973 in Berlin (East);
(issue of 2 semi-postal stamps + 5 normal stamps + 1 block à 1 stamp)
Stamp datas:
- Catalogue numbers : Michel; No. 1829+1830 (semi-postal stamps), No. 1862-1866 (normal stamps), Block No. 38 (1867) (block(; Yvert & Tellier: No. 1527+1528 (semi-postal), No.1555-1559 (normal) + No. BF33 (block); Scott: No. B170+B171 (semi-postal), No. 1477-1481 (normal stamps), No. 1482 (block); AFA: No. 1571+1572 (semi-postal), No. 1604-1608 (normal), ?
- Colors : multicolored
- Watermark : none
- Nominal values : 5 – 10+5 – 15 – 20 – 25+5 - 30 – 35 (Pfennig)
- Postage validity :
- - stamps : 03 July 1973 – 02 October 1990
- - block : 24 July 1973 – 02 October 1990
- Designed by :
- - stamps : Manfred Gottschall (1937-2015)
- - block: Hans Detlefsen (1923-1992)
- Printed by : "Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei", Berlin
- Print process : Offset printing on luminescent paper
- Perforation :
- - stamps : Comb perforation, K 12½ : 13
- - block : Harrow perforation, Ks 12½ : 13
- Print runs :
- - 5 (Pfennig) : 7,000,000
- - 10+5 (Pfennig) : 10,000,000
- - 15 (Pfennig) : 5,000,000
- - 20 (Pfennig) : 7,000,000
- - 25+5 (Pfennig) : 10,000,000
- - 30 (Pfennig) : 3,000,000
- - 35 (Pfennig) : 5,000,000
- - 50 (Pfennig) : 3,500,000 blocks
- Stamp size :
- - printed area of a single stamp : 21.5 x 39.0 mm
- - printed area of a block : 78.0 x 88.5 mm
- - cutted format of a block : 87.0 x 108.0 mm
Commemorative stamps of the issue "10th World Festival of Youth and Students" 1973 in Berlin (East);:
(issue of 2 semi-postal stamps + 5 normal stamps + 1 block à 1 stamp)
Stamps, mint
Stamps, postmarked
Block
To the stamp motives:
- 5 (Pfennig) : Fireworks over Berlin (East)
- 10+5 (Pfennig) : Flags and Berlin world clock
- 15 (Pfennig) : Asian and European
- 20 (Pfennig) : Energy supplement system workers
- 25+5 (Pfennig) : Singing youth people and peace dove
- 30 (Pfennig) : Development help
- 35 (Pfennig) : Emblems