Germany-DDR 1973 Leipzig Trade Fair - Autumn 1973

• Label : "Deutsche Post" of the German Democratic Republic; 1973; commemorative stamp of the issue "Leipzig Trade Fair – Autumn 1973";
  

(issue of 2 stamps)

Stamp datas:

• Catalogue number : Michel: No. 1872+1873; Yvert & Tellier: 1564+1565; Scott: No. 1485+1486
• Color : multicolored
• Watermark : none
• Nominal value : 10 - 25 (Pfennig)
• Postage validity :

- 11 September 1973 – 02 October 1990

- 28 August 1973 – 02 October 1990 (other source)

• Designed by : Manfred Gottschall (1937-2015)
• Printed by : "Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei", Leipzig
• Print process : Photogravure on luminescent paper
• Perforation : Comb perforation, K 14
• Print run :

- 10 (Pfennig) : 7.000,000

- 25 (Pfennig) : 5,000,000

• Stamp size (Printed area of a single stamp) : 38.5 x 21.0 mm

Commemorative stamp of the issue "Leipzig Trade Fair – Autumn 1973";
(issue of 2 stamps)

Stamp, mint

Michel No. 1872, mint

Michel No. 1873, mint

Stamp, postmarked

Michel No. 1872, postmarked

Michel No. 1873, postmarked

To the stamp motive:
- 10 (Pfennig) : Devices for camping and leisure
- 25 (Pfennig) : Devices for sports play and home work