Germany-DDR 1983 Coat of arms - I

• Label : "Deutsche Post" of the German Democratic Republic; 1983; commemorative stamps of the issue "Coat of arms of the district capitals of the GDR – I";
  

(issue of 5 stamps)

Stamp datas:

• Catalogue numbers : Michel: 2817-2821; Yvert & Tellier: No. 2460-2464; Scott: No. 2364-2368; AFA: 2510-2514
• Colors : multicolored with silver
• Watermark : none
• Nominal values : each 50 (Pfennig)
• Postage validity : 09 August 1983 – 02 October 1990
• Designed by : Harald Stier
• Printed by : "Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei", Leipzig
• Print process : Photogravure on luminescent paper
• Perforation : Comb perforation, K 14
• Print runs :

- Berlin, Cottbus, Dresden, Erfurt : 2,500,000 each

- Frankfurt/Oder : 2,100,000

• Stamp size :

- Cottbus, Dresden, Erfurt, Frankfurt/Oder : 17.5 x 21.0 mm

- Berlin : 21.5 x 39.0 mm

Commemorative stamps of the issue "Coat of arms of the district capitals of the GDR – I";
(issue of 5 stamps)

Stamps, mint

Michel No. 2817, Berlin, mint	Michel No. 2818, Cottbus, mint	Michel No. 2819, Dresden, mint
Michel No. 2820, Erfurt, mint	Michel No. 2821, Frankfurt/Oder, mint

Stamps, postmarked

Michel No. 2817, postmarked	Michel No. 2818, postmarked	Michel No. 2819, postmarked
Michel No. 2820, postmarked	Michel No. 2821, postmarked

FDC

FDC to this issue

To the stamp motives:
- 50 (Pfennig, Michel No. 2817) : Coat of arms of Berlin
- 50 (Pfennig, Michel No. 2818) : Coat of arms of Cottbus
- 50 (Pfennig, Michel No. 2819) : Coat of arms of Dresden
- 50 (Pfennig, Michel No. 2820) : Coat of arms of Erfurt
- 50 (Pfennig, Michel No. 2821) : Coat of arms of Frankfurt/Oder