Germany-DDR 1985 IOC-Session

• Label : "Deutsche Post" of the German Democratic Republic; 1985; commemorative se-tenant to the issue "90th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Berlin";
  

issue of 1 se-tenant à 1 stamp + 1 decorative side field

Note:
The "90th General session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)" took place in the time 04-06 June 1985 in the Palace of the Republic in Berlin (East) and was organised by the then DTSB (German for "Deutscher Turn- uns Sportbund" = English: "German Gymnastics and Sports Association") of the GDR.

Stamp datas:

• Catalogue numbers : Michel: No. 2949 (se-tenant: No. WZd635); Yvert & Tellier: No. 2574 (se-tenant: No. 2574)
• Color : multicolored, dark light-blue dominating
• Watermark : none
• Nominal value : 35 (Pfennig)
• Postage validity : 28 May 1985 – 02 October 1990
• Designed by : Peter Korn
• Printed by : "Deutsche Wertzeichendruckerei", Leipzig
• Print process : Offset printing on luminescating paper
• Perforation : Comb perforation, K 14
• Print run : 3,600,000 in sheets à 25 se-tenants (5x5)
• Stamp size :

- printed area of a single stamo as distance between the tangents of the perforation lines : 26.5 x 31.5 mm

- printed area of a entire se-tenent as distance between the tangents of the perforation lines : 54.0 x 31.5 mm

Commemorative se-tenant of the issue "90th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Berlin";
(issue of 1 se-tenant à 1 stamp + 1 decorative side field)

Se-tenant

Michel No. WZd635, mint

Michel No. WZd635, postmarked

Cover, cards, and philatelic souvenirs

speciality : special R-label (SbPA = "Selbstbedienungspostamt") to this session

Souvenir envelope to the 90th IOC-session in Berlin, postmarked at "1025 Berlin 25", 08-06-1985, registered letter

Souvenir envelope to the stamp exhibition "Sport'85" on occasion of the 90th IOC session; postmarked at "1025 Berlin 25", 08-06-1985, registered letter

To the stamp motive:
- 35 (Pfennig) : The Olympic Flag
- decorative side field : The Olympic Flame and stylized stadium curves
- First Day Postmark 1 : "1085 Berlin", 28-05-1985, one-circle special cancellation with 35.0 mm diameter and the Olympic Flag over insription
- First Day Postmark 2 : "1025 Berlin 25" (= Post Office in the Palace of the Republic), 08-06-1985, one-circle special cancellation with 40.0 mm diameter and the Red town hall of Berlin over the Olympic rings as central motive
- First Day Postmark 3 : "1025 Berlin 25" (= Post Office in the Palace of the Republic), ß8-06-1985. One-circle special cancellation with 40,0 mm diameter and the logo to the stamp exhibition "SPORT 85" on the same occasion in the Palace of the Republic