Germany-DDR 1986 750 years of Berlin - I
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- Label : "Deutsche Post" of the German Democratic Republic; 1986; commemorative stamps of the issue "750 years of Berlin - I";
issue of 4 stamps + 1 block
Stamp datas:
- Catalogue numbers : Michel: No. 3023-3026 (+ Block 84 (3027); Ybert & Tellier: No. 2645-2650 (+ BF83); Scott: No. 2546-2549 (+ 2550)
- Colors :
- - 10, 20, 50 (Pfennig) : multicolored
- - 70 (Pfennig) : dark green olive / dark siena
- - 1 M (Mark) : green black / dark siena
- Watermark : none
- Nominal values : 10 - 20 - 50 - 70 (Pfennig) - 1,- M (Mark)
- Postage validity : 03 June 1986 - 02 October 1990
- Designed by : Detlef Glinski
- Printed by : "Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei", Leipzig
- Print process :
- - stamps : Recess printing and offset printing, combined on luminescent paper
- - block : Recess printing on luminescent paper
- Perforation :
- - stamps : Comb perforation, K 12½ : 13
- - block : Harrow perforation, Ks 12½ : 13
- Print runs :
- - 10 (Pfennig) : 24,000,000 in sheets à 50 stamps (10x5)
- - 20 (Pfennig) : 8,000,000 in sheets à 50 stamps (5x10)
- - 50 (Pfennig) : 4,000,000 in sheets à 50 stamps (5x10)
- - 70 (Pfennig) : 4,000,000 in sheets à 50 stamps (10x5)
- - 1,- M (Mark) : 2,100,000 blocks
- Stamp size :
- - stamps, vertical format: 21.5 x 39.0 mm
- - stamps, horizontal format: 39.0 x 31.5 mm
- - block stamp: 24.0 x 42.0 mm
- - block, cutted format: 55.0 x 80.5 mm
Commemorative stamps of the issue "750 years of Berlin - I";
(issue of 4 stamps + 1 block)
Mint stamps
Postmarked stamps
Block
To the stamp motives:
- 10 (Pfennig) : The oldest town seal from Berlin (1253)
- 20 (Pfennig) : Historical town map of Berlin (1648)
- 50 (Pfennig) : The oldest coat of arms of Berlin (around of 1280)
- 70 (Pfennig) : The "Nikolaikirche" ("Church of Saint Nicholas") (around of 1832)
- 1,- M (Mark) : Bird's eye view to Berlin with the "New Town House" (then "Haus des Ministerrates der DDR", contemporary "Amtssitz der Senatsverwaltung für Inneres"), built 1902-1911
