Germany-DDR 1989 Epiphyllums

• Label : "Deutsche Post" of the German Democratic Republic; stamps of the commemorative issue "Epiphyllum-hybrids with flowers"; issue of 3 stamps
  

Stamp datas:

• Catalogue numbers : Michel: No. 3276-3278; Yvert & Tellier: 2881.2883; Scott: No. 2773-2775
• Colors : multicolored
• Watermark : none
• Nominal values : 10 - 35 - 50 (Pfennig)
• Postage validity : 10 September 1989 - 02 October 1990
• Designed by : Manfred Gottschall (1937-2015)
• Printed by : "Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei", Leipzig
• Print process : Offset printing on luminescent paper
• Perforation : Comb perforation, K 13
• Print run :

- 10 (Pfennig) : 8,000,000 in sheets à 40 stamps (8x5)

- 35 (Pfennig) : 3,600,000 in sheets à 40 stamps (8x5)

- 50 (Pfennig) : 2,100,000 in sheets à 40 stamps (8x5)

• Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp without year line): 31.0 x 31.0 mm

Stamps of the issue "Epiphyllum-hybrids with flowers"
(issue of 3 stamps)

Mint stamps

Postmarked stamps

Michel No. 3276, postmarked

Michel No, 3277, postmarked

Michel No. 3278, postmarked

To the stamp motives:
- 10 (Pfennig) : Cactus "Epiphyllum hybrid "Adriana""
- 35 (Pfennig) : Cactus "Epiphyllum hybrid "Feuerzauber""
- 50 (Pfennig) : Cactus "Epiphyllum hybrid "Franzosko""