Germany-DDR 1989 Meissen Porcelain

• Label : "Deutsche Post" of the German Democratic Republic; 1989; commemorative stamps of the issue "250 years of the "Onion Pattern" on Meissen porcelain" or "Meissen Porcelain - III";
  

meant is porcelain of the "Porzellanmanufaktur Meissen" (Saxony); issue of 2 x 4 stamps (identical motive but different formats)
smaller format : 4 single stamps and 1 se-tenant à 4 stamps;
greater format : 1 se-tenants à 4 stamps

Stamp datas:

• Catalig numbers :

- Michel (smaller format): No. 3241I-3244I

- Michel (greater format): No. 3241II-3244II

- Yvert & Tellier (smaller format): No. 2846

- Yvert & Tellier (greater format): No. 2850-2853

- Scott (smaller format): No. 2740-2743

- Scott (greater format): No. 2744a-2744d

- AFA (smaller format): No. 2901-2904

- AFA (greater format): No. 2901A-2904A

• Color : multicolored
• Watermark : none
• Nominal value : 10 - 20 - 35 - 70 (Pfennig)
• Postage validity : 18 April 1989 - 02 October 1990
• Designed by : Joachim Rieß (* 1937)
• Printed by : "Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei", Leipzig
• Print process : Offset printing on luminescent paper
• Perforation :

- smaller format: comb perforation, K 12½ : 13

- greater format: comb perforation, K 14

• Print runs :

- 10 (Pfennig, smaller format) : 8,000,000 in sheets à 50 stamps (10x5)

- 10 (Pfennig, greater format) : 3,000,000 in se-tenants, each à 4 stamps (2x2)

- 20 (Pfennig, smaller format) : 8,000,000 in sheets à 50 stamps (10x5)

- 20 (Pfennig, greater format) : 3,000,000 in se-tenants, each à 4 stamps (2x3)

- 35 (Pfennig, smaller format) : 3,500,000 in sheets à 50 stamps (10x5)

- 35 (Pfennig, greater format) : 3,000,000 in se-tenants, each à 4 stamps (2x2)

- 70 (Pfennig, smaller format) : 2,100,000 in sheets à 50 stamps (10x5)

- 70 (Pfennig, greater format) : 3,000,000 in se-tenants, each à 4 stamps (2x2)

• stamp size :

- smaller format (printed area of a single stamp without frame and year line): 22.0 x 39.0 mm

- greater format (printed area of a single stamp without frame and year line): 29.0 x 51.0 mm

Commemorative stamps of the issue "250 years of the "Onion Pattern" on Meissen porcelain";
(issue of 2 x 4 stamps (identical motive but different formats)

Mint stamps

(smaller format = Michel type "I")

Michel No. 3241I, mint

Michel No. 3242I, mint

Michel No. 3243I, mint

Michel No. 3244I, mint

Postmarked stamps

(smaller format = Michel type "I")

Michel No. 3241I, postmarked

Michel No. 3242I, postmarked

Michel No. 3243I, postmarked

Michel No. 3244I, postmarked

Se-tenant

(greater format = Michel type "II")

Se-tenant Michel 3241II3244II, mint

Se-tenant Michel 3241II3244II, postmarked

To the stamp motives:
- 10 (Pfennig) : Tea Caddy (18th century)
- 20 (Pfennig) : Vase (1908)
- 45 (Pfennig) : Breadboard (1855)
- 70 (Pfennig) : Coffee pot (1745)