Germany-DDR 1990 150 years of stamps

From Stamps of the World
  • Label : "Deutsche Post" of the German Democratic Republic; 1990, commemorative stamps of the issue "100 years of stamps";

issue of 4 stamps therefrom 1 stamp semi-postal

Stamp datas:

  • Catalogue numbers : Michel: No. 3329-3331; Yvert & Tellier: No. 2933-2935; Scott: No. 2817-2819
  • Color : multicolored
  • Watermark : none
  • Nominal values : 20 - 35+15 - 110 (Pfennig)
  • Postage validity : 08 May 1990 - 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 14
  • Print runs :
- 20 (Pfennig) : 8,000,000 in sheets à 50 stamps (10x5)
- 35+15 (Pfennig) : 4,000,000 in sheets à 50 stamps (10x5)
- 110 (Pfennig) : 2,000,000 in sheets à 50 stamps (10x5)
  • stamp size (Printed area of a single stamp without year line) : 23.5 x 29.0 mm


Commemorative stamps of the issue "100 years stamps";
(issue of 3 stamps therefrom 1 stamp semi-postal)

Mint stamps

Michel No. 3329, mint
Michel No. 3330, mint
Michel No. 3331, mint

Postmarked stamps

Michel No. 3329, postmarked
Michel No. 3330, postmarked
Michel No. 3331, postmarked


To the stamp motives:
- 20 (Pfennig) : Stamp "Großbritannien No. 1 from 1840 (Great Britain, so-called "Penny Black" = Queen Victoria)
- 35+15 (Pfennig) : Stamp "Sachsen No. 1" from 1850 (Saxony, number 3 in rectangle)
- 110 (Pfennig) : Stamp "German Democratic Republic No. 1" from 1949 (GDR, peace doves with letter)