Germany-DDR 1990 European Aviation Exhibition

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  • Label : "Deutsche Post"of the German Democratic Republic; 1990; commemorative stamps (therefrom 1 semi-postal) of the issue "European Aviation Exhibition "Lilienthal'91"";

issue of 4 stamps therefrom 1 stamp semi-postal

Stamp datas:

  • Catalogue numbers : Michel: No. 3311-3314; Yvert & Tellier: No. 2915-2918; Scott: No. 2800-2803
  • Color : multicolored
  • Watermark : none
  • Nominal values : 20 - 35+5 - 50 - 90 (Pfennig)
  • Postage validity : 20 February 1990 - 02 October 1990
  • Designed by : Joachim Rieß (* 1937)
  • Printed by : "Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei", Leipzig
  • Print process : Offset printing on luminescent paper
  • Perforation : Comb perforation, K 13
  • Print runs :
- 20 (Pfennig) : 8,000,000 in sheets à 40 stamps (8x5)
- 35+5 (Pfennig) : 3.500,000 in sheets à 40 stamps (8x5)
- 50 (Pfennig) : 3,000,000 in sheets à 40 stamps (8x5)
- 90 (Pfennig) : 2,100,000 in sheets à 40 stamps (8x5)
  • Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp without frame and year line): 29.5 x 29.5 mm


Commemorative stamps of the issue "European Aviation Exhibition "Lilienthal'91"";
(issue of 4 stamps therefrom 1 stamp semi-postal)

Mint stamps

Michel No. 3311, mint
Michel No. 3312, mint
Michel No. 3313, mint
Michel No. 3314, mint

Postmarked stamps

Michel No. 3311, postmarked
Michel No. 3312, postmarked
Michel No. 3313, postmarked
Michel No. 3314, postmarked


To he stamp motives:
- 20 (Pfennig) : Sketch of an ensign blades aircraft apparatus ("Schwingflügel-Flugapparat") by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
- 35+5 (Pfennig) : Sketch of an ensign blades aircraft apparatus ("Schwingflügel-Flugapparat") by Melchior Bauer (1733-?)
- 50 (Pfennig) : Sketch of an ensign blades aircraft apparatus ("Schwingflügel-Flugapparat") by Albrecht-Ludwig Berblinger (1770-1829)
- 90 (Pfennig) : Normal Sail Apparatus by Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896)