Germany-Unified 1990 500 years European postal connections

Edition : "Deutsche Bundespost"; 1990; art reproduction page to the issue "500 years of European postal connections""; faksimile-print of the "Bundesdruckerei Berlin" of the copper-etching by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) with the etching "The little Postrider" (etching created ca. in 1496); original etching contemporary in the Castle Museum of "Schloss Friedenstein", Gotha - there in the "Kupferstichkabinett" (Thuringia, Germany) with Inventar-number 8,5/311; page with faksimile-print, stamp and special postmark; issue of 1 stamp as parallel issue of 3 Posts
Catalogue N°s : Michel: No. 1445; Yvert et Tellier: 1277; Scott: No. 1592; AFA: No. 2387; Berlin-West Mi860; DDR Mi3354-3357
Issue Dates : 12 January 1990 - 28 August 1990
Watermark : none
Nominal value : 100 (Pfennig)
Postage validity : to 30 June 2002
Designed by : Jacek Kanior (Jakob) (* 1952)
Printed by : "Bundesdruckerei", Berlin
Print Process : Recess printing and offset printing, combined

- stamp: printed on luminescent paper

- faksimile: printed on hand-made paper

- Faksimile: 107.0 x 75.0 mm

- stamp: printed area of a single stamp ("Deutsche Bundespost") : 23.5 x 28.5 mm

Variants : common issue with the German Democratic Republic (Michel No. 3299) and Berlin (West) ("Deutsche Bundesport Berlin") (Michel No. 860)

- stamp also imperforate (Berlin-W)

- "Deutsche Bundespost": special postmark from 90562 Heroldsberg (Bavaria, Germany), 09-07-1993, laying oval with 34 mm high and 45 mm width

Stamps of the issue "500 years of European postal connections"
(issue of 1 stamp as parallel issue of 3 Posts)

File:Germany-Unified 1990 500 years European postal connections a.jpg "Deutsche Bundespost", mint	File:Germany-Unified 1990 500 years European postal connections a.jpg "Deutsche Bundespost", postmarked
File:Germany-Unified 1990 500 years European postal connections a.jpg "Deutsche Bundespost Berlin", mint	File:Germany-Unified 1990 500 years European postal connections a.jpg "Deutsche Bundespost Berlin", postmarked
File:Germany-Unified 1990 500 years European postal connections a.jpg "Deutsche Demokratische Republik", mint	File:Germany-Unified 1990 500 years European postal connections a.jpg "Deutsche Demokratische Republik", postmarked

The stamp motive shows the copper etching by Albrecht Dürer, "The little Postrider", created ca. 1496.

Souvenir pages (art-reproductions, stamp covers, cards etc.)

Faksimile print of the original copper etching with stamp of the "Deutsche Bundespost"

Faksimile: The page has the 4-digit-number "1044" (on the backside).