File:Stamp 1990 GDR MiNr3299 pm B002.jpg

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Stamp of the German Democratic Republic; 1990; commemorative stamp of the issue "500 year postal connection in Europe"; issue of 1 stamp; joint issue by the "Deutsche Bundespost" (Federal Republic of Germany), "Deutsche Bundespost Berlin" (Berlin (West), "Deutsche Post der DDR" (German Democratic Republic), Austria and Belgium.; The depicted stamp is GDR Michel No. 3299 and show as motive a detail of the engraving by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1526) "Der kleine Postreiter" (English: "The Small Courier“ or "The Young Post Rider", engraving created ca. 1496, contemporary loacation: "Rijksmuseum Amsterdam").; This stamp (GDR) was postmarked with an one-circle first-day special postmark with 40.0 mm diameter from 1085 Berlin, showing an emblem (posthorn) of the "Deutsche Post der DDR" inside year numbers and with insciption. This "Postrider" had used a street Amsterdam-Mechelen-Eupen-Rheinböllen-Rastatt-Löfflingen-Sulzberg-Innsbruck, called "Beaulieu" (1656 completed) with horse change stop stations for the supply of the riders with fresh horses. (distances: Mechelen-Eupen: ca. 184 km; Eupen-Rheinböllen: ca. 171 km; Rheinböllen-Rastatt: ca. 189 km, Rastatt-Löffingen: ca. 173 km, Löffingen-Sulzberg: ca. 179 km, Sulzberg-Innsbruck: ca. 128 km)
Stamp:
- "Deutsche Post der DDR": Michel: No. 3299; Yvert & Tellier: No. 2899; Scott: No. 2791
- "Deutsche Bundespost (DBP)": Michel: No. 1445, Yvert & Tellier: No. 1277; Scott: No. 1592; AFA: No. 2387
- "Deutsche Pundespost Berlin (DBPB)": Michel: No. 860; Yverrt & Tellier: No. 821: Scott: No. 9N584; AFA: No. 858
- "De Post – La Poste" (existed 1830-2000 in Belgium): Michel: No. 2402; Yvert & Tellier: No. 2351; Scott: No. 1332; AFA: No. 2414
- "Österreichische Post- und Telegraphenverwaltung" (existed 1849-1996 in Austria): Michel: No. 1878; Yvert & Tellier: No. 1808; Scott: No. 1486; AFA: No. 1870
Color: rosa brown / black (all countries)
Watermark: none (all countries)
Nominal value:
- GDR: 35 (Pfennig)
- FRG + Berlin (West): 100 (Pfennig)
- Belgium: 14 (BEF)
- Austria: 5 (ATS or ÖS)
Postage validity:

- GDR: from 12 January 1990 until 2 October 1990
date QS:P,+1990-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P580,+1990-01-12T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1990-10-02T00:00:00Z/11

- FRG: from 12 January 1990 until 30 June 2002

- Berlin (West): from 12 January 1990 until 31 December 1991
date QS:P,+1990-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1990-01-12T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1991-12-31T00:00:00Z/11

- Belgium: from 13 January 1990
date QS:P,+1990-01-13T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1990-01-13T00:00:00Z/11

- Austria: from 12 January 1990 until 30 June 2002
Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp without below line): 25.0 x 32.0 mm

Postmark: 1085 Berlin, (GDR)
Date (first issue day of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author "Ministerium für Post und Fernmeldewesen" of the German Democratic Republic
Permission
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This file was previously considered to be in the public domain as a German stamp; it is possible that it is in the public domain for other reasons, in which case a new rationale will be applied as part of the review process. See below for the previous rationale.
Previous public domain rationale, no longer applicable
Public domain
This stamp is in the public domain in Germany because it was released by the postal administration of the German Democratic Republic or the Soviet occupation zone (Deutschen Post der DDR) whose legal successor is the Federal Republic of Germany. Thus it is an official work according to German copyright law (§ 5 Abs. 1 UrhG).

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it existing also a maximum card of the Belgian Post to this occasion showing a map of the Amsterdam-Innsbruck-route beside the Belgian issue of this stamp inclusive special cancellation.

  • GDR-variant, mint
    GDR-variant, mint
  • The FRG-variant, mint
    The FRG-variant, mint
  • The Berlin-variant, mint
    The Berlin-variant, mint
  • The original engraving by Albrecht Dürer
    The original engraving by Albrecht Dürer
  • The FRG- and Berlin-variant, postmarked
    The FRG- and Berlin-variant, postmarked
Picture description Detail of the engraving "The Young Post Rider" by Albrecht Dürer (1477-1526, engraving created ca. 1496) (stamp),

logo of the "Deutsche Post der DDR" (posthorn) (postmark)

First day of issue
Publisher "Ministerium für Post und Fernmeldewesen" of the German Democratic Republic
Design - Albrecht Dürer (1471-1526) (creator of the depicted artwork),

- Reinhold Gerstetter (* 1945) (Austria),
- J.Kanior (FRG + Berlin),
- GDR and Belgium: unknown (co-worker of the printery)

Printer - GDR:"VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei", Leipzig

- FRG, Berlin (West): "Bundesdruckei", Berlin
- Austria: "Österreichische Staatsdruckerei", Vienna
- Belgium: unknown (probably Mechelen)

Printing technique - Offset printing + Recess printing, combined on luminescent paper (FRG, Berlin (West), BEL)

- Offset printing on luminescent paper (GDR)
- Photogravure + Recess printing, combined on non-luminescent paper (AUT)

Circulation - 2,100,000 stamps in sheets à 40 stamps (GDR)

- 59,780,000 (FRG)
- 15,618,000 (Berlin (West))
- 10,000,000 (Belgium)
- unknown (Austria)

Perforation Comb perforation,

- GDR: K 13 : 13½
- FRG + Berlin (West) + AUT: K 13¾ : 14
- BEL: K 11¾ : 11½

MICHEL Nr. Deutsche Demokratische Republik, Nr. 3299
SCOTT Nr. German Democratic Republic, No. 2791

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