German Democratic Republic (East Germany) Covers

Silbermann Organs, pipe organs built by the famous German organ builder Gottfried Silbermann and by his workshop, issued on January 27, 1976.

historic coaches, issued on July 27, 1976.

Old sailing ships, issued on September 20, 1988.

These are all great. It is hard to pick a favorite, but you don't often see a collection of organs. I will have to go with them as a favorite. Such a nice collection your have.

Thank you very much, Wintertime! Indeed the colorful set of organ is very attractive and also one of my favorites. Hope you like the next group about "Cities in the DDR".

25th anniversary of the founding of Eisenhuttenstadt, issued on June 10, 1975.

The 1000th anniversary of Weimar, issued on September 23, 1975.

- Weimar, Town View (1650)
- Buchenwald concentration camp memorial in Weimar
- Historic and New Buildings in Weimar

District Cities in the North of the DDR, issued on April 5, 1988.

- Wismar
- Anklam
- Ribnitz Damgarten
- Stralsund
- Bergen
- Greifswald

Yes, LaoPhil. These are all very nice. The image of the commemorative wax seal for the 1000 year anniversary of Weimar is a nice touch, and the different design styles on each of the stamps on that cover are very interesting. I can't even begin to imagine 1000 years.

This album page is a unique non-philatelic item. It contains the Karl Marx Year miniature sheet issued by East Germany in 1953, together with Soviet stamps related to communism. The center stamp and the commemorative postmark were issued by the Soviet Union to commemorate the 25th Congress of the Communist Party, held in Moscow on February 24 to March 5, 1976. The page also bears the signature of Erich Honecker, who served as General Secretary of the Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (SED) from 1971 to 1989.

This page is one of several from an album containing communist-themed stamps. Every page includes the same Soviet stamp and cancellation commemorating the 25th Congress of the Communist Party, together with a personal signature of a different communist party or state leader from around the world. I assume that a communist stamp collector prepared these pages and obtained the signatures from participants at the Congress. The collector continued to add stamps related to the same theme in the years that followed.


As for the Karl Marx Year miniature sheet on this page, it is one of two miniature sheets issued by DDR in 1953. Unfortunately, perhaps out of enthusiasm, the collector mounted one complete miniature sheet on this page but cut the 10-pfennig stamp from the second miniature sheet and pasted it over the upper-right stamp of the mounted sheet. In addition, he cut out the portrait of Marx and Engels from the margin of the second miniature sheet and pasted it over the 6-pfennig stamp of the mounted sheet, which originally depicted an industrial factory. I assume he created this personalized miniature sheet so that every stamp would feature Marx and Engels (or, maybe, to cover Stalin on the flags of both stamps?). In doing so, he destroyed both Karl Marx Year miniature sheets.

Post Office Buildings in DDR.

Stamp Day, Issued on October 21, 1975.

Historical Post Offices, issued on February 3, 1987.


Modern Post Offices, issued on February 2, 1988.

Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811)
Heinrich von Kleist was one of Germany's greatest dramatists and short-story writers, renowned for works such as The Broken Jug, The Prince of Homburg, and Michael Kohlhaas. His innovative style and psychological depth made him a major figure in German literature.
Issued on October 18, 1977.


Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826)
Carl Maria von Weber was a German composer, conductor, and pianist who helped establish German Romantic opera. His masterpiece Der Freischütz became one of the most influential operas of the 19th century.
issued on November 4, 1986.

L. L. Zamenhof (1859–1917)
Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof was a Polish-Jewish physician and linguist who created Esperanto, the world's most successful international auxiliary language. He hoped that a common neutral language would promote peace and understanding among nations.
Issued on July 7, 1987.

Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956)
Bertolt Brecht was a German playwright, poet, and theatre director who revolutionized modern drama through his concept of epic theatre. His best-known works include The Threepenny Opera and Mother Courage and Her Children.
Issued on February 2, 1988.

Joseph von Eichendorff (1788–1857)
Joseph von Eichendorff was a leading German Romantic poet and novelist whose works celebrated nature, travel, and spirituality. His poetry inspired many composers, including Robert Schumann and Hugo Wolf.
Issued on March 8, 1988.

Ulrich von Hutten (1488–1523)
Ulrich von Hutten was a German humanist, poet, and knight who supported the Protestant Reformation and defended Martin Luther through his writings. He became a symbol of intellectual freedom and resistance to ecclesiastical authority.
Issued on April 5, 1988.