German Democratic Republic (East Germany) Covers

Paintings, issued on November 13, 1973:

Chemistry for peace and socialism, special SS printed on dederon (polyamide) paper, very thin and delicate, issued on March 12, 1963. Here it is on a cover sent to Australia and was repaired by the Australian post:


I have this SS printed diagonally (mistake?):

Socialist paintings, issued on August 18, 1977 to publicize the SOZPHILEX stamp exhibition.

- Bread for everyone (detail), by Wolfram Schubert (* 1926)
- When Communists dream (detail), by Walter Womacka (1925-2010)

Here are three covers sent to Australia, all franked with complete sets:

Architecture in DDR - Half-timbered Buildings, issued on January 24, 1978:

The 25th anniversary of Interflug Airlines, issued on June 10, 1980:

Old toys, issued on December 9, 1980:

Shipbuilding, issued on June 23, 1960:

The 800th anniversary of Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz), issued on June 16, 1965:


Inauguration of Karl Marx monument in Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz), issued on October 5, 1971:

FDC sent to Leningrad, USSR. Arrival postmark applied in Leningrad on the back:


Stamp exhibition held in Karl-Marx-Stadt 20.10-14.11.1976. Souvenir leaf:

The 150th anniversary birth of Karl Marx, 1968:

Resistance heroes, stamps from different sets issued during 1959-1960:

Resistance heroes, issued on October 4, 1962:

The 20th anniversary of the International Resistant's Federation, issued on June 22, 1971:

The Resistance Movement Congress in Berlin, issued on September 7, 1982:

The high value 1962 stamp shows the seven Cervi brothers. They were the sons of Alcide Cervi (1875-1970) and Genoeffa Cocconi (1876-1944), born in Campegine, Emilia-Romagna. The brothers and their father became renowned for their activities in the organized resistance to Italian fascism.

After the Italian Social Republic was founded by Benito Mussolini, the brothers were members of the resistance that suffered a crackdown by the fascist authorities. In November 1943, their house was surrounded by military forces and they surrendered after running out of ammunition during the ensuing firefight. They were taken to prison in Reggio Emilia along with their father. In December, a fascist secretary was killed in Bagnolo in Piano. In retaliation, all seven Cervi brothers were taken to the shooting range in Reggio Emilia and shot.


Photo: Wikipedia.

Vostok 2 Soviet space mission, issued on April 15, 1965:


Luna 9, an uncrewed space mission of the Soviet Union's Luna program, issued on March 7, 1966:

Lunokhod 1 ("Moonwalker 1"), the first robotic lunar rover landed on the Moon by the Soviet Union as part of its Lunokhod program, issued on March 30, 1971:

The 10th Anniversary of the DDR-USSR Co-operation of Space Travel, issued on June 21, 1988:


Here is a stamp issued by Laos in 1983 as one in a set "Intercosmos - Space Cooperation Program", shows East German and Soviet cosmonauts:

Collections and Exhibition:

Archaeological findings from early history museum in Halle, issued on March 10, 1970:

Artworks from Dresden museum, issued on June 22, 1971:


Mineral collection of Freiberg mining academy, issued on February 22, 1972:


Slavic art collection, issued on February 21, 1978:


Items from different science fields exhibited in the Dresden museum of science, issued on October 24, 1978:

Sculptures from Berlin state museum, issued on April 19, 1983:

Sculptures from Dresden museum, issued on October 23, 1984;

Items exhibited in museum of German history in Berlin, issued on March 6, 1990:

The 50th anniversary of Red Cross movement, issued on April 23, 1969:

The 50th anniversary of International Labor Organization (ILO), issued on November 12, 1969:

The 25th anniversary of the United Nations Organization (UNO), issued on October 20, 1970:

The 25th anniversary of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), issued on July 13, 1971:

The day of world health, issued on April 4, 1972:

Solidarity with foreign peoples:

The 90th anniversary of the birth of Georgi Dimitroff (1882 - 1949), a Bulgarian communist politician and the leader of Bulgaria from 1946 to 1949, issued September 19, 1972:

Solidarity, issued October 18, 1977:

The 5th anniversary of the death of Amilcar Cabral, issued on January 17, 1978:
Amílcar Cabral (1924 – 1973) was a Bissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean agricultural engineer, pan-Africanist, intellectual, poet, theoretician, revolutionary, political organizer, nationalist and diplomat. He was one of Africa's foremost anti-colonial leaders.

Struggle against apartheid, issued on October 3, 1978:

Solidarity with the Palestinian people, issued on September 21, 1982:

Paul Robeson, issued on March 22, 1983:
Paul Leroy Robeson (1898 – 1976) was an artist, stage and film actor, and activist who became famous both for his cultural accomplishments and for his political stances.

The 200th anniversary of the birth of Simon de Bolivar, issued on July 19, 1983:
Simon Bolivar (1783 – 1830) was a Venezuelan military and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire. He is known colloquially as El Libertador, or the Liberator of America.

Stamp exhibition, post and philately:

Stamp day, issued on October 23, 1954:

International Stamp Exhibition, Magdeburg, issued on October 28, 1969:

Philatelist day, issued on October 5, 1971:

Youth stamp exhibition, Cottbus, issued on July 18, 1978:

Philatelist day, issued on October 6, 1981:

(continuation in next post)

More covers about stamp exhibitions, post and philately:

Stamp exhibition, Schwerin, issued on July 6, 1982:

International stamp exhibition, Halle, issued on July 3, 1984:

Souvenir cover for the "Philatelia 84'" held in Stuttgart, West Germany. The cover was sent registered from DDR to the exhibition in Stuttgart. Note the commemorative postmark on the back and a label (part of a sheet):


Post offices in DDR, issued on February 2, 1988:

The 10th youth stamp exhibition, Erfurt and Karl Marx Stadt, issued on June 21, 1988:

Until now, I posted my covers sorted by specific subject for each post. I have about fifty covers left in my collection, but each in different subject. So, I will post them randomly in groups of six covers each post:

Carl Zeiss (1816 – 1888), a German scientific instrument maker, optician and businessman, issued on November 9, 1956:

The 100th anniversary of the birth of Max Planck (1858 – 1947), a German theoretical physicist, won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1918, issued on April 23, 1958:

Antique art treasures, issued on December 2, 1958:

Youth festival in Helsingfors, issued on July 17, 1962:

"The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack", fairytale by the Brothers Grimm, issued on December 8, 1966:

Buildings in DDR, issued on January 24, 1967: