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Overprint stamp of the German Democratic Republic; 1954; definitive stamp of the issue to the reduction of the postal charges; definitive serie s to the "Five-Years-Plan" with overprint of a new value, old value crossed; stamp motive with a scene from the Stalin-avenue in Berlin; stamp postmarked
Stamp: Michel: No. 439aIgXI; Yvert & Tellier: No. 180; Scott: No. 220
Color: dark carmine red to brownish carmine
Watermark: GDR No.2 (multiple characters "DDR" + posthorn in 4 rows, alternating in normal and mirror writing)
Nominal value: 20 on 24 (Pfennig)

Postage validity: from 1 October 1954 until 31 May 1962
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1954-10-01T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1962-05-31T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp size: (printed area of a single stamp): 18.0 x 22.0 mm

Postmark: Berlin-Hohenschönhausen (town district of Berlin, 1920-1985 part of the town district Berlin-Weißensee, since 1985 own town district of the capital of Germny, contemporary part of Berlin-Lichtenberg).
Date late 9 March 1955
date QS:P,+1955-03-09T00:00:00Z/11,P4241,Q40719766
(date of postmark)
Source scan of original
Author "Ministerium für Post und Fernmeldewesen" of the German Democratic Republic
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(Reusing this file)
Previous public domain rationale, no longer applicable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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stamp also in offset printing without signature line and as reprint 1957, Attention: its exist propaganda forgeries

Picture description Scene from the Stalin-avenue in Berlin (East)
First day of issue
Publisher "Ministerium für Post und Fernmeldewesen" of the German Democratic Republic
Design Erich Gruner (1881-1966) (design),

Karl Wolf (?) (engraving)

Printer "Graphische Werkstätten", Leipzig
Printing technique Letterpress
Perforation Comb perforation, K 13 : 12½
MICHEL Nr. Deutschland - Deutsche Demokratischer Republik), Nr. 439aIgXI
SCOTT Nr. German Democratic Republic, No. 220

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current17:01, 20 January 2022Thumbnail for version as of 17:01, 20 January 2022747 × 874 (371 KB)Katharinaiv (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=Overprint stamp of the German Democratic Republic; 1954; definitive stamp of the issue to the reduction of the postal charges; definitive serie s to the "Five-Years-Plan" with overprint of a new value, old value crossed; stamp motive with a scene from the Stalin-avenue in Berlin; stamp postmarked<br /> '''Stamp''': Michel: No. 439aIgXI; Yvert & Tellier: No. 180; Scott: No. 220<br /> '''Color''': dark carmine red to brownish carmine<br /> '''Watermark''': GDR No.2...