File:Stamp 1960 GDR MINr0768Y pm B002.jpg

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Stamp of the German Democratic Republic; 1960; commemorative stamp of the series "Launching of the FDGB-Vacationner ship (cruiser ship) "MS Fritz Heckert"; stamp motive with a model of the "MS Fritz Heckert" ("MS" = German for "Motorschiff" or "Motorsegler" = "Motor Vessel" or "Motorsailer", "FDGB" = German for "Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund" = "Free Federation of German Trade Unions" = owner of the ship) + emblem of the Vth party rally of the SED ("Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands" = German for "Socialist Unity Party of Germany"); The launching of the 8120 BRT (GRT)-ship (other source: 7400 BRT) took place at the .; This ship was built under the name "Solidarität" on the then "Mathias-Thesen-Werft" in Wismar and had serious shortcomings due to the construction of the ship.; 1971-1991 was home port "Rostock".; In the year 1991 was sold this ship to the United Arab Ereminates and was renamed in "Gulf fantasy."; This ship was scrapped 1999 in India.; stamp postmarked
Stamp: Michel: No. 768Y; Yvert & Tellier: No. 484; Scott: No. 502; AFA: No. 570
Color: dark blueish green / brown red / citron yellow
Watermark: GDR No.3Y (5 cossflowers and characters "DDR", lateral reversed)
Nominal value: 5 (Pfennig)

Postage validity: from 23 June 1960 until 31 March 1962
date QS:P,+1960-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1960-06-23T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1962-03-31T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp as distance between the inner tangents uf the perforation lines without signature line): 49.0 x 26.5 mm

Postmark: Münchebrg (Mark) 1 (then: district of Frankfurt/Oder, contemporary: rural district "Märkisch-Oderland", country of Brandenburg, Germany),
Date (date of postmark)
Source scan of original
Author "Ministerium für Post und Fernmeldewesen" of the German Democratic Republic
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This file is most likely NOT in the public domain. It has been marked for review, and will be deleted in due course if the review does not find it to be in the public domain.

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Previous public domain rationale, no longer applicable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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Other versions
  • The original stamp, mint
    The original stamp, mint
  • The "MS Fritz Heckert" at the day of the handover to the FDGB in Wismar (16 April 1961).
    The "MS Fritz Heckert" at the day of the handover to the FDGB in Wismar ().
  • Revers of a postcard from board of the "MS Fritz Heckert" from 1963
    Revers of a postcard from board of the "MS Fritz Heckert" from 1963
Picture description Model of the "MS Fritz Heckert" and emblem of the Vth party rally of the "SED"
First day of issue
Publisher "Ministerium für Post und Fernmeldewesen" of the German Democratic Republic
Design Harry Prieß (?)
Printer "VEB Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei", Leipzig
Printing technique Offset printing
Circulation 5,000,000
Perforation Comb perforation, K 12½ : 13
MICHEL Nr. Deutschland (Deutsche Demikratische Republik), Nr. 768Y
SCOTT Nr. German Democratic Republic, No. 502

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