German Democratic Republic (DDR)
(East Germany)
My Stamps of 1950
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (Deutsche Demokratische, DDR), was a country that existed from October 1949 until 1990, when the eastern portion of Germany was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. It described itself as a socialist "workers' and peasants' state" and the territory was administered and occupied by Soviet forces at the end of World War II — the Soviet Occupation Zone of the Potsdam Agreement, bounded on the east by the Oder–Neisse line. The Soviet zone surrounded West Berlin but did not include it; as a result, West Berlin remained outside the jurisdiction of the DDR.
Michel 246 and 247
"First winter sports championships of the GDR"
Issued: 2nd Mar 1950, Perf: 13x13½, Watermark: 1. Issued to comemmorate the First winter sports championships of the GDR, Schierke.
Michel 248 and 249
"Leipzig Spring Fair"
Issued: 5th Mar 1950. Perf: 13½. Issued to commemorate the Leipzig Spring Fair.
Michel 250
"60 years Labor Day"
Issued: 1st May 1950. Perf: 13x13½. Issued to commemorate 60 years Labor Day.
Michel 251 to 255
"President Wilhelm Pieck (I)"
Issued: 27th May 1950. Perf: 13x13½. President Wilhelm Pieck.
Michel 256 to 259
"Anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach's Death"
Issued: 14th Jun 1950. Perf: 13x13½. Anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach's Death.
Michel 260
"German stamp exhibition, Leipzig"
Issued: 1st Jul 1950. Perf: 13x13½. Issued to commemorate the German stamp exhibition, Leipzig.
Michel 261 to 270
"250 years German Academy of Sciences Berlin"
Issued: 10th Jul 1950. Perf: K13. Issued to commemorate 250 years German Academy of Sciences, Berlin.
Michel 271 and 272
"German stamp exhibition, Leipzig"
Issued: 26th Aug 1950. Issued to commemorate the German stamp exhibition, Leipzig.
Michel Block 7
"German stamp exhibition, Leipzig"
Issued: 26th Aug 1950. Issued to commemorate the German stamp exhibition, Leipzig - Minisheet. 92x52mm.
Mi Block 7
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Michel 273 and 274
"750 Years of Mansfeld copper shale mining"
Issued: 1st Sep 1950. Perf: 13x13½. 750 Years of Mansfeld copper shale mining.
Michel 275
"Popular elections on 15.10.1950"
Issued: 28th Sep 1950. Perf: 13x13½. Popular elections on 15.10.1950.
Michel 276 to 279
"Freedom"
Issued: 15th Dec 1950. Perf: 13½x13. Freedom.
