German Democratic Republic (East Germany) Covers

Fauna and Flora of DDR;

Birds, issued on March 26, 1968:

Poisonous Mushrooms, issued on March 19, 1974:



Flowers, issued on January 10, 1978:

Flowers - Dahlias, issued on July 17, 1979 to publicize the International Garden Exhibition, Erfurt 1979:

Personalities, issued on January 8, 1974:

Edwin Hörnle
Etkar André
Paul Merker
Hermannn Duncker
Fritz Heckert
Otto Grotewohl
Wilhelm Florin
Georg Handke



Personalities, issued on March 26, 1974:

Robert Kirchhoff
Immanuel Kant
Ehm Welk
Johann Gottfried von Herder
Lion Feuchtwanger

Personalities, issued on February 5, 1969:

Martin Andersen Nexo
Otto Nagel
Alexander von Humboldt
Theodor Fontane

Personalities, issued on February 23, 1971:

Johannes Robert Becher
Heinrich Mann
John Heartfield
Willi Bredel
Franz Mehring
Johannes Kepler

Personalities and Their Homes in Weimar, issued on June 26, 1973:

Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Christoph Martin Wieland
Friedrich von Schiller
Johann Gottfried Herder
Lucas Cranach, the Elder
Franz Liszt

Education fair "Meister von Morgen" (Young Innovators), issued on November 2, 1972:

Leipzig Spring Fair, issued on March 6, 1973:

Leipzig Spring Fair, issued on March 6, 1979:

Different FDC's:

International Health Day, issued on April 4, 1972 (+ costume stamps):

World Championship of Skiing, issued on February 13, 1973:

Trade Union Congress (WGB), issued on October 11, 1973 (+ different stamps + Soviet Science and Technology Days):

Architecture - wooden houses in DDR, issued on January 24, 1978:

Parks in DDR, issued on June 9, 1981:


Treasures in the libraries of DDR, issued on August 18, 1981:

Trains, issued on May 22, 1973:

Resistance Heroes, FDC issued on December 3, 1957:


Famous Paintings from Dresden Gallery, FDC issued on June 29, 1959:

Treasures in the libraries of DDR, FDC issued on June 19, 1990:

Protected Plants, issued on April 15, 1969:

Personalities and their achievements, issued on July 18, 1978:

- Justus Von Liebig (1803-1873)
- Joseph Dietzgen (1828-1888)
- Alfred Döblin (1878-1957)
- Hans Loch (1898-1960)
- Theodor Brugsch (1878-1963)
- Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778-1852)
- Albrecht von Graefe (1828-1870)

Nature protection, FDC, issued on June 29, 1959:

Birds, issued on July 2, 1959. Arrival postmark applied in Tel Aviv, Israel:

Commercial covers, each franked with complete set of stamps:

Historical Letter Boxes, issued on February 5, 1985:

The 40th anniversary of the liberation, issued on May 7, 1985:

Moscow Youth Festival, issued on July 23, 1985
The 2nd world championship of orienteering diving, issued on August 13, 1985:

Party day of Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), issued on April 8, 1986:

Statues of Roland, issued on January 20, 1987:
A Roland statue is a statue of a knight with a drawn sword, signifying the town privileges of a medieval city. Such statues exist in a number of cities notably in northern and eastern Germany, where they are often placed on the market square or in front of the city hall.

Commercial covers, each franked with complete set of stamps:

The 150th anniversary of German railways, issued on September 24, 1985:

The 100th anniversary of water supply, issued on January 21, 1986:

Ernst Thälmann park monument, issued on April 15, 1986
Historical tram cars, issued on May 20, 1986:

Castles in DDR, issued on July 29, 1986:

Party Congress
The 75th anniversary of the German museum of hygiene
Red Cross
issued on April 7, 1987:

Centenary of the Paris Commune, issued on March 9, 1971:

Commercial covers, each franked with complete set of stamps:

The 75th anniversary of modern Olympic Games, issued on June 20, 1969:

Famous Buildings in Berlin, issued on April 6, 1971:

The 8th Congress of Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), issued on June 9, 1971
The Monument in Wiltz, Luxembourg, issued on October 5, 1971
Karl Marx statue, issued on October 5, 1971:

Sorbian costumes, issued on May 4, 1971:

The 750th anniversary establishment of Berlin, issued on June 3, 1986 and February 17, 1987:

- The oldest city seal, 1253
- The oldest map of Berlin, 1648
- The oldest coat of arms of Berlin, 1280
- Nicolaikirche

- Ephraim Palais
- Old Marzahn, New Buildings
- Marx-Engels forum
- Friedrichstadtpalast

- SS: Old town hall of Berlin served as the house of the council of ministers of the DDR in 1955-1990:

Marx-Engels forum - Maxicard: