German Democratic Republic (East Germany) Covers

More Olympic Game Covers:

Winter Olympic games, Calgary, California, 1960:


Winter Olympic games, Innsbruck, Austria, 1976:

The 20th anniversary of liberation, issued on May 5, 1965. A set of 9 stamps based on real photos show events from the last days of WWII and events connected to the Communist party occurred during WWII.

All covers in my collection that were sent from DDR to Australia have same transition and arrival postmarks on the back, except the date of course. From now, I will not show the back of them, unless there are extra franking, special postmarks and / or Cinderella labels.

Weimar is a city in the state of Thuringia, Germany. Many places in the city centre have been designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, either as part of the Classical Weimar complex, containing monuments to the classical period of Weimar in 18th and 19th centuries or the Bauhaus complex, containing buildings associated with the Bauhaus art school. Noted institutions in Weimar are the Bauhaus University, the Liszt School of Music, the Duchess Anna Amalia Library, and two leading courts of Thuringia, the Supreme Administrative Court and Constitutional Court.

Personalities and their homes in Weimar, issued on June 26, 1973:

35th anniversary of DDR, two different sets issued during 1984:

Animals and Birds...

Protected birds, issued on April 27, 1967:

Berlin zoo, issued on October 6, 1970 (also, several stamps of Musawwarat, Sudan archaeological findings I already posted):

Animals of DDR zoos and parks, issued on March 25, 1975:

150th anniversary of the Wars of Liberation, issued on October 10, 1963. Stamps show German key figures of the wars and war scenes:

29-8-1953: Annual stamps advertising the Leipzig trade fair (Leipziger Messe), Michel 380XI-381XI.
On the back: 14-3-1053, 70th anniversary of the Death of Karl Marx, Michel 353XI, and 5-5-1953, 70th anniversary of the Death of Karl Marx, Michel 350YI.
Unfortunately, the sender was not to concerned with the quality of the stamps.
Although the cover states 'First Day of Issue' it was posted a day later, on the first day of the 1953 fair.

At the bottom right it reads "stamps on the reverse."

6-7-1953, 700th Anniversary of Frankfurt an der Oder, Michel 358XI-361XI

The four stamps have been cancelled on the day of issue. The cancellation between the four stamps is a different type and was applied 9 days after the issue date. It does raise the question whether these covers were issued cancelled but valid for postage.

1-10-1954, Five-year plan, Michel 437IgXI and 439aIgXI
21-2-1955, Leipziger Messe, Michel 447XII-448bXII

Here is another first day cover with the Leipziger Messe issue of 1955 cancelled on the day of issue in Neu Kaliß. The two five-year plan stamps were issued on 1 October 1954. They are cancelled in the region's main town, Ludwigslust on 25 February 1955, four days after the other two stamps.

Thank you, NSK, for sharing these attractive covers

Traffic safety, issued on February 18, 1969:


Traffic safety, issued on September 9, 1975. Set on registered cover sent from Erfurt to Australia:

Raising the flag of the USSR over the Reichstag is an iconic World War II photograph, taken by Yevgeny Khaldei during the Battle of Berlin on 2 May 1945. This photo became a symbol of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.

The 30th anniversary of liberation, issued by the GDR on May 6, 1975:


As an exception, one ATM issued by Israel on May 9, 2005 to commemorate the 60th anniversary victory over Nazi Germany. Note how the designer hid the Soviet flag:

Here is a cover sent in 1971 from Halle to Onnaing (mispelled) in France
With a very common stamp but a nice slogan cancel : "Plastic & Elastic from Schkopau"

Trains in DDR:

The 125th Anniversary of Rail Roads, issued on December 5, 1960:


Rail Vehicles, issued May 22, 1973:

Locomotives & Passenger Trains, issued in 1980, 1983 and 1984:

"In memoriam Lidice"
Lidice,a village in Bohemia & Moravia (now in Czech Republic) was completely destroyed by the nazis in 1942
Cover from Dessau to Dijon (France) with Michel # 891/2