Sutherland Philatelics EAST GERMANY [DDR]
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SUTHERLAND PHILATELICS, PO BOX 448, FERNY HILLS D C, QLD 4055 Page 1 SG Michel Year Particulars MUH Mint MNG FU Used Sutherland Philatelics PO Box 448 Ferny Hills D C, Qld 4055 Australia ABN: 69 768 764 240 website: sutherlandphilatelics.com.au e-mail: [email protected] phone: international: 61 7 3851 2398; Australia: 07 3851 2398 EAST GERMANY [DDR] List Structure: Commems & definitives are all together in approximately SG number order Spendenmarken First Day Covers Broken Sets and Blocked Values Registration Labels Officials + Central Courier Service Booklets, Panes & se-tenants ex booklets To find an item in this list, please use Adobe's powerful search function. We obtain our stock from collections we purchase. We do not have a Germany supplier. Consequently, where something is unpriced, we do not have it at present. We list all items we have in stock, including broken sets, and singles from sets. For First Day Cards, see our ETBs List Prices subject to change without notice. MNG [Mint No Gum] / USED STAMPS MNG stamps were previously treated as FU in this list. They are now listed separately. MNG stamps include untreated / unwashed MUH or M stamps with rust spots. MNG stamps are priced below Mint Used stamps are those with heavier postmark, or minor flaws, eg pulled perf. All FU / used stamps are priced as if CTO originated. Postally used copies, if available, are substantially more expensive. Please note that GST (currently 10%) is applicable from 1 July 2000. International sales are GST free. The prices in this list INCLUDE GST All prices are in Australian dollars. E&OE CREDIT CARDS: VISA & MASTERCARD ACCEPTED -- MIN $30 SUTHERLAND PHILATELICS, PO BOX 448, FERNY HILLS D C, QLD 4055 Page 2 SG Michel Year Particulars MUH Mint MNG FU Used BLOCKED VALUES Commencing in 1955, most commemorative stamp sets issued by East Germany contained one blocked value. A blocked value is a denomination not on sale to the general public. The blocked value can be any denomination in the set and ranged from lowest to middle to highest values, but was most often the top value. The most frequently blocked denomination was 25pf. Within the DDR, blocked value stamps were only available to registered permit-holding stamp collectors and dealers. They were not generally available at post offices and had to be obtained from the Philatelic Bureau. They were issued at a substantial premium over face. They were available unrestricted to foreign Bureau account collectors and dealers who were required to pay for them in hard (foreign) currency. East Germans were not permitted to hold foreign currency, but many obtained it via nefarious means. The blocked value concept was designed to prevent East Germans circumventing currency regulations by acquiring foreign currency by selling abroad postage stamps which were purchased in East German Deutsche Marks. Clearly, no collector or dealer of East German stamps wanted incomplete sets. This stopped East Germans from accumulating foreign currency offshore and subsequently fleeing the country. [Remember the Berlin Wall?] The flip side was that the sale of blocked values to foreign collectors and dealers generated much needed foreign exchange for the East German Government (although relatively small in the scheme of things). The policy applied to both mint and used stamps. Blocked value used stamps were supplied CTO. Consequently, postally used blocked values are very scarce and sell at substantial premiums over their CTO counterparts. Beware of forgeries! East German issues containing blocked values ceased in 1983. The blocked value concept was also employed by some other Eastern Bloc countries, eg Czechoslovakia, Poland, for the same reasons. When available singly, blocked values are listed with Broken Sets, towards the end of this list. CREDIT CARDS: VISA & MASTERCARD ACCEPTED -- MIN $30 SUTHERLAND PHILATELICS, PO BOX 448, FERNY HILLS D C, QLD 4055 Page 3 SG Michel Year Particulars MUH Mint MNG FU Used Stamps inscribed DEUTSCHE POST E1 242 1949 UPU (U is FU but with 1 pulled corner perf) 16.05 4.35 16.05 6.90 International Postal Workers Congress E2 243 12pf 3.25 E3 244 30pf Set 2v 27.15 7.40 5.30 37.00 E4 245 Stamp Day 8.65 2.50 8.65 Stamps inscribed DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK or DDR First Winter Sports Meeting E5 246 1950 12pf 8.65 7.40 E6 247 24pf 3.70 4.25 Set 2v 19.75 6.20 17.25 7.40 Leipzig Spring Fair E7 248 24pf + 12pf 12.35 3.25 6.35 E8 249 30pf + 14pf 17.25 7.40 Set 2v 24.65 6.80 32.05 13.75 E9 250 Labour Day 24.65 6.20 22.20 9.55 Wilhelm Pieck Wmk - Russian Zone (Flower Cross) E10 251 12pf 6.20 4.40 3.10 1.35 E11 252 24pf 43.15 9.25 2.00 0.85 E12 253 1Dm 43.15 9.25 6.60 8.05 3.45 E13 254 2Dm 24.65 4.95 3.55 7.40 3.20 E14 255 (1951) 5Dm 1.80 2.50 1.10 Set 5v 147.85 22.20 9.55 J S Bach E15 256 12pf 7.40 E16 257 24pf 9.90 7.40 E17 258 30pf 2.75 12.35 E18 259 50pf 3.95 22.20 9.55 Set 4v 55.45 8.80 49.30 E19 260 DEBRIA Philatelic Exhibition 61.60 13.60 17.25 Academy of Sciences, Berlin E20 261 1pf (U has couple short perfs) 1.80 2.50 1.10 E21 262 5pf (M has 2 short perfs) 2.50 6.20 2.65 E22 263 6pf 4.95 3.55 6.20 E23 264 8pf 5.65 12.35 5.30 E24 265 10pf 12.35 5.30 E25 266 12pf (M has 1 short perf) 12.35 3.55 4.95 2.15 E26 267 16pf 24.65 10.60 E27 268 20pf 6.35 19.75 8.45 E28 269 24pf 6.35 4.95 2.15 E29 270 50pf 8.80 24.65 10.60 Set 10v 110.90 unlisted 271-2 DEBRIA German Stamp Exhibition - singles ex M/S (imperf) E29aMS Blk 7 DEBRIA German Stamp Exhibition M/S 49.30 209.45 E29aMS Blk 7 DEBRIA German Stamp Exhibition M/S (with minor flaws) 49.30 Mansfield Copper Mines E30 273 12pf blue 8.65 1.95 9.90 4.25 E30a 273a 12pf deep ultramarine E30b 273b 12pf light ultramarine E31 274 24pf 9.90 4.25 Set 2v (simplified) 22.20 19.75 E32 275 East German Elections 19.75 4.35 3.10 6.20 2.65 Peace Propaganda E33 276 6pf 6.20 E34 277 8pf 0.80 2.50 E35 278 12pf 6.80 1.40 5.55 2.40 E36 279 24pf 7.40 1.50 1.60 Set 4v 24.65 4.95 16.05 Second Winter Sports Meeting E37 280 1951 12pf E38 281 24pf Set 2v 24.65 5.55 22.20 9.55 Leipzig Spring Fair E39 282 24pf 14.80 E40 283 50pf 6.35 Set 2v (MNG is MUH with offset on the reverse) 39.45 6.60 29.60 12.70 CREDIT CARDS: VISA & MASTERCARD ACCEPTED -- MIN $30 SUTHERLAND PHILATELICS, PO BOX 448, FERNY HILLS D C, QLD 4055 Page 4 SG Michel Year Particulars MUH Mint MNG FU Used Visit of Polish President to Berlin E41 284 1951 24pf 6.20 9.55 E42 285 (ctd) 50pf 24.65 6.20 4.40 Set 2v 49.30 12.35 43.15 Friendship With China E43 286 12pf green (MNG is MUH with tiny rust spot) 26.40 E44 287 24pf carmine 38.15 E45 288 50pf blue 110.90 37.00 15.85 Set 3v 98.60 World Youth & Students Festival E46 289 12pf 16.05 8.65 E47 290 24pf 2.95 2.15 E48 291 30pf 18.50 9.25 4.00 E49 292 50pf 4.75 3.40 9.25 4.00 Set 4v 67.80 30.80 13.20 E50 293 Five Year Plan 6.20 1.85 3.10 E51 294 Liebknecht 6.80 1.85 3.10 E52 295 Stamp Day 9.25 1.85 3.70 E53 296 12pf German-Soviet Friendship - part II 7.40 1.85 4.95 E54 297 24pf German-Soviet Friendship - part I 7.40 1.85 6.20 2.65 Third Winter Sports Meeting E55 298 1952 12pf 2.20 2.15 E56 299 24pf 8.65 2.20 6.20 Set 2v 4.35 11.10 Beethoven E57 300 12pf 1.25 E58 301 24pf 4.35 0.80 Set 2v 7.40 3.10 E59 302 Czechslovakia-German Friendship 4.95 3.10 National Reconstruction Fund E60 303 12pf 3.70 0.85 E61 304 24pf 2.50 0.60 1.25 0.55 E62 305 30pf 3.70 0.60 1.25 E63 306 50pf 3.70 0.85 Set 4v 13.60 3.10 6.20 E64 307 Warsaw-Berlin-Prague- Peace Cycle Race 4.95 1.50 1.10 2.50 Handel Festival E65 308 6pf 4.35 E66 309 8pf 4.35 3.10 E67 310 50pf 1.35 3.70 Set 3v 13.60 3.70 8.65 Wilhelm Pieck Wmk DDR Posthorn (horizontal) [simplified papers, colours & watermarks] E68 322 5pf 12.35 3.10 4.95 2.15 E69 323 12pf 9.90 2.50 1.10 E70 324 24pf 30.80 9.90 2.00 0.85 E71 325 1Dm 43.15 24.65 10.60 E72 326 (1953) 2Dm 43.15 4.95 2.15 Set 5v 147.85 37.00 15.85 Cultural Anniversaries E73 311 12pf 6.20 E74 312 20pf 0.90 6.20 E75 313 24pf 6.20 E76 314 35pf 1.35 7.40 Set 4v 22.20 24.65 10.60 Leipzig Autumn Fair E77 315 24pf E78 316 35pf 3.10 1.25 0.90 Set 2v 1.80 4.35 E79 317 Jahn 3.10 1.00 0.75 2.50 E80 318 Halle-Wittenberg University 3.10 1.25 0.90 1.50 318 PF I do - second "E" in WHITTENBERG" with drooping line 123.20 E81 319 Stamp Day 3.10 1.25 0.90 1.50 CREDIT CARDS: VISA & MASTERCARD ACCEPTED -- MIN $30 SUTHERLAND PHILATELICS, PO BOX 448, FERNY HILLS D C, QLD 4055 Page 5 SG Michel Year Particulars MUH Mint MNG FU Used Russian Zone stamps Portraits of Politicians Wmk DDR Posthorn (horizontal) [simplified papers, colours & watermarks] E82 327 1952 2pf Kollwitz 1.25 4.95 2.15 E83 328 (ctd) 6pf Hauptmann 0.90 3.10 0.70 E84 329 8pf Marx (MUH has light corner crease) 1.50 3.10 1.35 E85 330 10pf Bebel 4.95 2.15 E86 331 (1953) 15pf Hegel 4.40 19.75 8.45 E87 332 16pf Virchow 7.40 4.95 2.15 E88 333 20pf Kollwitz [MUH has light fingermark on gum] 12.35 3.10 1.35 E89 334 25pf Virchow [MUH has a natural gum inclusion] 123.20 345.00 147.85 E90 335 30pf Engels 12.35 5.30 E91 336 40pf Hauptmann 6.20 6.20 2.65 E92 337 (1953) 50pf Marx 27.15 11.65 E93 338 60pf Hegel 4.95 2.15 E94 339 80pf Thälmann blackish blue 9.90 3.70 2.65 3.10 1.35 E95 340 (1953) 80pf Thälmann bright carmine-red 18.50 12.35 5.30 E96 341 (1953) 84pf Bebel 37.00 123.20 Set 15v 554.40 Peace Congress, Vienna E97 320 24pf 2.50 E98 321 35pf 2.50 4.95 Set 2v 2.00 7.40 Wilhelm Pieck Wmk: DDR Posthorn (horizontal) E99 342a 1953 1Dm olive green (M has 4 nibbled perfs) 18.50 5.55 1.00 E100 342bb (1955) 1Dm deep bronze green 8.65 3.10 E101 343 2Dm red brown 13.60 4.95 3.55 1.00 0.45 Set 3v 4.95 Karl Marx E106 348 20pf 1.85 0.50 E107 349