German Democratic Republic (DDR)
(East Germany)
Stamps of 1960

East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (Deutsche Demokratische Republik, 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.

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Michel 746 to 749
"Summer and Winter Olympics"

Issued: 27th Jan 1960, Perf: 13x13½, Watermark Wz 3Y and available on sheets (5x10).Designed by Volkamer to commemorate the 1960 Summer and Winter Olympics.

Mi 746
5Pf
sienna dark chrome yellow

Mi 747
10Pf
blackish light emerald green

Mi 748
20Pf
carmine red dark chrome yellow

Mi 749
25Pf
ultramarine dark chrome yellow

Michel 750 and 751
"Leipzig Spring Fair"

Issued: 17th Feb 1960. Perf: 13x12½. Watermark Wz 3Y and available on sheets (5x10). Designed by Deutschendorf to commemorate the 1960 Leipzig Spring Fair.

Mi 750
20Pf
brown light red

Mi 751
25Pf
mild bue grey

Michel 752 to 756
"Construction of the National Memorial Sachsenhausen"

Issued: 25th Feb to 5th May 1960. Perf: K13½x13, watermark Wz 3X and available on sheets (10x5). Designed by Skribelka to commemorate the Construction of the National Memorial Sachsenhausen.

Michel 752 features Lothar Erdmann (1888-1939), Michel 753 features Ernst Schneiler (1890-1944), Michel 754 features Lambert Horn (1899-1939), Michel 755 features Gustl Sandtner (1893-1944) and Michel 756 depicts Hans Rothbarth (1904-1944).

Mi 752
5+5Pf
multicoloured

Mi 753
10+5Pf
multicoloured

Mi 754
20+10Pf
multicoloured

Mi 755
25+10Pf
multicoloured

Mi 756
40+20Pf
multicoloured

Michel 757 to 761
"Local Medicinal Plants"

Issued: 7th Apr 1960. Perf: 12½x13, Watermark Wz 3Y and available on sheets (5x10). Designed by Friebel and issued to celebrate Local Medicinal Plants.

Michel 757 depicts Red Foxglove, Michel 758 shows Real Chamomile, Michel 759 features Peppermint, Michel 760 is Opium Poppy and finally Michel 761 depicts Wild Rose.

Mi 757
5Pf
multicoloured

Mi 758
10Pf
multicoloured

Mi 759
15Pf
multicoloured

Mi 760
20Pf
multicoloured

Mi 761
40Pf
multicoloured

Michel 762
"90th Birthday of Wladimir Lenin"

Issued: 22nd Apr 1960. Perf: K14, Watermark Wz 3Y and available on sheets (10x5). Designed by Grünewald to commemorate Lenin's 90th Birthday.

Mi 762
20Pf
lilac carmine

Michel 763
"Commissioning of the Rostock Seaport"

Issued: 28th Apr 1960. Designed to celebrate the Commissioning of the Rostock Seaport. Reprint of Mcihel 663.

Mi 763
10Pf
opal green

Michel 764
"15th Anniversary of the liberation of fascism"

Issued: 5th May 1960. Perf: K 13x13½, watermark Wz 3X and available on sheets (5x5). Designed by Böhnke to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the liberation of fascism. The stamps features a Soldier of the Red Army with a freed prisoner of a concentration camp.

Mi 764
20Pf
dark rose red

Michel 765 to 767
"Construction of the Sachsenhausen National Memorial"

Issued: 8th Jun 1960. Perf: 13½x13. Watermark Wz 3X and available on sheets (10x5). Designed by Skribelka to commemorate the Construction of the Sachsenhausen National Memorial.

Michel 765 features Max Lademann (1896-1941), Michel 766 depicts Lorenz Breunig (1882-1945) and Michel 767 shows Mathias Thesen (1891-1944).

Mi 765
10+5Pf
multicoloured

Mi 766
15+5Pf
multicoloured

Mi 767
20+10Pf
multicoloured

Michel 768 to 771
"Launch of the FDGB tourist ship MS 'Fritz Heckert'"

Issued: 23rd Jun 1960. Perf: 13½x13. Watermark Wz 3X and available on sheets (5x5). Designed by Prieß and issued to commemorate the Launch of the FDGB tourist ship MS 'Fritz Heckert'.

Mi 768
5Pf
multicoloured

Mi 769
10+5Pf
multicoloured

Mi 770
20+10Pf
multicoloured

Mi 771
25Pf
multicoloured

Michel 772 ad 773
"Lenin and Thälmann monuments"

Issued: 2nd Jul 1960. Perf: 13x13½. Watermark Wz 3Y and available on sheets (5x5). Designed by Schoner to celebrate Lenin and Thälmann monuments. Michel 772 depicts Lenin's monument in Lutherstadt, Eisleben and Michel 773 depicts the Thälmann monument in Pushkin, the USSR.

Mi 772
10Pf
dark grey green

Mi 773
20Pf
dark rose

Michel 774 to 778
"250th Anniversary of Meißen Porcelain Manufacture"

Issued: 28th Jul 1960. Perf: 12½x13. Watermark Wz 3X and available on sheets (10x5). Designed by Widmann to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of Meißen Porcelain Manufacture.

Mi 774
5Pf
dark grey blue orange

Mi 775
10Pf
dark grey blue orange

Mi 776
15Pf
dark grey blue orange

Mi 777
20Pf
dark grey blue orange

Mi 778
25Pf
dark grey blue orange

Michel 779 and 780
"Cycling World Championships: Leipzig, Chemnitz and Hohenstein-Ernstthal"

Issued: 3rd Aug 1960. Perf: 13x13½. Watermark Wz 3Y and available on sheets (5x10). Designed by Schoner to commemorate the Cycling World Championships: Leipzig, Chemnitz and Hohenstein-Ernstthal.

Mi 779
20+10Pf
multicoloured

Mi 780
25+10Pf
multicoloured

Michel 781 and 782
"Leipzig Autumn Fair"

Issued: 29th Aug 1960. Perf: 13x12½. Watermark Wz 3Y and available on sheets (5x10). Designed by Deutschendorf to celebrate the 1960 Leipzig Autumn Fair.

Mi 781
20Pf
brownish carmimne blue grey

Mi 782
25Pf
turkish blue

Michel 783
"National Memorial Sachsenhausen"

Issued: 8th Sep 1960 and 20th Apr 1961. Perf: K13x13½, watermark Wz 3Y and available on sheets (5x5 and 3x5). Designed by Skribelka and issued to commemorate the National Memorial Sachsenhausen.

Mi 783
20+10Pf
carmine red

Michel 784
"Death of President Wilhelm Pieck"

Issued: 10th Sep 1960. Perf: 13½x13, watermark Wz 3X and available on sheets (10x5). Designed by Bengs and issued to commemorate the death of President Wilhelm Pieck.

Mi 784
20Pf
blackish grey

Michel Block 16
"Death of President Wilhelm Pieck"

Issued: 10th Sep 1960. Size 88x108mm, watermark Wz 3X. Designed by Bengs and issued to commemorate the death of President Wilhelm Pieck.

Mi Block 16
Block 16 Minisheet

Michel 786 to 788
"Chess Olympiad, Leipzig"

Issued: 19th Sep 1960. Perf: K14, Watermark Wz 3Y and available on sheets (5x10). Designed by Ilgenfritz to celebrate the 1960 Chess Olympiad, Leipzig.

Mi 786
10+5Pf
dark opal green

Mi 787
20+10Pf
lilac carmine

Mi 788
25+10Pf
bluish

Michel 789 and 790
"Stamp Day"

Issued: 6th Oct 1960. Perf: 13x12½, watermark Wz 3Y and available on sheets (5x10). Designed by Bengs to celebrate the 1960 Stamp Day.

Mi 789
20Pf
multicoloured

Mi 790
25Pf
multicoloured

Michel 791 and 792
"400th Anniversary of the Dresdener Art Collections"

Issued: 20th Oct 1960. Perf: 12½x13. Watermark Wz 3X and available on sheets (10x5). Designed by Volkamer and issued to celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the Dresdener Art Collections. Michel 791 features a Coin from 1518 with head portrait by Hans Burgkmair (1473-1531). Michel 792 depicts The dancing couple: copperplate engraving by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528).

Mi 791
20Pf
multicoloured

Mi 792
25Pf
multicoloured

Michel 793 and 794
"200th Anniversary of the birth of August Wilhelm Anton Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau"

Issued: 27th Oct 1960. Perf: 13x12½. Watermark Wz 3Y and available on sheets, Michel 793 (5x10) and Michel 794 (10x5). Designed by Weiß and issued to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the birth of August Wilhelm Anton Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau.

Mi 793
20Pf
light brown red black

Mi 794
25Pf
dark grey blue

Michel 795 to 799
"150th Anniversary of the Humboldt University in Berlin"

Issued: 4th Nov 1960. Perf: 13x12½, watermark Wz 3Y and available on sheets (5x10 and 5x5). Designed by Schoner and Issued to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Humboldt University in Berlin.

Michel 795 features Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902), Michel 796 features Robert Koch (1843-1910), Michel 797 features the Humboldt University and Michel 798 depicts portraits of W and A von Humboldt. Michel 799 depicts Wilhelm Griesinger (1817-1868).

Mi 795
5Pf
mild ochre brown

Mi 796
10Pf
grey green

Mi 797
20Pf
multicoloured

Mi 798
25Pf
cyan blue

Mi 799
40Pf
red carmine

Michel 800 to 803
"Chemical Worker's Day"

Issued: 10th Nov 1960. Watermark Wz 3X and available on sheets (5x10). Designed by Stauf and issued to commemorate Chemical Worker's Day. Michel 800 depicts a Scientist and a chemical formula. Michel 801 features a chemical worker and fertilizer. Michel 802 depicts a chemical worker and a Trabant car. Michel 803 has a Laboratory technician with a dress made of synthetic fiber.

Mi 800
5Pf
dark rose red

Mi 801
10Pf
orange emerald green

Mi 802
20Pf
cobalt blue rose red

Mi 803
25Pf
reddish yellow mid violet

Michel 804 to 806
"125th Anniversary of German Railway"

Issued: 5th Dec 1960. Perf: various perfs, watermark Wz 3Y and available on sheets (5x10). Designed by Dorfstecher and issued to commemorate the 125th Anniversary of German Railway. Michel 804 depicts a Double stick articulated 'Express Young Socialists'train. Michel 805 depicts the new station at Sassnitz-Hafen, railway ferry "Sassnitz". Michel 806 features diesel locomotive BR118 the 'Eagle'.

Mi 804
10Pf
emerald green black

Mi 805
20Pf
orange red black

Mi 806
25Pf
cobalt blue black

German Democratic Republic (DDR) (East Germany) Stamps of 1960

Michel 746 to 749 "Summer and Winter Olympics"

Michel 750 and 751 "Leipzig Spring Fair"

Michel 752 to 756 "Construction of the National Memorial Sachsenhausen"

Michel 757 to 761 "Local Medicinal Plants"

Michel 762 "90th Birthday of Wladimir Lenin"

Michel 763 "Commissioning of the Rostock Seaport"

Michel 764 "15th Anniversary of the liberation of fascism"

Michel 765 to 767 "Construction of the Sachsenhausen National Memorial"

Michel 768 to 771 "Launch of the FDGB tourist ship MS 'Fritz Heckert'"

Michel 772 ad 773 "Lenin and Thälmann monuments"

Michel 774 to 778 "250th Anniversary of Meißen Porcelain Manufacture"

Michel 779 and 780 "Cycling World Championships: Leipzig, Chemnitz and Hohenstein-Ernstthal"

Michel 781 and 782 "Leipzig Autumn Fair"

Michel 783 "National Memorial Sachsenhausen"

Michel 784 "Death of President Wilhelm Pieck"

Michel Block 16 "Death of President Wilhelm Pieck"

Michel 786 to 788 "Chess Olympiad, Leipzig"

Michel 789 and 790 "Stamp Day"

Michel 791 and 792 "400th Anniversary of the Dresdener Art Collections"

Michel 793 and 794 "200th Anniversary of the birth of August Wilhelm Anton Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau"

Michel 795 to 799 "150th Anniversary of the Humboldt University in Berlin"

Michel 800 to 803 "Chemical Worker's Day"

Michel 804 to 806 "125th Anniversary of German Railway"

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