German Democratic Republic (DDR)
(East Germany)
Stamps of 1969
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.
Michel 1434 to 1439
"Buildings (III)"
Issued: 15th Jan 1969, Perf: K14 and designed by Dorfstecher. Available on sheets (5x10).
Michel 1440 to 1443
"Famous Personalities (III)"
Issued: 5th Feb 1969, Perf K14, available on sheets (5x10) and designed by Stauf.
Michel 1444 to 1447
"Road Safety"
Issued: 18th Jan 1969. Perf: K13x13½, available on sheets (5x10) and designed by Heinrich.
Michel 1448 and 1449
"Leipzig Spring Fair"
Issued: 26th Feb 1969. Perf: K14, available on sheets (5x10) and designed by Dorfstecher.
Michel 1450 to 1455
"Jorinde and Joringel"
Issued: 18th Mar 1969. Perf: K13½x13, designed by Bläser and available on sheets (2x3).
Michel 1456 to 1461
"Protected native plants (II)"
Issued: 15th Apr 1969. Perf: K14, available on sheets (10x5)and designed by Deutschendorf.
Michel 1462 to 1465
"Forest Protection"
Issued: 23rd Apr 1969. Perf: K12½x13, available on sheets (10x5)and designed by Naumann.
Michel 1466 and 1467
"50 years of the League of Red Cross Societies"
Issued: 23rd Apr 1969. Perf: K12½x13, available on sheets (10x5) and designed by Bengs.
Michel 1468 to 1473
"Minerals from the collections of the Bergakademie, Freiberg"
Issued: 21st May 1969. Perf: K14, available on sheets (10x5). Designed by Grünewald.
Michel 1474 and 1475
"National Women's Congress"
Issued: 28th May 1969. Perf: K14 and available on sheets (5x10) and designed by Rieß.
Michel 1476
"Invincible Vietnam (III)"
Issued: 4th Jun 1969. Perf: K13½x13, available on sheets (10x5) and designed by Schütz.
Michel 1477
"National Stamp Exhibition 20 years DDR, Magdeburg (I)"
Issued: 4th Jun 1969. Perf: K14, available on sheets (10x5) and designed by Hennig.
Michel 1478 to 1480
"World Peace Meeting"
Issued: 4th Jun 1969. Perf: K13½x13, available on strips (2x5) and designed by Rieß.
Michel 1481 and 1482
"Walter Ulbricht, large format (III)"
Issued: 4th Jun 1969. Perf: K14, available on sheets (10x5) and designed by Wolf.
Michel 1483 to 1488
"German Sports Festival, Leipzig"
Issued: 18th Jun 1969. Perf: K14, available on sheets (5x10) and designed by Rieß.
Michel 1489 to 1490
"75 years of the modern Olympic movement"
Issued: 20th Jun 1969. Perf: K14, available on sheets (5x5) and designed by Stauf.
Michel 1491 to 1493
"Chess, indoor cycling and volleyball Championships"
Issued: 29th Jul 1969. Perf: K14, available on sheets (10x5) and designed by Stauf.
Michel 1494
"Leipzig Autumn Festival"
Issued: 27th Aug 1969. Perf: K12½x13, available on sheets (10x5) and designed by Dorfstecher.
Michel 1495 to 1506
"20th Anniversary of the DDR (I)"
Issued: 23rd Sep 1969. Perf: K14, available on sheets (5x10) and Designed by Voigt and Lipsch.
Michel Block 28
"20th Anniversary of the DDR"
Issued: 23rd Sep 1969. Minisheet 88x110mm featuring stamp Michel 1507, 1 Mark, multicoloured and perf K14.
Michel Block 29
"20th Anniversary of the DDR (II)"
Issued: 6th Oct 1969. Minisheet 110x154mm. Featuring stamp Michel 1508, 1 Mark, multicoloured and perf K13x12½.
Michel 1509 and 1510
"20th Anniversary of the DDR (III)"
Issued: 6th Oct 1969. Perf: K14, designed by Detlefsen and available on sheets (10x5).
Michel Block 30
"20th Anniversary of the DDR (III)"
Issued: 6th Oct 1969. Minisheet 94x114mm. Featuring stamp Michel 1511, 1 Mark, multicoloured and perf K14.
Michel 1512
"International Reminder of Memorial Sites"
Issued: 28th Oct 1969. Perf: K13x13½, available on sheets (5x5) and designed by Gottschaff and Rieß.
Michel 1513 and 1514
"National Stamp Exhibition celebrating 29 years of the DDR"
Issued: 28th Oct 1969. Perf: K13x12½ and available on sheets (3x10). Designed by Hennig.
Michel 1515 and 1516
"Congress of International Fair Association (UFI)"
Issued: 28th Oct 1969. Perf: K13x13½, designed by Bertholdt and available on sheets (5x10).
Michel 1517 to 1518
"50 Years of the International Workers Organisation (IAO)"
Issued: 12th Nov 1969. Designed by Dorfstecher and available on sheets (10x5).
Michel 1519 to 1520
"550th Anniversary of Rostock University"
Issued: 12th Nov 1969. Perf: 12½x13, designed by Bertholdt and available on sheets (10x5).
Michel 1521 to 1523
"Folk art from Lausitz"
Issued: 16th Oct 1969. Perf: K13½x13, designed by Prieß and on available on sheets (10x5).
Michel 1524 to 1527
"Aircraft (I)"
Issued: 2nd Dec 1969. Perf: 13x12½, available on sheets (5x10) and designed by Bormann and Bormann.
Michel 1528 to 1533
"Famous Paintings"
Issued: 10th Dec 1969. Perf K13 and designed by Naumann and Dorfstecher and available on sheets (6x5).
