East Germany is the common name for the German Democratic Republic. During the “Cold War” period from 1949 to 1990 it was an eastern bloc state which was occupied by Soviet forces at the end of World War II. It was during this period that the Soviet Zone surrounded west Berlin, but did not include it. This created the divided Berlin with the famous wall in between the two parts of the city. The Soviets began transferring administrative authority to German Communist leaders in 1948, and East Germany as we knew it, began to function as a state in 1949. Soviet forces remained in the country until reunification in 1990.
1950
1st Winter Sports Meeting Series
SG # E6
Used (Hinged)
President Wilhelm Pieck Series
SG # E70
Used
SG # E14
Used (Hinged)
1951
Visit of Polish President to Berlin Series
SG # E42
Used (Hinged)
German-Soviet Friendship Series
SG # E53
Used (Hinged)
SG # E54
Used (Hinged)
1952
3rd Winter Sports Meeting Series, Oberhof
SG # E55
Used (Hinged)
1953
SG # E108
Used (Hinged)
President’s Birthday Series
SG # E320
Used
5 Year Plan Series – design in minute dots
SG # E120
Used (Hinged)
SG # E121
Used
SG # E122
Used (Hinged)
SG # E123
Used (Hinged)
SG # E124
Used (Hinged)
SG # E126
Used (Hinged)
SG # E127
Used (Hinged)
SG # E128
Used (Hinged)
SG # E129
Used (Hinged)
SG # E130
Used (Hinged)
SG # E131
Used (Hinged)
SG # E132
Used (Hinged)
SG # E133
Used (Hinged)
SG # E134
Used (Hinged)
SG # E135
Used (Hinged)
SG # E136
Used (Hinged)
SG # E137
Used (Hinged)
5 Year Plan Series – design in lines
SG # E310
Used (Hinged)
SG # E156
Used (Hinged)
SG # E312
Used (Hinged)
SG # E311
Unused (NH)
SG # E159
Used (Hinged)
SG # E313
Unused (Hinged)
SG # E314
Unused (Hinged)
SG # E165
Used (Hinged)
SG # E315
Used
SG # E316
Unused (NH)
SG # E317
Unused (NH)
SG # E318
Unused (NH)
SG # E173
Used
SG # E319
Unused (Hinged)
1954
5 Year Plan Series (Surcharge)
SG # E189
Used (Hinged)
SG # E190
Used (Hinged)
SG # E191
Used
SG # E192
Used (Hinged)
SG # E194
Used (Hinged)
SG # E195
Used
SG # E196
Used (Hinged)
SG#E197
Used (Hinged)
1955
International Conference of Municipal Workers in Vienna Series
SG # E206
Used (Hinged)
1956
Leipzig Autumn Fair Series
SG # E274
Used (Hinged)
1957
10th International Cycle Race Series
SG # E304
Used (Hinged)
Stamp Day Series
SG # E339
Used (Hinged)
Air Series
SG # E350
Used (Hinged)
SG # E351
Used (Hinged)
SG # E352
Used
SG # E353
Used (Hinged)
SG # E354
Used (Hinged)
1958
Stamp Day Series
SG # E397
Used (Hinged)
1959
Nature Preservation Series
SG # E422
Used (Hinged)
SG # 424
Used (Hinged)
SG # E425
Used (Hinged)
Birds of the Homeland Series
SG # E432
Used (Hinged)
SG # E433
Used (Hinged)
SG # E435
Used (Hinged)
SG # E436
Used (Hinged)
SG # E437
Used (Hinged)
3rd German Gymnastics & Sports Festival Leipzig Series
SG # E440
Used (Hinged)
SG # E441
Used (Hinged)
SG # E442
Used (Hinged)
SG # E443
Used (Hinged)
1961
Landscapes and Historical Buildings Series
SG # E547
Unused (Hinged)
SG # E548
Used
SG # E549
Unused (Hinged)
SG # E550
Unused (Hinged)
SG # E551
Used (Hinged)
Walter Ulbrict Series
SG # E577
Used (Hinged)
SG # E578
Used (Hinged)
SG # E579
Used (NH)
SG # E580
Used (NH)
SG # E581
Used (NH)
SG # E582
Used
SG # E582a
Used (Hinged)
SG # E583
Used (Hinged)
SG # E584
Used
SG # E584a
Used (Hinged)
SG # E585
Used (Hinged)
SG # E585a
Used (Hinged)
SG # E586
Used (Hinged)
Stamp Day Series
SG # E601
Used (Hinged)
2nd Russian Manned Space Flight Series
SG # E606
Used (Hinged)
1962
Leipzig Spring Fair Series
SG # E612
Used (Hinged)
10th DDR Agricultural Exhibition Series (Markkleeberg)
SG # E634
Used (Hinged)
1963
2nd Team Manned Space Flight Series
SG # E691 and E692
Used (Hinged)
Visit of Soviet Cosmonauts to East Berlin Series
SG # E714
Used (Hinged)
SG # E715
Used (Hinged)
SG # E716
Used (Hinged)
1964
Mr Khrushchev’s 70th Birthday Series
SG # E741
Used (Hinged)
German Youth Meeting Series – Berlin
SG # E743
Used (Hinged)
1965
Walter Ulbricht Series of 1961 (Values expressed in MDN (Deutschen Notenbank Marks)
SG # E806
Used
125th Birth Anniversary of Auguste Bebel (Founder of Social Democratic Party) Series
SG # E807
Used (Hinged)
700th Birth Anniversary of Dante Series
SG # E815
Used (Hinged)
90th Birth Anniversary of Dr Wilhelm Kulz (Politician) Series
SG # E839
Used (Hinged)
1966
8th World Parachute Jumping Championships, Leipzig Series
SG # E913
Used (Hinged)
30th Anniversary of International Brigade in Spain Series
SG # E914
Used (Hinged)
Aquarium Fishes Series
SG # E941
Used (Hinged)
1967
Socialist Party Rally, 1st Series
SG # E978
Used
SG # E979
Used
Protected Birds Series
SG # E993
Used (Hinged)
1968
Dresden Gallery Paintings (2nd Series)
SG # E1114
Used (Hinged)
SG # E1115
Used (Hinged)
SG # E1116
Used (Hinged)
SG # E1117
Used (Hinged)
SG # E1118
Used (Hinged)
Olympic Games Series, Mexico
SG # E1127
Used
1969
20th Anniversary of German Democratic Republic Series
SG # E1217
Used (Hinged)
1970
Aid for Vietnam and Ho-Chi-Minh Commemoration Series
SG # E1325
Used (Hinged)
1971
Moon Mission of Lunokhod I Series
SG # E1380
Used (Hinged)
8th S.E.D. Party Conference Series
SG # E1397
Unused
1972
Art Treasures of Dresden’s Green Vaults Series
SG # E1405
Used (Hinged)
SG # E1462
Used
25th Anniversary of German-Soviet Friendship Society Series
SG # E1478
Used (Hinged)
International Rose Exhibition Series – German Species
SG # E1485
Used (Hinged)
SG # E1486
Used (Hinged)
Leipzig Autumn Fair Series
SG # E1500
Used (NH)
1973
Various Scenes Series – 29 x 24mm
SG # E1533
Used
SG # E1534
Used (Hinged)
SG # E1535
Used (NH)
SG # E1536
Used (Hinged)
SG # E1537
Used (Hinged)
SG # E1539
Used (Hinged)
SG # E1541
Used
SG # E1543
Used (Hinged)
SG # E1545
Used (Hinged)
Various Scenes Series – 22 x 18mm
SG # E2197
Used (Hinged)
SG # E2198
Used (Hinged)
SG # E2199
Used
SG # E2200
Used (Hinged)
SG # E1549a
Used (Hinged)
SG # E2202
Used
SG # E2203
Used (Hinged)
SG # E2204
Used
SG # E2205
Used
SG # E2206
Used
SG # E2207
Used (Hinged)
SG # E2208
Used
SG # E2209
Used (NH)
Cultural Anniversaries Series
SG # E1552
Used (Hinged)
Railway Rolling Stock Series
SG # E1578
Used (Hinged)
Birth Anniversary of Hermann Matern Series, politician
SG # E1585
Used (Hinged)
15th Anniversary of Problems of “Peace and Socialism” Series
SG # E1605
Used (Hinged)
Admission of German Democratic Republic to United Nations Organisation Series
SG # E1607
Used
Philatelists’ Day and 3rd Young Philatelists’ Exhibition Series, Halle
SG # E1608
Used (Hinged)
25th Anniversary of Declaration of Human Rights Series
SG # E1622
Used (Hinged)
1974
Poisonous Fungi Series
SG # E1650
Used (Hinged)
SG # E1651
Used (Hinged)
SG # E1652
Used (Hinged)
SG # E1653
Used (Hinged)
SG # E1654
Used (Hinged)
SG # E1655
Used (Hinged)
SG # E1656
Used (Hinged)
Celebrities Birth Anniversaries
SG # E1661
Used (Hinged)
25th Anniversary of 1st World Peace Congress Series
SG # E1663
Used
1975
Ancient Clocks Series
SG # E1774
Used (Hinged)
5th National Youth Sports Day Series
SG # E1782
Used (Hinged)
Winter Olympic Games Series, Innsbruck
SG # E1814
Used (Hinged)
SG # E1815
Used (Hinged)
SG # E1816
Used (Hinged)
SG # E1817
Used (Hinged)
SG # E1818
Used (Hinged)
1976
Members of German Workers’ Movement Series
SG # E1825
Used (Hinged)
20th Anniversary of National Forces Series (N.V.A.)
SG # E1832
Used (Hinged)
19th Century Horse-drawn Vehicles Series
SG # E1863
Used
SG # E1865
Used (Hinged)
SG # E1866
Used (Hinged)
East German Bridges Series
SG # E1878
Used (NH)
SG # E1879
Used (NH)
SG # E1880
Used (NH)
1977
Old Musical Instruments from Vogtland Series
SG # E1939
Used (Hinged)
SG # E1943
Used (Hinged)
Transport Museum Series, Dresden
SG # E1972
Used (Hinged)
Socialist Personalities Series
SG # E1979
Used
Hunting Series
SG # E1985
Used (Hinged)
SG # E1988
Used
Fire Brigade Series
SG # E1994
Used
1978
Half-timbered Buildings Series
SG # E2009
Used (Hinged)
Postal Transport Series
SG # E2017
Used (Hinged)
“Interkosmos” Space Programme Series
SG # E2025
Used
Celebrities’ Birth Anniversaries Series
SG # E2052
Used (Hinged)
250th Anniversary of Dresden Scientific Museum Series
SG # E2080
Used (Hinged)
1979
Indian Miniatures Series
SG # E2129
Used (Hinged)
“Berlin Project” of Free German Youth Organisation Series
SG # E2135
Used (Hinged)
Rehabilitation Series
SG # E2141
Used (Hinged)
1980
Celebrities’ Birth Anniversaries Series
SG # E2216
Used (Hinged)
400th Anniversary of Franz Hals Series – artist
SG # E2261
Used
1981
Rare Plants in Berlin Arboretum Series
SG # E2292
Used (Hinged)
Inland Shipping Series
SG # E2366
Used (Hinged)
1982
Post Office Buildings Series
SG # E2385
Used (Hinged)
Socialist Personalities Series
SG # E2394
Used
Poisonous Plants Series
SG # E2399
Used (NH)
SG # E2401
Used
SG # E2403
Used (NH)
SG # E2404
Used (Hinged)
Ocean-going Ships Series
SG # E2417
Used (Hinged)
SG # E2419
Used (Hinged)
SG # E2422
Used (Hinged)
IFA Vehicles Series
SG # E2455
Used (Hinged)
Air Series
SG # E2462
Used (Hinged)
500th Birth Anniversary of Martin Luther Series – Protestant reformer
SG # E2472
Used (Hinged)
1983
World Communications Year Series
SG # E2490
Used (Hinged)
Death Centenary of Karl Marx Series
SG # E2500
Used (Hinged)
1984
Town Arms 2nd Series
SG # E2569
Used (Hinged)
1985
Leipzig Spring Fair Series
SG # E2641
Used (Hinged)
Town Arms 3rd Series
SG # E2645
Used (Hinged)
1987
Post Offices Series
SG # E2779
Used (Hinged)
Freshwater Fishes Series
SG # E2801
Used (Hinged)
SG # E2803
Used (Hinged)
SG # E2805
Used
1988
Northern Towns of the Democratic Republic Series
SG # E2864
Used
SG # E2865
Used
SG # E2867
Used (Hinged)
SG # E2868
Used
Birth Centenary of Max Lingner Series – artist
SG # E2910
Unused (NH)
SG # E2911
Used (NH)
1989
Birth Anniversaries Series
SG # E2931
Used (Hinged)
SG # E2933
Used
SG # E2934
Used
SG # E2935
Used
150th Anniversary of Leipzig-Dresden Railway Series (first German long-distance service)
SG # E2939
Used (Hinged)
Statues of Roland (2nd Series)
SG # E2984
Used
1990
500th Anniversary of Regular European Postal Services Series
SG # E3050
Used (NH)