German Democratic Republic - 1961 Walter Ulbricht

[Rein]

The definitves of any country are a delight for philatelists!

So, the 1961 definitive series with the portrait of Walter Ulbricht, the Chairman of the State Council, is one that the collectors of the GDR have studied to some extent and most of it has been published in the Specialized catalogues of Germany to name the Michel Spezial Katalog as the most influential one!

Nevertheless, as we have experienced with Argentina definitives, some things have been overlooked for years!



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[zeus25971]

Rein don't you want to study infla period of deutsches reich????



Best regards
l.

[Rein]

Rein don't you want to study infla period of deutsches reich????



Best regards
l.

Luis,

not really.... This German series has a lot of similiarities with the Argentina P&R II/III definitives!

saludos, Rein

[Rein]

Chronologically we can find the following values:

10pf 29.08.1961
15pf 29.08.1961
20pf 29.08.1961

25pf 02.01.1963
30pf 02.01.1963
40pf 02.01.1963

50pf 11.02.1963
70pf 11.02.1963

60pf 09.12.1964

80pf 06.12.1967

1M 20.01.1970

35pf 08.07.1971

All stamps were printed in Leipzig by the Deutsche Wertpapier Druckerei [earlier and later known as Giesecke und Devrient] in typography. Issued in counter sheets of 10x10 [except for the 1M] or in booklets [5, 10pf] or in coils [5, 10, 20, 50pf, 1M]

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[Rein]

During the more than 10 years of its existence several changes of the design had been made.

The Specialized Catalogue of Michel [German] has an extensive description of these changes, but there is not much of a systematical approach! The emphasis is on the 10pf that had indeed most of the changes but the other values have their types too...

The first major change in design seemed to have taken place in 1969 as from there on most values got printed in this new design. Michel refers to them by type I and type II.

They simply overlooked the fact that there were 3 [three] main types with a possible sub-division...

The types according to Michel:

Type I - no subtypes



Type II



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[Rein]

In my view there are three main types: A - B - C:

A:



B:



C:



It remains to be seen whether the area with the thinner yellow line is relevant??

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[Rein]

There are a few more areas in which you can find characteristics for subdivisions ....









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[Rein]

Just for the high values in recess - type D:




and for the postcards in offset-litho - type E:



Type E- open rim of the spectacles both at the bottom and at the top!



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[Rein]

There are also sub-types and small characteristics that occur always in a particular type!




The breaks in the bottom contour are pointed at by blue arrows! In the green circles only a few objects are left!

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[Rein]

Type A only exists for the 5pf, 10pf, 15pf and 20pf.









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[Rein]

Sub-types for the type A:

Type A1 for the 5pf, 10pf and 15pf:







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[Rein]

Type A2 for the 5pf, 10pf, 15pf and 20pf:









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[Rein]

Type A3 only for the 10pf.







Of all the dots/scratches of the types A1 and A2 not much is left!

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[Rein]

In type B we have 2 sub-types:

Type B1 just for the 5pf and 80pf:



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[Rein]

Type B2 for the 25pf, 30pf, 40pf, 50pf, 60pf and 70pf - the break in the bottom contour indicated by blue arrows can be filled with ink!



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