Germany-DDR 1986 Opening Ferry connection Mukran-Klaipeda

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  • Label : "Deutsche Post" of the German Democratic Republic; 1987; commemorative se-tenant à 2 stamps to the issue "Opening of the Raiways-ferry connection between Mukran (GDR) and Klaipeda (USSR)";

meant is Klaipeda (= German name "Memel", then: Soviet Union, contemprary: Lithuania);
issue of 1 se-tenant à 2 stamps
Stamp datas:

  • Catalogue numbers : Michel: No. WZd692 (3052+3053); Yvert & Tellier: No. 2674A; Scott: No. 2575a
  • Color : multicolored
  • Watermark : none
  • Nominal values : 2 x 50 (Pfennig)
  • Postage validity : 23 September 1986 - 02 October 1990
  • Designed by : Jochen Bertholdt (* 1936)
  • Printed by : "Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei", Leipzig
  • Print process : Photogravure on luminescent paper
  • Perforation : Comb perforation, K 14
  • Print runs : 3,500,000 se-tenants in sheets à 20 stamps (2x10)
  • Stamp size (printed area of a se-tenant without year line): 82.5 x 22.0 mm


Commemorative stamps of the issue "Opening of the Raiways-ferry connection between Mukran (GDR) and Klaipeda (USSR)"
(issue of 1 se-tenant à 2 stamps)

Mint se-tenant

Michel No. WZd692, mint

Postmarked se-tenant

Michel No. WZd692, postmarked


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