Germany-DDR 1988 Bertolt Brecht

• Label : "Deutsche Post" of the German Democratic Republic; 1988; commemorative issue to the "Bertolt-Brecht-honour in the GDR";

meant is Bertold Brecht (1898-1956, writer and regisseur);
issue of 1 block à 1 stamp

Stamp datas:

• Catalogue numbers : Michel: No. Bl.91 (3148); Yvert & Tellier: No. BF90A (BF90a)
• Color : multicolored
• Watermark : none
• Nominal value : 70 (Pfennig)
• Postage validity : 02 February 1988 - 02 October 1990
• Designed by : Ralf-Jürgen Lehmann
• Printed by : "Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei", Leipzig
• Print process : Offset printing on luminescent paper
• Perforation : Harrow perforation, Ks 13 : 12½
• Print run : 2,100,000 blocks
• Stamp size :

- stamp (printed area without year line): 21.0 x 38.5 mm

- block (printed area): 50.5 x 76.0 mm

- block (cutted format): 56.5 x 82.0 mm

issue "Bertolt-Brecht-honour in the GDR"
(issue of 1 block à 1 stamp)

Miniature sheet

Michel No. Bl.91 (3148), mint

Michel No. Bl.91 (3148), postmarked

To the motive:
- Block motive : Scene (astronomical observations) and inscription from the theatre play "Life of the Galilei" by Berthold Brecht
- Block stamp motive : Bertold Brcht (1898-1956)
The postmark shows a written "b" as signatur by Bertolt Brecht as central motive.