Stamp 1989 GDR MiNr3227 pm B002

Stamp of the German Democratic Republic; 1990; commemorative surcharge stamp of the issue "Tecdhnical Monuments - Old Telephones"; issue of 4 stamps and 1 se-tenant à these 4 stamps and 1 block; The depicted stamp is GDR Michel No. 3227 from 1989 with the central motive of a "Wall telephone" from Siemens & Halske, 1882, Berlin. (The "Museum für Kommunikation" in Frankfurt/Main possesses a such wall apparatus of the firm Siemens & Halske, Berlin from 1881.); This stamp was postmarked with an one-line first-day special circle segement (staying) with 35.0 mm width and 40.0 mm high special cancellation from 1085 Berlin, 7 February 1989 showing a table telephone from the 1890s/1900s (a so-called "Magnetos" = a telephone with a hand-cranked electrical generator that uses permanent magnets to produce alternating current from a rotating armature) as central motive).

Stamp: Michel: No. 3227; Yvert & Tellier: No. 2833; Scott: No. 2726

Color: multicolored on gray background

Watermark: none

Nominal value: 20 (Pfennig)

Postage validity: from 7 February 1989 until 2 October 1990 date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1989-02-07T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1990-10-02T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp without year line): 29.0 x 33.5 mm

Postmark: 1085 Berlin, 7 February 1989

postal stamps 1989 postmarks 1989 stamps of the german democratic republic berlin february 1989 in the german democratic republic german stamps review siemens halske telephones special postmarks of the german democratic republic stamps by peter korn telephones on stamps wandfernsprecher high resolution frankfurt am main germany

07/02/1989

scan of original

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