Playing children — 15 pf
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1968.DDR.01-02- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- 20th Anniversary of the Pioneer Organization
1968.DDR.01· piece 2 of 2 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
German Democratic Republic (DDR)- Year / date
- 1968-12-03
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 15 pf
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicolour
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ✓ In collection
Production
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 13 × 13½
- Printing
- Offset lithography
- Size
- 33 × 27.5 mm
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 968.100
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- DD 1070
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- DD 1433
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- DD 1129
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- DD E1154
Notes
Young Pioneers at play and study (boxing, model aeroplane, globe and other activities); JP torch emblem; inscribed 20 Jahre Pionierorganisation «ERNST THÄLMANN»; magenta frame; 15 DDR
Series history
The German Democratic Republic issued two commemoratives on 3 December 1968 for the twentieth anniversary of the Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Organisation (Pionierorganisation Ernst Thälmann). Both stamps are inscribed 20 Jahre Pionierorganisation «ERNST THÄLMANN» and carry the Junge Pioniere torch emblem with the letters JP.
The 10 pfennig, on a cyan ground, shows Young Pioneers making music — among them a flute, trumpet, guitar and drum — with the national flag at the right. The 15 pfennig, framed in magenta, shows Pioneers at play and study: boxing, a model aeroplane, a globe, and other activities.
Inge Uhlich designed the set; the Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei (VEB) printed it by offset lithography, comb perforated 13 × 13½, without watermark. Print runs are given as 10,000,000 for the 10 pfennig and 4,000,000 for the 15 pfennig. The stamps remained valid until 2 October 1990.