German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany)

Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR)

6th February 1961

Set issued to honour communist victims of the Nazis and to raise funds for the erection of memorials to communists. 

The stamps depict:

• Werner Kube (1923-1945), communist
• Hanno Günther (1921-1942), communist
• Elvira Eisenschneider (1924-1944), communist
• Hertha Lindner (1920-1943), communist
• Herbert Tschäpe (1913-1944), communist

Michel Catalogue Number: 808 - 812

Stamp Number DD B71-B75
Yvert et Tellier DD 523-527
Stanley Gibbons DD E540-E544
AFA number DD 610-614
Unificato DD 808-812

1961, 6. Febr. Aufbau und Erhaltung der Nationalen Gedenkstätten Buchenwald, Ravensbrück und Sachsenhausen: KZ-Opfer (I)