Bach on Stamps

Stamp-0003

Country:

East Germany (DDR)

Year:

1950

Anniversary:

200 Years - Bach Death

Value:

10+4 Pfennig; 24+6 Pfennig; 30+8 Pfennig; 50+16 Pfennig;

Dimensions:

Comments:

Set of 4 stamps
Picture Desription:
- Shepherd boy from the ancient world with a double flute
- Girl with a hand organ from the Middle Ages
- Portrait of J.S. Bach
- Three Singing Masks, with notes B-A-C-H
Design: Gerhard Martens / Felix Jacob, E. P. Weise
First Day of Issue: June 14, 1950
Printing Technique: Offset
Circulation: 1,000,000
Michel Nr.: 256 (DDR), 257 (DDR), 258 (DDR), 259 (DDR)

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Contributor: Teddy Kaufman (September 2007, April 2008); Jiumn Lin [Chicago, Illinois, USA] (April 2010); Aryeh Oron (August 2010)