Allied Occupation  1945-1949 Alliierte Besetzung SOVIET ZONES  1945-1949 MAIN MENU Soviet Zones  1945 - 1949 Stamps are consecutively numbered within the Soviet Zone Berlin-Brandenburg Soviet Zone City of Berlin 1945 1 5pf.  Berlin Coat of Arms 2 6pf.  Bear with Spade 3 8pf. Bear on Shield 4 10pf.  Bear holding Brick 5 12pf.  Bear carrying Plank 6 20pf.  Bear on Small Shield 7 30pf.  Oak Sapling amid Ruins Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Soviet Zone First Definitive Issue: Numerical, Ploughman, Wheat Sheaf 1945+   8 6pf.  Black/ green 9 6pf.  Violet 10 6pf.  Violet/ green   11 8pf.  Red/ red 12 8pf.  Black/ pink 13 8pf.  Lilac/ green 14 8pf.  Black/ green 15 8pf.  Brown 16 12pf.  Black/ pink 17 12pf.  Brownish Lilac 18 12pf.  Red 19 12pf.  Lilac / pink Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Soviet Zone Victims of Fascism 1945   20 6+14pf.  Rudolf Breitscheid 21 8+22pf.  Dr. Klausener 22 12+28pf.  Ernst Thälmann   Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Soviet Zone Land Reform Charity 1945 23 6+14p.  Horse Ploughing 24 8+22pf.  Sower 25 12+28pf.  Reaper Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Soviet Zone Child Welfare 1945 26 6+14pf.  Child 27 8+22pf.  Schoolgirl 28 12+28pf.  Boy Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Soviet Zone New Definitives: Departure Series 1946 29 3pf.  Village Street 30 4pf.  Deer 31 4pf.  Deer 32 5pf.  Fishing Boats 33 8pf.  Windmill 34 10pf.  Two-horse Plough 35 6pf.  Harvesting 36 12pf.  Scaffolding 37 15pf.  Tractor Ploughing 38 20pf.  Ship & Warehouse 39 30pf.  Factory 40 40pf.  Woman Spinning Province of Saxony Soviet Zone Provincial Coat of Arms: Imperforate 1945 41 1pf.  Slate 42 3pf.  Light Brown 43 5pf.  Green 44 6pf.  Violet 45 8pf.  Orange 46 10pf.  Brown 47 12pf.  Carmine Province of Saxony Soviet Zone Provincial Coat of Arms: Perforated 1945+ 48 1pf.  Slate 49 3pf.  Light Brown 50 5pf.  Green 51 6pf.  Violet 52 8pf.  Orange 53 10pf.  Brown 54 12pf.  Carmine 55 15pf.  Claret 56 20pf.  Blue 57 24pf.  Red-Brown 58 30pf.  Olive-Green 59 40pf.  Purple Province of Saxony Soviet Zone Land Reform: Horse-drawn Ploughing 1945 60 6pf.  Green 61 12pf.  Carmine   Province of Saxony Soviet Zone Reconstruction Fund 1946+ 62 6+4pf.  Rehousing 63 12+8pf.  Bridge Building 64 42+28pf.  Locomotives Province of Saxony Soviet Zone Land Reform: Horse-drawn Ploughing  (Transparent Paper) 1946 65 6pf.  Green 66 12pf.  Carmine   West Saxony Soviet Zone German Reich Obliteration Overprint 1945   67 6(pf.) Black on Violet 68 8(pf.) Brown on Red 69 12(pf.) Reddish Brown on Deep Red   West Saxony Soviet Zone Definitive Numerical Issue: Imperforate 1945 70 5pf.  Green 71 6pf.  Violet 72 8pf.  Orange 73 12pf.  Carmine West Saxony Soviet Zone Definitive Numerical Issue: Perforated 1945 74 3pf.  Brown 75 4pf.  Blue-Grey 76 5pf.  Green 77 6pf.  Violet 78 8pf.  Orange 79 10pf.  Grey 80 12pf.  Carmine 81 15pf.  Claret 82 20pf.  Blue 83 30pf.  Olive-Green 84 40pf.  Magenta 85 60pf.  Purple Brown West Saxony Soviet Zone Leipzig Fair 1945   86 6pf.  Green 87 12pf.  Carmine   West Saxony Soviet Zone People's Solidarity Relief Fund 1946 88 3+2pf.  Brown 89 4+3pf.  Slate 90 5+3pf.  Yellow-Green 91 6+4pf.  Lilac 92 8+4pf.  Orange 93 10+5pf.  Grey 94 12+6pf.  Carmine 95 15+10pf.  Red-Brown 96 20+10pf.  Blue 97 30+20pf.  Olive-Green 98 40+20pf.  Magenta 99 60+40pf.  Claret West Saxony Soviet Zone Leipzig Arms & Town Views 1946 100 3pf.  Leipzig Arms 101 4pf.  Leipzig Arms 102 5pf.  St. Nicholas Church 103 6pf.  St. Nicholas Church 104 8pf.  Leipzig Town Hall 105 12pf.  Leipzig Town Hall West Saxony Soviet Zone Leipzig Fair: Market & Old Town Hall 1946   106 6+14pf.  Violet 107 12+18pf.  Slate-Blue 108 24+26pf.  Yellow-Brown 109 84+66pf.  Green   East Saxony Soviet Zone Definitive Numeral Series: Russian Inscription "ПОЧТА" (White Chalky Paper, Imperforate) 1945 110 12pf.  Red East Saxony Soviet Zone Definitive Numeral Series  (White Chalky Paper, Imperforate) 1945 111 5pf.  Brown 112 6pf.  Greens 113 8pf.  Violet 114 10pf.  Deep Brown 115 12pf.  Rose-Carmine 116 15pf.  Olive-Yellow 117 20pf.  Grey-Blue 118 25pf.  Blue 119 40pf.  Magenta East Saxony Soviet Zone Definitive Numeral Series: Value & Colour Changes   (Grey Paper, Imperforate) 1945   120 3pf.  Sepia 121 10pf.  Grey   East Saxony Soviet Zone Definitive Numeral Series: Value & Colour Change  (Imperforate) 1945   122 4pf.  Blue-Grey 123 20pf.  Blue 124 30pf.  Yellow   East Saxony Soviet Zone Definitive Numeral Series  (Grey Paper, Perforated) 1946 125 3pf.  Brown 126 5pf.  Green 127 6pf.  Violet 128 8pf.  Orange 129 12pf.  Red East Saxony Soviet Zone Definitive Numeral Series  (Imperforate) 1946   130 4pf.  Greys 131 6pf.  Violets 132 12pf.  Reds   East Saxony Soviet Zone Dresden Reconstruction 1946   133 6+44pf.  Zwinger, Dresden 134 12+88pf.  Town Hall, Dresden   Thuringia Soviet Zone Definitive Stamps 1945+ 135 3pf.  Fir Trees 136 4pf.  Fir Trees 137 5pf.  Fir Trees 138 6pf.  Posthorn 139 8pf.  Posthorn 140 12pf.  Goethe 141 20pf.  Goethe 142 30pf.  Goethe Thuringia Soviet Zone Rebuilding the German National Theatre, Weimar 1946 143 6pf.  Schiller 144 10pf.  Goethe 145 12pf.  Liszt 146 16pf.  Wieland 147 40pf.  National Theatre Thuringia Soviet Zone Bridge Reconstruction 1946 148 10+60pf.  Saalburg Bridge 149 12+68pf.  Camsdorf Bridge, Jena 150 16+74pf.  Göschwitz Bridge 151 24+76pf. Ilm Bridge, Mellingen Soviet Zone General Issues Tri-Zone Definitive Issue: Hand Stamped Overprints "20 Halle 1 or 2" 1948 152 2pf.  Gardener 153 6pf.  Gardener 154 8pf.  Sower 155 10pf.  Sower 156 12pf.  Labourer 157 15pf.  Gardener 158 16pf.  Bricklayer & Reaper 159 20pf.  Sower 160 24pf.  Bricklayer & Reaper 161 25pf.  Gardener 162 30pf.  Labourer 163 40pf.  Sower 164 50pf.  Bricklayer & Reaper 165 60pf. Labourer 166 80pf. Labourer 167 84pf.  Bricklayer & Reaper Soviet Zone General Issues Tri-Zone Definitive Issue: Overprinted "Sowjetische Besatzungs Zone" 1948 168 2pf.  Gardener 169 6pf.  Gardener 170 8pf.  Sower 171 10pf.  Sower 172 12pf.  Labourer 173 15pf.  Gardener 174 16pf.  Bricklayer & Reaper 175 20pf.  Sower 176 24pf.  Bricklayer & Reaper 177 25pf.  Gardener 178 30pf.  Labourer 179 40pf.  Sower 180 50pf.  Bricklayer & Reaper 181 60pf. Labourer 182 80pf.  Labourer 183 84pf.  Bricklayer & Reaper Soviet Zone General Issues Numerical Issue: Overprinted "Sowjetische Besatzungs Zone" 1948 184 5pf.  Emerald-Green 185 30pf.  Olive-Green 186 45pf.  Scarlet 187 75pf.  Ultramarine 188 84pf.  Green Soviet Zone General Issues Berlin Soviet Zone Issue: Overprinted "Sowjetische Besatzungs Zone" 1948 189 5pf.  Berlin Coat of Arms 190 5pf.  Berlin Coat of Arms 191 6pf.  Bear with Spade 192 8pf. Bear on Shield 193 10pf.  Bear holding Brick 194 12pf.  Bear carrying Plank 195 20pf.  Bear on Small Shield 196 30pf.  Oak Sapling amid Ruins Soviet Zone General Issues Leipzig Autumn Fair 1948 197 16pf.  The First Spring Fair, 1459 198 50pf.  Foreign Merchants   Soviet Zone General Issues Definitive Personalities: Politics, Art, and Science 1948 199 2pf.  Käthe Kollwitz 200 6pf.  Gerhart Hauptmann 201 8pf.  Karl Marx 202 10pf.  August Bebel 203 12pf.  Friedrich Engels 204 15pf.  Georg Hegel 205 16pf.  Rudolf Virchow 206 20pf.  Käthe Kollwitz 207 24pf.  Ernst Thälmann 208 25pf.  Rudolf Virchow 209 30pf.  Friedrich Engels 210 40pf.  Gerhart Hauptmann 211 50pf.  Karl Marx 212 60pf.  Georg Hegel 213 80pf.  Ernst Thälmann 214 84pf.  August Bebel Soviet Zone General Issues Stamp Day 1948 215 12+3pf.  Vermillion Soviet Zone General Issues Revolutionaries: Karl Liebknecht & Rosa Luxemburg 1949 216 24pf.  Pale Red Soviet Zone General Issues Leipzig Spring Fair 1949 217 30+15ppf.  First Neubau Town Hall Bazaar 218 50+25pf.  Merchants at Leipzig   Soviet Zone General Issues Third German People's Congress 1949 219 24pf.  Rose Soviet Zone General Issues Third German People's Congress: Overprinted "Deutscher Volkskongreß" 1949 220 24pf.  Rose Overprinted Soviet Zone General Issues Birth Bicentenary of Goethe 1949 221 6+4pf.  Violet 222 12+8pf.  Brown 223 24+16pf.  Brown-Lake 224 50+25pf.  Blue 225 84+36pf.  Greenish Grey Soviet Zone General Issues Goethe Festival Week 1949 226 50pf. +4.5DM.  Ultramarine Soviet Zone General Issues Leipzig Autumn Fair 1949   227 12+8pf.  Russian Merchants 228 24+16pf.  Goethe at the Fair   TO TOP TO MAIN MENU