Germany – Soviet Zone general issues

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At the end of World War II, Germany was divided into occupation zones for France, Great Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union. Berlin and its immediate area was also separated the same way.

The Soviet Zone started with postal districts issuing their own stamps. See: Germany – Allied occupation 1945-49.

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More general issues

 * In August 1948, two large pictorials were issued to commemorate the Leipzig Fair. They were inscribed DEUTSCHE POST. Be aware that West Saxony district and American and British Zone stamps of the time were also inscribed DEUTSCHE POST.
 * In September, Berlin-Brandenburg stamps were overprinted Sowjetische / Besatzungs / Zone.
 * Five values of the Allied occupation numeral stamps were also overprinted that way.
 * In October, a definitive series showing famous Germans was issued, again inscribed DEUTSCHE POST. They have a quatrefoil watermark. There are two different papers and two different types of gum. These would be reissued by the German Democratic Republic in 1953 in similar colors but with the DDR and posthorn watermark. They can sometimes be hard to tell apart from each other.
 * Also in October, the Soviet Zone's first commemorative was issued for Stamp Day.
 * In 1949, two new Leipzig Fair sets of semipostals were issued, dated "1949" and in different designs.
 * In 1949, a Gothe souvenir sheet was issued.
 * Stamps were replaced by those of the newly created German Democratic Republic in October 1949.





