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We will start with some stamps from DDR.. The 1953 "Five Year Plan" is one of the most famous series in DDR Philately.. in my opinion is also one of the difficult series in general Philately..

1) this stamp belongs to the Original (18) 1953 "Five Year Plan" series... it is printed with dots instead of lines...

Perf: 13 x 12.5
Sc(157)
2) from the 1st Redrawn series...
series (18) "Five Year Plan (1953/1954)"
Perf: 13 x 12.5
Sc(189)
3) from the 3rd Redrawn series..
series (11) "Five Year Plan (1959/1960)"
Perf: 14
Sc(477)
4) from the 2nd Redrawn series..
series (11) "Five Year Plan (1957/1958)"
Perf: 14
Sc(331)
5) from the 3rd Redrawn Series
series (11) "Five Year Plan (1959/1960)"
Perf: 14
Sc(478)

series (4) 1988 "Historic Seals"
Perf: 14
Sc(2663)

series (6) 1982 "Sorbian Folk Customs."
Perf: 13 x 12.5
Sc(2279f)

series (2) 1973 "Leipzig Autumn Fair. "
Perf: 14
Sc(1486)

series (3) 1973 "Soviet Science & Technology in DDR"
Perf: 14
Sc(1495)

Series (4) 1988 "500th Anniv of Stralsund Shipping Company. Captains' Paintings"
Perf: 13 x 13.5
Sc(2704,2705)

series (4) 1986 "750th Anniv of Berlin (1st issue)"
Perf: 13 x 12.5
Sc(2546)

series (6) 1976 "Aquarium Fishes "

Perf: 13 x 13.5

Sc(1769,1770,1771)

series (6) 1976 "Flowers"
Perf: 13 x 12.5
Sc(1732,1733)

A Complete Series 1967 "Flowers" from Albania

Perf: 12

Sc(1017,...,1024)

Complete Series 1966 "Stamp Day" from Fernando Poo

Perf: 13

Sc(240,241,242,243)

Complete Series 1960 "Stamp Day" from Fernando Poo

Perf: 12.5 x 13

Sc(B3,...,B6)

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Complete set 1911 "25th Anniv of Regency of Prince Luitpold"; the slight red coloration of the 5pf stamp frame is due to a external agent... 

Perf: 11.5

SG(92,93) Sc(154,155)

stamp from a set 21 1920 "Various motifs" ; it is a Overprinted ( with "Deutches Reich") set of the precedent 1920 issues..

The wmk is shown in the picture (Horizontal wavy lines)

Perf: 11.5

Sc(274)

stamps from a set 5 1950 "President Wilhelm Pieck (1950/1951)".. both stamps are wmk but of very difficult visibility..

Perf: 12.5 x 13

Sc(54,55)

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These are stamps from the set "Five Year Plan" , that was redrawn 4 times between 1953 and 1960... here  is the reason of this "sometimes" difficult classification...

the 2 pictures below , show us a difference between the original issue of 1953 and the rest of them.. if Your stamps are designed in lines , they are not from the original 1953 issue (designed in dots) ; additional differences between the 3 "lined" issues can be found , and the most important are the perforation and the designer and engraver signatures...at last we may have to see what is the wmk( in most cases it is not clearly visible...) 

                                                                   

   1953] 7 1953/1954]4,9,12 1957,1958]3,5,6,8 1959/1960]1,2,10,11

Perf: 13 x 12.5 (1953) 13 x 12.5 (1953/1954) 13 x 12.5 , 14 (1957/1958) 13 x 12.5 , 14 (1959/1960)

Signed: 1953 (NO) 1953/1954 (YES) 1957/1958 (YES) 1959/1960 (NO)

two stamps from the set 22 "Transport and Communications (1963/1964)".. the 1st stamp is damaged , but for the moment it is the only one of this I've got, so it must stay..!

Perf: 11.5 x 12

SG(1912,1917) Sc(1520,1525)

Complete set 1979 "Central Zoo, Pyongyang" ;

Perf: 12

SG(1901,..,1906) Sc(1864,..,1869)

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