On October 14th the German Postal Service (Deutsche Post AG) issued a set of 5 space-related stamps, two of  which have a hologram. One stamp (110 Pfennig - inland basic letter rate) shows a comet collision on Jupiter, and the other  (300 Pfennig – international air mail basic letter rate) shows gamma light radiation as observed from earth. These stamps are shown as single stamps below.

This stamp issue is in support of a German charity organisation (Sozialwerk Wohlfahrtsmarken der Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Freien Wohlfahrtpflege e.V.) and commemorates not only the 50 years anniversary of this organisation, but also the 50th stamp issue in support of this organisation. These stamp issues have always had an added fee which went directly to this charity organisation.

With these stamp issues an inland postcard postage rate is 100 Pfennig (+50 Pfennig for charity). The inland basic letter rate, as well as the EU countries basic letter rate, is 110 Pfennig (+50 Pfennig for charity). For world wide airmal letters at a weight of up to 20 g the postage rate is 300 Pfennig (+100 Pfennig for charity). The stamps have been issued in sheets of 10 stamps (next page).

Technical date and collectors information for the stamp issue are:
Date of Issue:    14th October 1999
Special FDC cancels are provided in 5311 Bonn and 12103 Berlin
Special cancellation sheets (ETB) are provided by Philatelic Sections of Deutsche Post AG

Print process:     Multi-Colour Offset
Printer:                Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Berlin
Paper:                 white coated fluorescent stamp paper (DP2)
Stamp size :       55 x 32,8 mm
Sheets:               consisting of 10 stamps with a border

Three non-hologram bearing stamps are shown below

For information regarding the currently used labels:

please refer to my print publication "Hologram on Stamps" or contact me directly