A charming four-stamp Youth Welfare issue from 1972, encouraging compassion and protection for animals. Each design portrays children interacting with or helping animals, symbolizing harmony between humans and nature — a signature trait of early 1970s German youth semi-postals. The additional surcharge on each stamp supported youth programs.

Denominations and Designs:

• 20+10 Pfennig: Boy halting traffic to let a family of ducks cross the road.

• 25+10 Pfennig: Child driving away a hunter to protect a deer and its fawn.

• 30+15 Pfennig: Girl rescuing a bird from a chasing dog.

• 60+30 Pfennig: Boy feeding swans by a pond.

Each design bears the inscription “Schützt die Tiere” (“Protect the Animals”) along with “Jugendmarke 1972.”