150th anniversary - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1989 - 50 Pfennig

Friedrich List Award of the GDR; 1. German Ferneisenbahn Leipzig-Dresden On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the commissioning of the first German long-distance railway Leipzig - Dresden on the occasion of the Friedrich List commemoration of the GDR, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issues three multi-colored special postage stamps. Special cancellation from 4 April to 3 June 1989 Friedrich-List-Honoring the GDR In 1989, the 200th anniversary of the birth of Friedrich List, the bourgeois economist and important pioneer of a modern transport system. As a representative of the progressive German bourgeoisie, List engaged in the interest of the emerging capitalist mode of production in the countries of the German Confederation, committed to the development of a general German railway system. Above all, he stressed the importance of the railway for the emergence of a national market and for the entire economic, political and cultural development. List dedicated particular interest and work to the construction of a railway from Leipzig to Dresden. This was solemnly opened on April 7, 1839 and is considered the first German long-distance railway. The 200th birthday of Friedrich List is the occasion, the work of the intellectual and practical pioneer of the railway system in the development of the capitalist mode of production in Germany, which was also concerned with the improvement of the postal, customs and credit system and the patent and commercial legislation, to acknowledge a variety of measures in the German Democratic Republic. This also includes committing the 150th anniversary of the first German long-distance railway Leipzig -Dresden in an appropriate manner. For both historical data the special postage stamp issue "Friedrich-List-Honoring the GDR, 1. German Ferneisenbahn Leipzig -Dresden" is published. The two other postage stamps depict the two stations that have bounded the first German long-distance railway as endpoints, the Dresden train station in Leipzig (20 pfennig) and the Leipzig train station in Dresden (50 pfennig). Both stations, put into operation in 1839, no longer exist today. The two brands show in detailed attention to contemporary representations of the original building an interesting architecture for station buildings, for which there was no model in Germany at that time. The presented station motives suggest to visit the train station Niederau, which is located on the line Leipzig - Dresden and still has an original station building in the "Schweizerhaus style" from 1842, which was restored to the anniversary of the route. The publication of the special stamp issue opens up the interesting field of the German railway to the stamp friend at home and abroad and sets an honorable monument to its great pioneer Friedrich List.