200th anniversary of the French Revolution - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1989 - 5 Pfennig

200 years of French Revolution On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issues three multicolored postage stamps. Special cancellation of 4 July is 3 September 1989 200 years French Revolution On 14 July 1989 marks the 200th anniversary of the day when the masses of Paris stormed the Bastille. This started the Great French Revolution. The anniversary is thought of worldwide. This date also stands in the tradition calendar of the German Democratic Republic for the appreciation of important historical events. The 5 Pfennig special postage stamp depicts the storm of revolutionary Parisians and soldiers on the citadel of absolutist power in the center of the French capital. The fortress had also served as a state prison. Their capture demonstrated the determination and power of the people, which also had a decisive influence on the further course of the revolution. A few weeks earlier, the majority of the deputies of the Estates General had been constituted for the National Assembly of France. But King Louis XVI. understood how to sabotage every step towards the transformation of absolutism into a bourgeois state. This was no longer possible after the fall of the Bastille. Paris gave a signal that triggered revolutionary changes throughout the country. The defeat of the feudal-absolutist system in France found a worldwide echo. Popular movements in many European countries caused the thrones of feudal princes to tremble. The feudal states began arming armies to quash the menacing spark in France with armed force. In 1792 the war broke out. The reactionary forces in France, with the king at the head, had also wished for him, for they hoped from the victory of the hostile armies the restoration of the absolute power of the king and the rule of the feudal nobility. With a king who supported the enemies of the country, the revolution could not win. He had to fall. "Death to the king, long live the Republic!" became the fighting slogan of the year 1792.