250 years - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1978 - 20 Pfennig

250 years of the Staatliche Wissenschaftliche Museen Dresden On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the existence of the Staatliche Wissenschaftliche Museen Dresden, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issues six multicolored special postage stamps. Special cancellations from October 24 to December 23, 1978 250th anniversary of the Staatliche Wissenschaftliche Museen Dresden In October 1978, the three Dresden Science Museums - The State Museum of Animal Science (10 and 20 Pfennig value), the State Museum of Mineralogy and Geology ( 25- and 35-pfennig value) and the State Mathematical-Physical Salon (40- and 50-pfennig value) its 250th anniversary. For this reason, these six special postage stamps appear with representations of rare exhibits from the individual collections of these museums. With the dissolution of the Electoral Saxon Kunstkammer in 1728, these museums became independent; It was only after the division of the extensive, very diverse holdings that the arbitrary and unscientific accumulated collections of representations of the private feudal rarity chamber gradually developed into public, scientifically directed and also evaluated collections. These museums, which have been research centers for years, are today among the most famous and well-known museums in the world within their scientific disciplines. The Turkestan Agame (Agama lehmanni, NIKOLSKIY 1896) at the 20-pfennig value is a character animal of the mountains of eastern Uzbekistan and the whole of Tajikistan, with the exception of the high mountain region (Pamir). The range of the species extends to northern Afghanistan. The stately lizard (up to 150 mm in length without a tail!) Inhabits rocky wastelands. It feeds on insects, occasionally on smaller lizards. The sexes differ significantly by different color: males with black-orange spotted throat and prominent marbling on the back, females weaker brownish marbled. Propagation by 10 to 20 eggs per female and year.