40th International Congress for Horse Breeding of the Socialist States in the GDR in 1989 - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1989 - 20 Pfennig

40th International Congress for the Breeding of the Socialist States, GDR 1989 On the occasion of the 40th International Congress for the Breeding of the Horse of the Socialist States in the GDR in 1989, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic publishes four multicolored special postage stamps. Special cancellation from 18 July to 17 September 1989 40th International Congress for the Breeding of the Socialist States, GDR 1989 The 40th International Congress for the Breeding of the Socialist States takes place from 22 to 28 August 1989 in Berlin, the capital city the GDR took place. Since 1949, the congress with the international thoroughbred meeting integrated into it has been held alternately annually in Moscow, Warsaw, Prague, Budapest and Berlin. It includes the organizations and institutions of the PR Bulgaria, the Hungarian VR, the GDR, the People's Republic of Poland, the SR Romania, the USSR and the CSSR, which are responsible for the management of horse breeding. The basic objectives of the Congress are to promote relations and cooperation between the socialist states in the field of scientific and technical progress in horse breeding. It deals with such tasks as the exchange of professional cadres, breeding animals and experience and scientific work on horse breeding and performance testing. The international thoroughbred meeting integrated into the congress serves to compare the level of performance in horse racing between the participating socialist states. The issue of special postage stamps is intended to draw attention to the four main breeds of horses bred in the GDR. The motifs depict characteristic head portraits and a main direction of use for each horse breed. 20 Pfennig value: Thoroughbred The genesis of the English Thoroughbred as a breed coincides with the beginning of a closed breeding in the year 1791. As English Thoroughbred horses today only such horses are recognized, which in their genealogy completely on the first published in the year 1793 Return the volume of the Generalstutbuch. The most important criterion in breeding selection is the horse's racing performance. Every year in the GDR about 700 racehorses are tested on the racetracks in Hoppegarten, Dresden, Leipzig, Halle, Magdeburg and Boxberg. These performance tests, which take place on 102 race days, are attended by about 500,000 citizens each year.